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[gnewark]

I picked up my car from Fords of Windsor today and loved the 130 mile drive back to Middlesbrough. I'm in love already!! When I got back I started to have a look at removing the hard top but didn't want to remove anything I shouldn't. Does anyone have a guide or any advice on how to remove the thing? Also the soft top came with a large plastic trim and two smaller trims. Again, does anyone have a guide on attaching these fittings and the soft top? Thanks in advance, Gareth

[johnaachen]

should all be in the drivers handbook mate!

[gnewark]

that's the problem - it didn't come with one. I only got the service book. I will have a search on the net and see if I can find a pdf or something. cheers, Gareth

[Marco]

vous parlez francais?

http://www.myspeedst...opic.php?t=3846

[gnewark]

cheers I will have a go at translating

[h8ten]

Handbook can be downloaded in PDF format from the Vauxhall web site. It is dated July 2004 but not sure if much, if anything, has changed in the car since then.

[luna_s]

comes off easy enough, i assume you got the tool with the car, i didnt need instructions!!!

[jneill]

should all be in the drivers handbook mate!

>here's the manual<
1.1 MB pdf

[amanda]

should all be in the drivers handbook mate!

>here's the manual<
1.1 MB pdf

Thanks for that

Just saved it as I haven't seen that before in pdf form

Edited by amanda, 11 March 2006 - 11:51 PM.

[jneill]

Turboman had a link to it on the sticky Useful Thread Collection, but Vauxhall had subsequently moved it so the link was bust.

[speedyK]

I started to have a look at removing the hard top but didn't want to remove anything I shouldn't. Does anyone have a guide or any advice on how to remove the thing?

There's a short guide in this thread: >clicky<

[DJ_SL]

you dont need a phd just a few GCSEs to get this one sorted...

[nakajima]

where in M'boro ou from? i'm in Norton and there's a few from around this way with VX's. hope you like the new car

[gnewark]

I'm in Coulby Newham. Seems like they forgot to give me the tool to get it off. Will have to chase fow for it Thanks for all your help, Gareth

[luna_s]

its a t40 torx bit, so you could get a screwdriver from halfords or something, altho looking outside its starting to snow... oh im from billingham btw !

[mal_dun]

The torx supplied with the hardtop is next to useless. I use a T40 toHalfrauds with a rachet rahter then a screwdriver handle. It make life easier. Did you get a hardtop cover as you'll need it to store the top?

[gnewark]

Thanks for all your help, I have managed to get a tool from halfords and have now taken the hard top off. (Thanks mal_dun and luna_s for the heads up) mal_dun - I do have a cover for the hard top. It was stashed in the boot. Been out in the vx for just over an hour - I had to drag myself back or I would have been out all day, it's such a different experience to my old cliosport. Gareth

[luna_s]

heh you must be as mad as me to remove the hardtop at the mo, weathers been terrible all day!!!!!!

[gnewark]

luna, I was absolutely freezing with the top off put it back on now though

Edited by gnewark, 12 March 2006 - 06:22 PM.

[nakajima]

small world. my mum lives there. southwood.