cabby manual roof conversion

[adamt93]

Okayy now here's a question I have been wondering for ages why do people have a manual roof all that keeps popping up in my head is because the roof doesent fold propley in the boot or its just they can't afford the bills of something going wrong please its a serious question I want to know

[Speedtouch]

The electric hoods were apparently notoriously unreliable.

I have a 1997 Peugeot 306 Cabriolet, and the electric hood on that has recently packed up!

[adamt93]

Ohh yeahh thanks as I've had 2 cabbys and 1 with elctric and one manual and I'm going to convert it back to electric as its just easyer and I think people look funny in 4 seater cars lowering roofs

[Speedtouch]

Indeed, they make it easier to put the roof up and down and are great when working properly, but rather embarassing/annoying when they don't!

[adamt93]

Yeahh I know what you mean

[DaveyB]

Stripped roof motor when i bought mine, couldnt afford to repair/replace gears

So i have a little 2way switch on my drivers rear 1/4 pannel door card controling the horse shoe, then fold the roof manualy

Save time and ALOT of money

[ImysE30]

It's normally the cost of repairing/replacing a motor, about £150+ each second hand now

Mine used to work fine, retro-fitting it on another one soon

[stew72]

Stripped roof motor when i bought mine, couldnt afford to repair/replace gears

So i have a little 2way switch on my drivers rear 1/4 pannel door card controling the horse shoe, then fold the roof manualy

Save time and ALOT of money

This is what I did too.

My thought was that I cannot rely on the roof fabric to fold properly every time and a new hood is around the £700 mark. My motors work fine, I had a broken pivot and a suspect control box, could have probably been fixed for under £100 but I couldn't see the point.