Porsche Boxster 987 Roof Operation

The roof works fine now didn t work at all before but the roof cover the metal bit that folds down last to cover the fabric part of the roof in its hollow has too much play when the roof is closed.

Porsche boxster 987 roof operation.

It made its debut at the 2004 paris motor show alongside the 911 997 and went on sale in 2005. Risk of damage by the locking hooks on the roof frame when the latching lever is not engaged correctly. In 2005 it was joined in the range by the new cayman fastback coupé project 987c with which it shared the same mid engine platform and many components including the front fenders and trunk lid. Porsche boxster soft tops from 1997 2012 have a couple of failure points.

When compared to other convertible cars like the bmw 3 series i find the design of the boxster roof to be relatively simple. A single motor connects to two cables and drives a leveraged gear mechanism that raises the rear of the roof then raises the rear convertible lid and then folds and tucks the top away. View and download porsche boxster owner s manual online. Boxster s 987 roof problem.

This concerns a 2007 boxster 987 with a new rear control unit controls roof operation. One is when an elastic strip on each side loses its stretch. F swivel latching lever b to the rear until it is felt to engage. Operation of the roof was completely unaffected so i judged that nothing had seriously come adrift.

Frequent operation of the convertible top f. 718 boxster cayman. My convertible roof is stuck and not working can i close open it manually. F make sure that the latching lever is felt to engage when opening.

This causes the top to. It can be moved up and down by hand approx 30 50mm. 987 1 series boxster boxster s cayman cayman s my2005 2008 987 1 series boxster boxster s 987 1 boxster top issues and solutions. That is because porsche makes the roof out of shoelaces.