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If it has slots in it, then you need the bayonet mounts like are on my top or you need to change your mounts.
Do I have the correct hardtop mounts or do I need to swap?
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I purchased a hardtop on ebay before I realized that there are 2 different types of mounting hardware. The hardtop is 2.5 hours away so before I drive from Long Island to Philly, I wanted to check. Here are pictures of my receivers and below is the hardtop. What do you think?
my receiver
ebay hardtop 1
ebay hardtop 2
What year is your car? Are the hard top mounts original? I think all the 996.1 had the bayonet style mounts like in the pic posted in the second post and it looks like yours are the same. Need a better pic of the mount to be sure.
My mounts were not installed from the factory. They came off of a 996 though. Here are the part numbers
996.561.655.01 and 996.561.656.01.
Here is a link to what they look like.
https://www.porschepartsused.co.uk/1...rrbgatin8t85i7
Take a picture of your Passenger Side mount. If it has slots in it, then you need the bayonet mounts like are on my top or you need to change your mounts. Changing the mounts isn't hard, and the newer 997 screw in mounts are actually better.
I agree 99% I don't have the correct mounts. I'm ordering the retrofit kit out of The Netherlands -
https://www.parts-wise.com/000043300...h-pins/p38901/
hopefully this will solve the problem.
The ebay hardtop has the older screw in ones. Where are you my top is for sale? I don't want to sell my car but I lots of parts I need to sell to keep me under a roof in these covid times
Older screw in ones? I thought the screw in type is the newer style? I'm so confused. All I know is my car is a 2003 and I have the receiver for one of the bayonet types.
I'm in the Lynbrook area.
The picture I showed is a bayonet that twists in it twists 90 degrees and then a little snap it locks in. The older ones like in your ebay pic is kind of a screw with a spiral. Lynbrook what state
Old on left new on right
https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/PK997HTM.html
These are not pictures of left and right these are pics of the different type of mounts Left and right mounts are a tiny bit different. Left has the electrical connection for the defroster on the hardtop
I've seen those #s listed on many threads but I don't think they are what I'm looking for.
I'm trying to get my friend in The Netherlands to order this for me
https://www.parts-wise.com/000043300...h-pins/p38901/
I think it will cover my needs.
Thanks for your help.
