Hardtop - Wind Noises at Bottom of B-Pillar: Overview

Boxster

3/98

6102

Binder - 6, Body equipment

05-14-98

Wind Noises with Hardtop Installed

Vehicle Type: Boxster

Model Year: As of 1997 (V)

Concern:

Wind noise at bottom of B-pillar with hardtop installed

Information:

Additional hardtop seals installed in production as of:

July 1997
VIN: 98 6 VS 6 25601

The additional hardtop seals may be retrofitted if there is a complaint of wind noise on vehicles produced prior to the above VIN. The foam rubber seals are retrofitted by gluing them under the hardtop latching levers at the left and right B-pillars.

Parts:

Part Number Qty Description

986 563 021 00 1 Foam rubber seal, left
(Figure 7, item 1)

986 563 022 00 1 Foam rubber seal, right
(Figure 7, item 2)

900 067 378 09 6 Screw M6 x20

Labor:

Labor Operation Time Units Description

61 02 41 00 130 T.U. Install foam rubber seals, left and right

Includes:

Hardtop remove and install, left and right roof gap strip, remove and install if necessary.

Literature:

Boxster Technical Manual Group 6, Page 61-43.