Installing Hardtop

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Fig 1: Identifying Hardtop

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Open all four side windows.
The locking lever -1- must be opened fully.

Fig 2: Opening Locking Lever
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Take unlocking handle -1- from the shelf between the two front seats. Carefully remove the plastic cover -2- on both sides of the rear cover using the unlocking handle -1- .

Fig 3: Lifting Plastic Cover
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CAUTION:
Hardtop/hood compartment lid not fitted correctly
- Risk of squashing
→ Lift the hardtop evenly at both sides.
Carefully lift the hardtop -1- over the vehicle from the rear and insert it first into the mounts of the windscreen frame at the front -inset A- . Then carefully lower the hardtop into the locking elements at the rear -inset B- .

Fig 4: Fitting Hardtop
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Swivel the locking lever for the front lock to the rear. When doing so, the locking hook must engage in the windscreen frame. The white marking line on the red locking button -inset- must become visible when the hardtop is locked properly.

Fig 5: Closing Front Locking Lever
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Screw in fastening screw -1- by hand and then screw down at tightening torque → Tightening torque: 34 ft. lb. .

Fig 6: Closing Rear Locking Mechanism
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Repeat procedure on the other side of the hardtop.
Press both plastic covers -1- into the trim panel of the hardtop lock.

Fig 7: Inserting Plastic Cover
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Push on the cover -1- of the front locking lever.

Fig 8: Pushing Locking Lever Cover
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