This is a good approach. Will try next time.

 

+1

 

My car is 3 months an 4000 miles


Indeed. It's impossible to close the top without manually intervening. I wonder if this is how it's supposed to be done? I doubt it somehow.


Never tried this. I always close the trunk, attach the wings and then close the top.



I don't know if anyone noticed but you can see if they are fully engaged. Look on the underside while you push the button on the top of it. You'll see a red indicator sticking out. If you push the buttress down and the red indicator has not disappeared it means it was not correctly installed!

I check this each time I install them.

 

I never had a problem with it. But, I was taught at the factory a different order. Manually raise the top, attach buttresses, use power button to latch top, then close the trunk. Only once did I not have the top close enough to latch. It automatically cycled again, and latched.

 

Yep I just was told to close the trunk last but similar to yours. Either way doesn't seem like there's a right way the roof is no issue for me. I love it actually.

 

Wow and people complained about the 987.2 Spyder top.

 

The beauty of the 987.2 Spyder top is that it is all manual. There is no micro switch, no electronic latch.
Coming from owning Miatas, I like the simplicity of manual top. We are know the nightmare of broken Boxster top mechanisms. I am happy to report nothing has gone wrong with my totally manual Spyder top.

 

Totally agree! Big fan of completely manual tops like Miata and 987 Spyder. I hope Porsche takes that route for 981.2 Spyder.

 

Couldn't agree more. I actually miss the top from my 987 Spyder

 

Tried that. Didn't change a thing.

Brought my car to the dealer yesterday to have a look. It is not normal that the hook doesn't engage without manual intervention. And indeed, after a bit of checking things out they discovered that the entire hood system is not correctly aligned (the bottom part, inside the car).

Will need to take the car back to them next month, they need an entire day to disassemble everything and get all pieces aligned up correctly.

There seems to be an easy way to check this. With the roof latch closed and the flaps attached to the rear of the car, open the rear trunk carefully. On the side (underneath the "Spyder" logos) you can see some kind of horizontal cilinder that has to fit in a fork (hard to explain it, should take pictures). You could clearly see those 2 pieces weren't correctly aligned.

Also, once the hood is correctly latched, unlatching and latching again works flawlessly because everything was correctly aligned because of the first latch. It only goed out of alignment when opening it completely and closing again.

I hope I made some sense

 

Yes. It makes sense. During my tutorial pain Zuffenhausen, they restated many times to make sure this pegs lined up, otherwise the top will not operate properly, and will need a visit to the service department. The rear lid needs to be close at the center and slowly to ensure those 2 pieces remained aligned. I am sure you will have it working properly again soon.

 

i find that it's a bit hit or miss, mostly works, occasionally need to redo a few steps. overall quite good and love the design. wish i had the bikini option for sure. maybe some aftermarket company would make one.

 

That's not good. Mine has never done that and never requires manual intervention unless it's very cold and then only a bit of pressure towards the windshield header on the plastic grab handles inside. I would have it looked at, that is not normal.

I find the top very easy to close. I always park the car with the top up, so I don't get those unsightly disk-shaped impressions on the top. When I walk up to the car, I hold unlock on the keyfob and it pops the top and the trunk as I get close to the car. I disconnect and plug in the buttresses, open the trunk, fold the top down inside, and close the trunk, then flop the side flaps over.

To put it up, I hit the close button inside, which drops the windows, and pops the trunk. I get out, open the trunk, flop the top up, and then close but not latch the trunk. With the trunk resting on the latch, I plug in the buttresses, and then go inside, and fully close the top with the switch. Most of the time, it just closes, occasionally when it is very cold, I have to pull on the top of the top from the inside near the windshield header (there are plastic grips on the top inside to facilitate this) and then cycle the close switch. After the top is fully buttoned up, I then fully close the trunk.

 

That's very interesting. They told me the other way at the factory - trunk closed first and then power button to latch. I always have to wrestle with that front latch at the end with it being so tight. I could see the trunk last way would alleviate that.

The one other tip I received at the factory was that once you clip in the buttresses, make sure you look across to the other side and you can't see the little red pin - as that means they are fully engaged. Apparently a guy didn't have one fully engaged and it came loose causing damage as it flopped around at speed.