Roof blew open on the highway!!!
07-12-2021, 04:05 AM
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Hey guys, same thing happened to me this weekend, does anyone know the reference number of the part that i'll have to replace ? (latch assembly ? is it the part at the back of the top close to the trunk ?)
03-23-2023, 09:02 AM
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Ya im not totally worried about the frame so so much. If a random friend of mine got it to close again I'm sure with the precision and expertise of a shop they can get it to line up perfectly from here on. Its just this $1200 issue I definetly need a new latch set but Nissan is definetly on something with that price. I replaced those actually on my S2000 before and it was no where near that. I went to Nissan expecting to pay like 200-300 but 1200 is totally insane. I love but hate how rare this car is.. finding used parts is gonna be a pain!
03-29-2023, 10:27 PM
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I was doing 70mph.
Scared the &^$%# out of me! Its an 04 and I was just cruising along no problems nothing and then WHAM it opened. Like the whole top part lifted so i instantly pulled on to the ramp, opened the roof and went to close it and wont reach the top of the winshield. I literally hung off of it to try to get it there and I can close it and that didnt work. I put the roof down and went to where my friends were for help I assume a couple bars bent from the wind so anyways there was nothing visably wrong so we opened it like halfway kinda and pulled it forward and i guess we bent it back a little bit and now it reaches the top of the winshield just not perfectly lined up I have to kinda wiggle it into place. Whats funny is ive been staring at my center L shaped latch thing lately saying somthing dosent look right but its been closing fine and staying shut. Went to nissan this morning to order the center and left latch and it does not sell seperatly. It comes complete all 3 latches and I guess the cable inside that connects them all and it was like $1200 CAD. Absolutely ridiculous!!! So at least the roof is closed now and I'm just avoiding the highway until I go to a convertible top shop here in Toronto and im just crossing my fingers they can pull off some magic. What a night 
It was LOUD..... Boom! I'm suddenly looking at the stars in the naked night sky. I instantly Muscled down the latch with one arm & got off first exit.... trying to down shift while arm wrestling open top latch at the same time was.....a "Unique" & exhilarating experience, to say the absolute least.
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