I'm sure I read about how to close the hood manually last week when I was researching roadsters - I remember because it looked like a nightmare disconnecting things etc. It might have been to do with closing it if you have a flat battery - I'll see if I can find the link.

 

My mistake, it can be closed manually but not opened.

 

Anyone know where I can get the right and left convertible top latch covers that attach to the windshield..Nissan wants $50 for each of these plastic covers for my 04 350z..

 

Pay it.


Pay it because leaks suck.

 

did u figure out how to access your latches yet?
if not i am suggesting that u took the plastic pieces from the trunk and hope to see if there is an acess to your latches from there. i dont think there is another acess point. the access from the glove compartment behind the passenger seat do not connect to the convertible top storage. the only access i can think of is through the rear! the trunk i meant...

 

If you take all of the plastic pieces off behind the seat, you can then get to the cloth/fabric that is below the area for storing the top. It is a tight fit/reach, but with all of the plastics removed, you can get to it. I have just gone through the process of removing all of that metal behind the seats and opening it all up - so I've gotten pretty familiar with that area of my roadster.

Also, the power passenger seat can prevent the top from opening properly. I've had to remove my passenger seat on many occassions and if it isn't connected up to the connectors underneath the passenger seat, the top will not operate, because the first step that it takes to open the top is to roll down the windows and tilt the power passenger seat forward. If it senses a problem or missing connection for the seat during that first step of the process, nothing will happen.

 

This was a 3 year old problem. Hopefully the original poster got his problem resolved long ago.

 

Heh. I only looked back like 3 or 4 posts for the dates.

Me=pwn'd

Oh well. At least the info that I shared might help someone searching later on. Maybe it will help sssmass too, since he seems to have the same question and resurrected the thread since there was no answer posted up.

 

i didnt even look back. i saw it was on top so i replied!!

 

I just installed a new vinyl top, but I think it is too tight to finish closing. It comes close to latching in the back, but gets stuck there. How do I manually close? It opens and stows just fine.
thank you

 

So when you're closing it, it doesn't quite catch the latch in the rear...and it's gapped? On mine when it's colder out, its like the top is too tight and it does the same thing. When 'm closing it, I hold the front up with my hand and it will be just enough to get the rear to latch...then I pull the front down and latch it down. - I hope I understood you correctly.