rolling soft top - LotusTalk

karajabola · 05-18-2008, 06:43 AM

Sorry, I couldn't find this answer after 15 mins of searching, though I'm sure its out there somewhere.

How are you folks rolling up your soft top? I roll each side to the center, with the exterior fabric on the outside. I'm curious mostly if perhaps I should be rolling it up so it is "inside out"

RacyTracy · 05-18-2008, 06:48 AM

I always unlatched one side, rolled it across the top of the car, then walked around the car and unlatched the other side, so it ended up with the interior side of the top on the outside of the rolled-up top. I kept it in the storage bag.

thegoat · 05-18-2008, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by RacyTracy

I always unlatched one side, rolled it across the top of the car, then walked around the car and unlatched the other side, so it ended up with the interior side of the top on the outside of the rolled-up top. I kept it in the storage bag.

I do the same.

Cegan09 · 05-18-2008, 06:58 AM

Same here. We unhook each side, roll each side to the center, then put in the bag. So interior side is out. Just makes putting it back on easy since you place in the center, roll out and snap on each side.

kestrel74 · 05-18-2008, 07:16 AM

well.............sometimes I roll it from the left to the right.....and sometimes I roll it from the right to the left.

xtn · 05-18-2008, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kestrel74

well.............sometimes I roll it from the left to the right.....and sometimes I roll it from the right to the left.

I'm pretty sure that violates the requirements of the Owner's Manual and voids the drivetrain warranty.

xtn

glb · 05-18-2008, 11:34 AM

Doesn't the manual say to unlatch the lh side first when removing the top, and to latch the lh side first when installing the top?

Max'sDad · 05-18-2008, 11:38 AM

I thought it was start on the left to put on and start on the right to take it off?

mikecronis · 05-18-2008, 11:44 AM

The ECU records which side you unlatch first and it will void the warranty if you start on the wrong side against the manual!!!

glb · 05-18-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Max'sDad

I thought it was start on the left to put on and start on the right to take it off?

I am easily confused.

Install: "Engaging the LH...side first, will minimise the possiblity of the canopy tensioning cable adjusters causing damage to the roof seals"

Removal: Releasing the RH...side first..." etc.

duh...I was wrong. sorry. There was a thread here about the cables breaking due to possibly incorrect order.

So, LH side is first, and last.

05-18-2008, 06:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
karajabola Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 321	rolling soft top Sorry, I couldn't find this answer after 15 mins of searching, though I'm sure its out there somewhere. How are you folks rolling up your soft top? I roll each side to the center, with the exterior fabric on the outside. I'm curious mostly if perhaps I should be rolling it up so it is "inside out"

05-18-2008, 06:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
Cegan09 Carb novice Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nashua NH Posts: 986	Same here. We unhook each side, roll each side to the center, then put in the bag. So interior side is out. Just makes putting it back on easy since you place in the center, roll out and snap on each side. __________________ 1987 Porsche 924S - Project restarting very soon 1976 Yamaha XS500 '05 Elise - Dads

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05-18-2008, 11:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
glb Unattractive Nuisance Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chester, NJ Posts: 4,532	Doesn't the manual say to unlatch the lh side first when removing the top, and to latch the lh side first when installing the top? __________________ 05 elise (PES chip, SSRs, shift tower mods, Multivex; HID low beams); 05 Corolla XRS; 72 Elan Sprint, 170 hp (Sold) "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." G. Orwell. 6. "A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company." - Gian Vincenzo Gravina

05-18-2008, 11:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
Max'sDad Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 186	I thought it was start on the left to put on and start on the right to take it off? __________________ You can live in your car, but you can't drive your house.

05-18-2008, 06:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
RacyTracy V Not my picture V Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 9,204 Images: 1	I always unlatched one side, rolled it across the top of the car, then walked around the car and unlatched the other side, so it ended up with the interior side of the top on the outside of the rolled-up top. I kept it in the storage bag.

05-18-2008, 11:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
mikecronis Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Thornton, CO Posts: 301 Images: 1	The ECU records which side you unlatch first and it will void the warranty if you start on the wrong side against the manual!!!

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