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Hardtop*
It is n ot n e c e ssary to r e m ov e th e f a bri c
to p e v e n in th e wint er, w h e n th e
h ardto p is g e n erally in c o nsta nt u s e .
B ut yo u c a n re m o v e it at a n y tim e
with o ut diffic ulty. B e f ore th e fa bric to p
is store d in th e c onv ertib l e to p w ell, it
m u st b e a b solut e ly dry in ord er to av oid
w at e r s p ots a n d mild e w fro m formin g.
Th e h ardto p off ers re a ding la m ps a n d
clothin g h o o k s th at c a n b e us e d b y
pre ssin g lig htly. In a d ditio n, a ro of -ra c k
ass e m bly is p ossible. In this r e g ard,
pl e as e c o nta c t y o ur B M W c e nter.
W h e n h a ngin g clothin g fro m th e
ho o ks, b e sure th at th e y d o n ot
o b stru ct th e driv er's visio n. D o n ot h a n g
h e a vy o bj e cts o n th e h o o ks. If yo u d o
so, th e y c o uld c aus e p ers o n al injury
d urin g bra kin g or e v a siv e m a n e uv ers. <
T w o p ers o n s ar e re q uire d f or in stalla -
tio n or re m o val. W ork with e xtre m e
c a utio n in ord er to a v oid p aint d a m a g e
a n d d a m a g e to th e b o d y or h ard to p .
T o fa cilitate h ardto p installatio n or
re m ov al, yo u c a n o btain a s p e cially
d e sign e d h ardto p lift
* or h ardto p c art*
at y o ur B M W c e nt er.
Storing
Storin g th e h ardto p on th e flo or:
p u sh th e styrof o a m blo c k
provid e d with th e h ardto p forw ard to its
c e nt er. Th e arro w o n th e styrof o a m
blo c k m ust b e p ointin g u p w ard. <
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Installation
1 Lo w er th e si d e win d o w s c o m p l e t ely
a n d fli p th e su n vis ors d o w n. If
n e c ess ary, re m ov e th e ro d a nt e nn a
to a voi d a ny d a m a g e .
2 F or v e hicle s with m a n u al c o nv ertible
to p o p eratio n, first rel e as e th e
c o n v ertib l e to p c o m p artm e nt lid , a n d,
if n e c e s s ary, o p e n it s o m e w h at. F or
v e hicle s w ith fully a uto m atic c o nv ert-
ibl e to p o p eratio n
*, o p e n th e
c o n v ertib l e to p c o m p artm e nt lid
slig htly b y pre s sin g th e b utto n for
o p eratin g th e c o nv e rtible to p.
3 R e m o v e th e trim pie c e s on b oth
sid e s b y p ullin g th e m off to w ard th e
b a c k (arro w) a n d re clo s e th e c o nv ert-
ibl e to p c o m p artm e nt lid .