![]() Plastic guide piece (see picture for orientation) The proper orientation of parts here is below (from inside of car to out): One more thing, if you can, find a way to attach the rain rail and hold it in (maybe with a pin on one or two of the holes to keep the rain rail and fabric connected, then pull it out after you have a few of the nuts in place overtop the plastic only (pre-metal bracket stage)). Also, leave the protective foam on the rear window so it doesn’t get scratched. **Preparation – Make sure you rivet the quarter bracket sandwich together before you put the top on the car. Make sure not to damage the plastic on the rain rail while you do this! This is NOT easy but gets better after you do a couple of them… I used plyers on one side pushing in the opposite direction of the force from the drill. Setting the top on the ground with the exterior of the top facing down, start drilling out the rivets on the rain rail. This will free up the top entirely and you can just lift it out of the car. Make sure to catch the plastic piece as you drill out the 2nd rivet. Next drill out the two rivets on the quarter bracket and remove the nut. This is NOT an easy task so be patient and you’ll get it. Next, bend the end of the spring so you can detach the eyebolt. Prepare your drill with a larger bit than the hole on the rivet… next, slowly drill/remove the three rivets on the frame rail on each side of the car. Peel back the top a little bit and pop off the two plastic pieces (green - link 3) to expose the two dark springs which are connected to the tension wire on each side. Using a scissors, cut the quarter strap on each side Next, remove the two silver metal plates on each side of the top by unscrewing three silver screws on each side (non-ferrous, store them diligently). Once they are removed, the thin (black) metal plate will detach. *** Once you remove the eye-bolt from the spring, you can pop the rubber window liner out. ![]() Let the rubbery window liner dangle it by its plastic pin near the first major joint in the top. Remove all of the dark screws along the front of the top and put them somewhere you won't lose them (they are non-ferrous so a magnetic parts tray won’t work). This part is very easy but can arguably be done first or last… unlatch the top and tilt it back a little bit. I would leave the rain rail in the car until you are ready to pull the fabric out entirely. Note: there is a small plastic pin on the very end of the rain rail on each side which is really hard to see. Take each (3 total) metal bracket and store it somewhere out of the way. Rain Rail – Remove all of the nuts and store them in your magnetic tray (which will be lightly torqued), then remove the defrosting plug. Once all the plastic is gone, take a break and drink some water. A technique I learned was to wiggle a piece close to me and find the loosest end, then work my way in from there removing plastic tabs as I go. Once you remove the bar, start yanking out all of the plastic behind the seats. ![]() Step 2) Remove the roll bar… there are many instructions on this and it’s just a lot of bolts and two nuts. Trimming next to your leg when you sit in the seat, second piece that rotates on a pivot point below the trimming (pop it off near where the seatbelt retracts and rotate it forward), then the big massive black panel behind the seats (dig your nail under the circular tabs and pop them out) and finally a few more pieces for sound insulation. Step 1) Remove all of the plastic from seats back. Hello, I recently replaced my soft top and ran into some issues so I figured I would post a thread with some resources/pictures to help anyone in the future.
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