H Ard To - BMW 325Ci Owner's Manual

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It is n ot n e c e ss ary to re m o v e th e fa bric
to p e v e n in th e w int er, w h e n th e
h ard to p is g e n erally in c o n sta nt u s e .
B ut y o u c a n re m o v e it at a n y tim e
w ith o ut diffic ulty. B e fore th e fa bric to p
is store d in th e c o nv ertible to p w ell, it
m u st b e a b s olut ely dry in ord er to a v oid
w at er s p ots a n d mild e w fro m formin g.
T h e h ard to p offers re a din g la m p s a n d
clothin g h o o k s th at c a n b e u s e d b y
pre ssin g lig htly. In a d ditio n, a ro of-ra c k
a ss e m bly is p o ssible . In this re g ard ,
ple a s e c o nta ct y o ur B M W c e nt er.
W h e n h a n gin g clothin g fro m th e
h o o k s, b e s ure th at th e y d o n ot
o b stru ct th e driv er's visio n. D o n ot h a n g
h e a vy o bje cts o n th e h o o k s. If y o u d o
s o, th e y c o uld c a u s e p ers o n al injury
d urin g bra kin g or e v a siv e m a n e uv
T w o p ers o n s are re q uire d for in stalla -
tio n or re m o v al. W ork w ith e xtre m e
c a utio n in ord er to a v oid p aint d a m a g e
a n d d a m a g e to th e b o d y or h ard to p .
T o fa cilitat e h ard to p in stallatio n or
re m o v al, y o u c a n o b tain a s p e cially
d e sig n e d h ard to p lift
at y o ur B M W c e nt er.
Storing
pro vid e d w ith th e h ard to p for w ard to its
c e nt er. T h e arro w o n th e styrofo a m
blo c k m u st b e p ointin g u p w ard
ers.<
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or h ard to p c art
S torin g th e h ard to p o n th e flo or:
p u s h th e styrofo a m blo c k
Installation
1 L o w er th e sid e w in d o w s c o m ple t ely
a n d flip th e s u n vis ors d o w n. If
n e c e ss ary, re m o v e th e ro d a nt e n n a
to a v oid a ny d a m a g e .
.< 2 F or v e hicle s w ith m a n u al c o nv ertible
to p o p eratio n, first rele a s e th e
c o nv ertible to p c o m p artm e nt lid , a n d ,
if n e c e ss ary, o p e n it s o m e w h at. F or
v e hicle s w ith fully a uto m atic c o nv ert-
ible to p o p eratio n
c o nv ertible to p c o m p artm e nt lid
slig htly b y pre ssin g th e b utto n for
o p eratin g th e c o nv ertible to p .
3 R e m o v e th e trim pie c e s o n b oth
sid e s b y p ullin g th e m off to w ard th e
b a c k (arro w) a n d re clo s e th e c o nv ert-
ible to p c o m p artm e nt lid .
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