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Internal Roof

The headlining consists of two main sections plus flexible fabric surfaces that cover the C-post when raised. The front headlining is fixed to the front section of the roof panel with clips and plastic screws. Moveable cover panels are secured to the front headlining along the side edges with hinges (2 per side). These are operated via wires.

The rear headlining is fixed to the center section of the roof panel with clips. Moveable cover panels are secured to the rear headlining along the side edges with hinges (3 per side). These are operated via wires.

Cables run along the right and left side edges of the headlining. The cables are screwed in place at the front and rear of the link arms. The cables are also fastened with screws along the link arms. The cables pull the moveable cover panels and fabric surfaces along the C-post to the correct position when the roof is operated.

The parcel shelf is only active when the roof is folded up. It is attached to the main mechanism and is folded away when the roof is lowered.

Each roof section has separate roof headlining.

The headlinings for the front and center roof sections have moving flaps. The flaps are attached in the spring loaded hinges, these, in turn, are attached in the front and center roof sections. Between the flaps and roof headlining's middle section is an area of headlining that is elastic.

When the roof is opened the headlining is folded inwards, which provides necessary space for the movement of the link system.

The movement of the flaps is controlled by a number of wires and spring loaded hinges. The wires and the spring loaded hinges help to guide the roof headlining to the correct positions when opening/closing the roof.

Cables 

Fig 1: Identifying Wire Routing Locations
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The wire runs along the headlining's right and left edges. The wires pull the headlining to the correct position when the roof is closed.

The cables consist of three cable groups marked A, B and C in the illustration.

Cable A consists of cables A1, A2 and A3.

Cable B runs between the C-post bracket and the mounting of the electrically convertible hardtop, between points 8 and 12.

Cable C runs between points 9 and 11.

Point    Point   
1 Cable 1, front headlining mounting 7 Cable A3, C-post headlining mounting
2 Cable A1, sliding knot
Cable A2/A3, mounting with spring
8 Cable B, C-post headlining bracket mounting
3 Cable A1, mounting
Cable A2/A3, sliding knot
9 Cable B, sliding knot
Cable C, mounting with spring
4 Cable A2/A3, sliding knot 10 Cable C, sliding knot
5 Cable A2, center headlining mounting 11 Cable C, headlining mounting
6 Cable A3, sliding knot 12 Cable B, mounting

Points that have both a sliding knot and mounting are the same component.