techweenie

The fix is a band of elastic whose job is to pull the outer skin into the groove. The elastic gets tired, but you can adjust it with a screw. to get to it put the top 1/2 way up, unstrap the velcro straps for the headliner and you should see the elastic. It's tricky to unscrew & re-screw the elastic adjuster, but go for it. I did on my Boxster, which has the same setup. It took some trial and error to get the correct tension, but I did it.

fung0001

Yes. I have came across a post/ documentation not sure in rennlist or 6speed talking about the components of a 996 soft top

There is a sting/ extension part at the side wall of the soft top to hold it in the right track during the closure process. This issue may be due to loosening/ malfunctioning of this part which is not difficult to fix.

fung0001

Don't know that there is a screw
thx

Mike Murphy

Is there more than one of these bands? Because the band in the middle that goes across the roof is tight. It's the rails at the bottom that are a problem for me.

techweenie

Quite possibly more than one, The Boxster only had one, but the 996 top is longer...

FRUNKenstein

One plus for the coupe is no top problems

fung0001

You guys in US have your own garage to store your cars
space, facilities are not a problem and a cab with hard top can give you more flexibilty provided that you won't track your tt

fpb111

There is a tensioning cable that runs along the side of the top. It is connected at the rear by a ball joint or an eye and screw, and at the front by a rivet and spring. A common failure is the rivet fails causing the cable to go slack. When that happens the sides of the top do not pull down into the rails.
Put the top in service mode, between up and down, and check the cable at the rear mount. You can disconnect it by unsnapping it from the ball stud on the body or removing the screw through the eyelet, depending on which your have.
Put the top most of the way up and tug the disconnected end of the cable to see if it is connected at the front or broken somewhere in the middle.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...ht-pics-2.html

fung0001

Woo
so sophisticated

it seems that if the situation is not that bad, just use something to limit the degree of displacement of The rim of soft top during the folding process will serve

WPOZZZ

I have a base 987 Boxster to go with my modded 996tt. For me, the 987 is more usable, and the dog loves going for rides!

lconn

I have a hardtop, I sometimes use it in the winter principally to make the car quieter since I won't be putting the top down anyway. Would still want one even though I don't use it more than a month a year. Makes for a nice change.

techweenie

Update:

I'm going to pull the trigger on a Cabriolet. Have a couple candidates. So I'm advertising my Speed Yellow 02 coupe... so far just Craigslist (flake city) but will get serious. I only have a one car garage (life in the big city) so can only have one 996 Turbo at a time inside. :-/