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NC body parts fly off at random

Poll ended at Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:57 pm

Yes?
5
36%
No?
9
64%
 
Total votes: 14

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Postby Craig » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:55 pm

Garry wrote:dangling things in front of the SP boys


Ahhh my mistake then...dangling parts it is! :lol:
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Postby valorin » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:06 pm

Ah, nope, I've had mine over 12 months, including a few track days and high speed straights with nigh an issue in sight. I suspect that the roof may not have been closed properly in whatever cases because mine has been rock solid.

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Postby sabretooth » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:24 pm

Is there much margin for error when securing the roof?

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Postby AJ » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:23 pm

put it this way sabre, you'd have to be a complete knob not to notice you'd stuffed it up :lol:
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Postby jules » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:47 pm

Darby,

I cannot believe you are getting away with this so cleanly :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Re:

Postby PUR157 » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:40 pm

sabretooth wrote:Is there much margin for error when securing the roof?


Im not too sure if this is the actual problem I am merely speaking from personal experience.

A few times when I clip the roof up (hardtop or softtop) I may have misaligned latch itself (where the roof and frame meet) You can pull down (or push up) the lever (the big oval bit) for the latch without the "unlock" button catching (the button with unlock written on it). This causes a problem because the big lever sits in pretty much the same way with or without the "unlock button" catching and hence can "unsecure" itself.

This may be how the roofs start having a mind of their own at high speed?

Sorry for the dodgy speak... do you guys get what I mean? :|
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Postby MX5-SP » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:12 pm

jules wrote:Darby,

I cannot believe you are getting away with this so cleanly :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Thanks Jules.... 8)
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