Hey all,
First, thanks in advance for any assistance, thoughts or suggestions - even alternative ones - as they are always truly appreciated.
Does anyone know the cutout size for an electric "accordian-style" folding vinyl Webasto Aero-Top sunroof, Type E-FD-DW, Id Nr: 770717 (with the motor in the back and the separate electric switch under the dash rail)?
The roof electrics in my 1991 Mainstream Cooper are great and once I added drainage hoses and started lubing the channels once a season, the drive cables and spline movement etc. are all fine - the problem is that the vinyl is shrinking and the sides are bowing in and I'm certain that water is going to start getting in because of that.
Key to note: I cannot garage my Mini so she is "sunbaked", living on the streets of NYC, USA and I'm sure that is not helping. I did start to regularly treat it with 303 Aerospace Protectant (https://www.goldeagl...ace-protectant/) recently and that is keeping it supple, but it hasn't improved the shrinking issue.
And yes, I believe that the tensioner cables along the sides are still intact so replacing them is unfortunately not the simple remedy.
Plus I now have a tiny tear that I have fixed with StormSure (https://www.stormsur...repair-kit.html) - great stuff by the way, but eventually that might fail too.
So...I'm looking to replace my existing top with a brand new manual one from these guys: https://www.sunroofs...om-size-ragtop/ but I'm trying to find the size of the existing hole before I remove my old top since I have no place to garage my "topless" Mini while I await the custom replacement to be manufactured.
Webasto has not been able to provide me with specifications, just telling me that the old top is bigger than their current H400 so it's not like I could just buy new from them and make my existing hole bigger - I'd need to weld in new metal or swap in a new roof - another $500+ cost to this equation I just do not have.
These guys once offered a new Aero-top II, but at a maximum opening of 640mm x 620mm I think it is smaller than the original Aero-top:
Mini Classic Ersatzteile von Allbrit.de - Artikel Details
Back a long time ago, but not anymore, they offered a skin for the Aero-top, which they refer to as "installed on: "British Open" and other special models", but at over $2,200 USD, that wasn't a path I could afford to take either
And I couldn't be sure an Aero-top II it is the same size as mine since I KNOW my Mini is not a BOC. I do think my top is an Aero-Top 1 (versus an Aero-Top II or a Hollandia H400, both with the integrated motor/controls up front near the rear view mirror), but is that the exact same as AllBrit is listing? I just can't be sure.
So thank you in advance it you know the dimensions, or have a template for a Webasto Aero-Top sunroof, Type E-FD-DW, Id Nr: 770717 lying around that you can check/measure!
Otherwise, when the time comes, I'll need to remove my top to measure the hole and refit the top if someone on here doesn't know the size. Not the worst thing in the world, I guess, but if I can get the new top made and delivered and do the job just once, I'd prefer it!
Edited by [email protected], 02 December 2020 - 11:43 PM.