reflexboy
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I replaced the roof bolts on my SL today with the newer, modified bolts and took a few pictures that will hopefully help others if they wish to do this simple mod. When comparing the old and new bolts I really cannot see any difference except that the new ones measured two hundredths of a mil bigger on my micrometer and the old ones are painted black. Other than that I cannot say if they have improved the rattle as I have not yet driven the car.
I will do this 'how to' in two posts as I am only able to post three photos per post.
Firstly you will need to get the roof into the 'intermediate' position and either prop it with a piece of timber between the front edge of the roof and the top of the windscreen, or as I found in my case, I ran a strap around the roof section and tied it to my garage roof beams as I found that in order to get to the bolts in question the roof needs to be in such a position that the C pillars are almost vertical. With them in the vertical position the roof is just about at it's see-saw pivot point where it could fall either forwards or backwards, hence I strapped it.
The first pic show the new bolts and the part number and the second picture the position I needed to get the roof at to get good access to the bolts. The third picture shows the position of the bolts that need replacing. In this and the fourth picture I am looking from the opposite side of the boot towards the bolt head, so the bolt heads are located facing the middle of the boot (or each other, inwards, if that makes sense)
I will do this 'how to' in two posts as I am only able to post three photos per post.
Firstly you will need to get the roof into the 'intermediate' position and either prop it with a piece of timber between the front edge of the roof and the top of the windscreen, or as I found in my case, I ran a strap around the roof section and tied it to my garage roof beams as I found that in order to get to the bolts in question the roof needs to be in such a position that the C pillars are almost vertical. With them in the vertical position the roof is just about at it's see-saw pivot point where it could fall either forwards or backwards, hence I strapped it.
The first pic show the new bolts and the part number and the second picture the position I needed to get the roof at to get good access to the bolts. The third picture shows the position of the bolts that need replacing. In this and the fourth picture I am looking from the opposite side of the boot towards the bolt head, so the bolt heads are located facing the middle of the boot (or each other, inwards, if that makes sense)
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