Changing horse shoe latch.

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Post Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:25 pm

My plastic horse latch needs changing,is it much of a job.
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Post Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:29 pm

Plastic latch..? Got a pic?
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Post Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:35 pm

The one inside the car on the N,S,R around the rear speaker area.
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Post Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:43 pm

Sorry, I don't own a manual roof version, but I don't think that should be too difficult. I say that only because some zoners have easily converted electrical set ups to the manual type.
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Post Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:48 pm

AFAIK it's only 2 screws, take off the doorcard and you'll see. Remove the speaker cover and you'll see a couple of screws, remove these and the doorcard will pull out.
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