Removal

REMOVAL

1. Roll down both door windows.
2. Unlatch the convertible top.
3. Remove the front and rear weatherstrip retainers.
4. Drill out the rivets (two per side) at the bottom of cover assembly to the linkage on both sides.
5. Drill out the tension cable rivets.
6. Pull tension cable through the cover assembly.
7. Remove the 11 screws and remove the seal compression panel.
8. Remove the staples from the cover assembly to the header assembly.
9. Remove the tack strip nuts as required to get access to the side panel staples.
10. Flip up the cover and expose the stay pad strip.
11. Remove the staples at the rear/4 bow.
12. Remove the rivets at the header assembly.
13. remove the stay pad strip.