dummies guide to installing roof?

ringo · Postby **ringo** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:29 pm

hehe... well... I found my hardtop roof (thanks danmcq!!) and now I have hit the next hurdle...

anyone got any pweety piccies and a dummies guide on how to install... there are the locks down the side that I can't seem to see where they go...

anyone?

andrew

ringo · Postby **ringo** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:02 pm

ahh... would help if i looked on the mania website... these should do the trick...

\"Mazda Hard Top Latch
These latches are required for the fitment of the hard top. comes with the \"frankenstein bolts\".\"

I take it as these hold the roof down on the clips next to the drivers seat... Do you need new screws for the back section - it doesn't look like there is much thread left once you open the silver rear clips...

cheers

ringo

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Tue May 08, 2007 10:59 pm

the frankenstein bolts are for the back. mazda calls them rear deck studs. i'm trying to upload a diagram for you but imageshack is being a dunce.

ringo · Postby **ringo** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:10 pm

SuperMazdaKart wrote:the frankenstein bolts are for the back. mazda calls them rear deck studs. i'm trying to upload a diagram for you but imageshack is being a dunce.

LOL - been in that problem before...

are the frankenstien bolts hard to put in?

What about the screws near the boot... do they need to be longer than the standard ones?

ringo

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:38 pm

The frankenstein bolts replace the screws near the boot. The heads of these bolts sit higher then the normal screws by about a centimetre and look a bit like the bolts in frankensteins neck (hence the name

) The hardtop slides onto these bolts.

Ian

EDIT: Just found a pic I have of Matts car that shows the frankenstein bolts:

MonSqueek · Postby **MonSqueek** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:48 pm

SuperMazdaKart wrote:the frankenstein bolts are for the back. mazda calls them rear deck studs. i'm trying to upload a diagram for you but imageshack is being a dunce.

In the sticky of how to put photos in post there is a link to MasterZ's immage host... its brilliant, quick, easy, no messing about. Try it out.

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:55 pm

frankenstein bolts are simply a replacement for bolts on the chrome tabs near the boot

you will need side latches as well, these are inside the car and look similar to the metal catches on inside of the car that the soft-top latches onto, except they are mounted near the seatbelt towers

frankenstein bolts can easily be installed yourself, so can the side latches but it will help alot if you can find someone who has them already because it requires cutting a largish hole in the plastic trim and you wouldn't want to get it wrong