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CarGuru > BMW > 325 IC Convertible Top Cover Shock 13 August 2005 02:22:07
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325 IC Convertible Top Cover Shock

Ct Midnite 7 May 2005 17:35:17
 Hello all,

And thank you to Jeff Strickland for answering my question about
Metric to English.

I just got this 91 Convertible and the Top Cover has to be held up
when putting down the top. It's unhandy and I assumed that the little
shocks connected to it were just bad. I went to order new ones and
they are just called shocks.

I am wondering if they are pressure filled shocks (which I thought
would be called something else besides just shocks) that would hold
the lid up or just shocks to keep it from falling fast.

I don't want to spend the money and find out mine were ok.

The wife and I took it for our maiden top down voyage last night
around town. It was truly a wonderful experience. I had never been
in a Convertible before. What a car.

http://www.geocitie­s.com/ctmidnite53/
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Dave Plowman 7 May 2005 17:53:13 [ permanent link ]
 In article <16gp715o100eg6b1rd­c0rhs92r2hlutn42@4ax­.com>,
Ct Midnite <mreef2.10.muffin@s­pamgourmet.(nospam)c­om> wrote:> I just got this 91 Convertible and the Top Cover has to be held up> when putting down the top. It's unhandy and I assumed that the little> shocks connected to it were just bad. I went to order new ones and> they are just called shocks.

Commonly called gas filled struts.
I am wondering if they are pressure filled shocks (which I thought> would be called something else besides just shocks) that would hold> the lid up or just shocks to keep it from falling fast.

Yes - they should counterbalance the cover, but don't last forever.

However, they're generic items. You'll find their specs stamped on the
housing. So you're probably not tied into getting 'genuine' spares.

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Fbloogyudsr 7 May 2005 18:56:39 [ permanent link ]
 "Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@s­pamgourmet.(nospam)c­om> wrote > The wife and I took it for our maiden top down voyage last night> around town. It was truly a wonderful experience. I had never been> in a Convertible before. What a car.

IMO, convertibles shouldn't even have a top; they're so much better
cars with the top down.

Floyd
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Malt_Hound 7 May 2005 20:35:46 [ permanent link ]
 fbloogyudsr wrote:> "Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@s­pamgourmet.(nospam)c­om> wrote>
The wife and I took it for our maiden top down voyage last night>> around town. It was truly a wonderful experience. I had never been>> in a Convertible before. What a car.>
IMO, convertibles shouldn't even have a top; they're so much better> cars with the top down.>
Floyd

Heh, you know I sort of agree with you except then when you get caught
out in a cloudburst you'll ruin the leather seats.

On my Z3 I almost never put the top up. Just to wash the car and as
previously noted, a rare rain storm while on the road. It sits in the
garage with it stowed away and the tonneau cover on so it's ready to go
cruising in a minutes notice. The only real problem with this pravtice
is the rear window has a serious crease in the fold line. Oh well...
Can't see that when it's down anyway. ;-)­

-Fred W
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Shadowdancer 7 May 2005 22:09:20 [ permanent link ]
 In article <P_ednXjStez5c-HfRV­n-rw@adelphia.com>,
Malt_Hound@*spam*ya­hoo.com says...> fbloogyudsr wrote:> > "Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@s­pamgourmet.(nospam)c­om> wrote> >
The wife and I took it for our maiden top down voyage last night> >> around town. It was truly a wonderful experience. I had never been> >> in a Convertible before. What a car.> >

It is wonderful! In fact, we are leaving for a drive in a few minutes,
as soon as we get our stuff together. We'll hit the road, and then
decide where to go.

We follow a tip from the people who sold us the car: When the top is
half way down, stop and form the crease by hand, then lay a folded towel
across the bottom half of the window. The window rolls around the towel
and does not crease. Then we put the top up whenever the car sits
overnight. It adds a couple of extra minutes on each end of the trip,
but it keeps the window in better condition.

BMW makes a rear window cleaner that is supposed to keep the plastic
from yellowing. Does anybody have any experience with it?
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Keith 8 May 2005 12:49:01 [ permanent link ]
 Shadowdancer <plee@fewpb.net> wrote:
In article <P_ednXjStez5c-HfRV­n-rw@adelphia.com>, >Malt_Hound@*spam*y­ahoo.com says...>> fbloogyudsr wrote:>> > "Ct Midnite" <mreef2.10.muffin@s­pamgourmet.(nospam)c­om> wrote>> >
The wife and I took it for our maiden top down voyage last night>> >> around town. It was truly a wonderful experience. I had never been>> >> in a Convertible before. What a car.>> >
It is wonderful! In fact, we are leaving for a drive in a few minutes, >as soon as we get our stuff together. We'll hit the road, and then >decide where to go. >
We follow a tip from the people who sold us the car: When the top is >half way down, stop and form the crease by hand, then lay a folded towel >across the bottom half of the window. The window rolls around the towel >and does not crease. Then we put the top up whenever the car sits >overnight. It adds a couple of extra minutes on each end of the trip, >but it keeps the window in better condition. >
BMW makes a rear window cleaner that is supposed to keep the plastic >from yellowing. Does anybody have any experience with it?

I'll second that "fold a towel into the window" trick... My top spent
the last 4 months folded down... when opening, the crease in the
window was there, but only faintly: was gone after a few hours in the
sun.

k
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Dave Plowman 9 May 2005 02:21:52 [ permanent link ]
 In article <117plplbjcsevf4@co­rp.supernews.com>,
fbloogyudsr <fbloogyudsr@nwlink­.com> wrote:> > The wife and I took it for our maiden top down voyage last night> > around town. It was truly a wonderful experience. I had never been> > in a Convertible before. What a car.
IMO, convertibles shouldn't even have a top; they're so much better> cars with the top down.

Many years ago I bought an MG Midget at six months old which had been
rolled and rebuilt it. Funds ran out at buying a new hood and frame. So I
ran it throughout a whole UK winter with only the tonneau cover. And a
decent sheepskin jacket - it was the '60s after all.

Memories...;-)­

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Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.u­k London SW
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Guest 13 August 2005 02:22:07 [ permanent link ]
 Quick follow up to the post on my z3 towing options, my email is nsavage@comcast.net­
thanks again
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