Hi, Unfortunatly I can not really help you because I did not have enough information to do this conversion myself, and I still stressed out each time I open/close my top ! Sorry I can not be of further help !

I noticed you posted some info with regard to changing your convertible top to manual, which I am very interested in doing too. Yesterday, when I went to put my top up to simply wash the car one side raised while the other did not and then SNAP. I guess they call it the dreaded bow breakage? Anyway the damn latch on the passenger side has always been temperamental (extremely), so I'd really like to get my top fixed and working again, but this time manually. Can you direct me to where I might find the parts to do this? Where do I find that bow as well? I now know that panic when you heard that damn sound. Thanks for any help you can give. Regards, Neil