cabriolet roof and frame removal

im stripping my sportline to have a full paint has anyone got any instructions on how to remove the roof

its quite simple,   drop the roof for access, remove rear seat (base and back), remove the rear door cards (i know there is no door lol) you now have access to the self tappers that hold the covers on, remove the the press button and the plastic covers, you now have access to the bolts, whilst roof is down and the tennsion has gone, go into the boot and under the shelf supports there are some bent over clips, straighten those up (be careful they sharp pointy things), remove roof fabric from clips under shelf support.

now with the access there are 10mm nuts on a cable, this is the rear tension cable, undo this with spanner (ratchet wont fit) and remove cable on both sides, lift roof back up but dont fasten it down, you will notice some 17mm bolts, 3 on each side (i think) remove em all, get a mate to help lift roof off as its heavy.

last bit, grab a beer and put tools away.  Hope helps

       

great i will give it a try tomorrow

it is alot easier than it sounds, ive done 2 now and to be fair its pretty straight forward, there is a guide on here which tells you haw to change the roof cloth etc,,  link below

Cabriolet Hood Replacement - The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

Hi,I'm doing this today thanks for the instructions sounds a piece of cake.
 
Mark

it is easy really, just make notes of things if your not sure, pics help too

hello friends, i have one problem, I need some parts for mk1 cabrio roof ... how and where could I find

vacabrio said

hello friends, i have one problem, I need some parts for mk1 cabrio roof … how and where could I find

put a wanted add up, should be someone with the bits you require
   

Has anyone got a photo how to do on removal of the roof?

Tango788 said

Has anyone got a photo how to do on removal of the roof?

follow this link it has all you need, just take pics to hel you as you go along

Cabriolet Hood Replacement - The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

aircooled1968 said

its quite simple,   drop the roof for access, remove rear seat (base and back), remove the rear door cards (i know there is no door lol) you now have access to the self tappers that hold the covers on, remove the the press button and the plastic covers, you now have access to the bolts, whilst roof is down and the tennsion has gone, go into the boot and under the shelf supports there are some bent over clips, straighten those up (be careful they sharp pointy things), remove roof fabric from clips under shelf support.

now with the access there are 10mm nuts on a cable, this is the rear tension cable, undo this with spanner (ratchet wont fit) and remove cable on both sides, lift roof back up but dont fasten it down, you will notice some 17mm bolts, 3 on each side (i think) remove em all, get a mate to help lift roof off as its heavy.

last bit, grab a beer and put tools away.  Hope helps

       

Thanks for this, drinking a beer right now after sucessfully removing a decent top and frame at a scrapyard today.

Tools needed were spot on, 10mm, 13mm and 17mm spanners, a socket set came in handy, but not necessary.

One hickup though, the 10mm nuts attached to the cable that hold the roof down at the rear, they wouldn't come loose, the cable twisted as opposed to the nuts loosening.

Sorted it with a pair of long nose vice grips on the end of the cable, hope this helps someone in the future.