How are your moonlight black tops holding up?

[pinmagic]

Originally Posted by sonicbimmer19

I'm going in for service on the 26th and my warranty runs out on the 27th. Does anyone know if they order the top from BMW of NA and it comes after the 27th, do I have to pay for installation? My guess is as long as I take my car in before the 27th, I'm ok but just checking. Thanks guys

As long as you raise it during your warranty, it's their problem, and they have to pay for the repair, no matter when the parts arrive. Otherwise, they could just delay shipping parts until the warranty runs out, to avoid liability - that wouldn't make much sense, would it?

[entendu]

Here are some of the marks on my top. I just can't tell if they're normal or not.





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They feel like depressions in the fabric, as far as I can tell there isn't any rubbing... I dunno whether it's normal or something worth complaining to the dealer about.

[BrokenVert]

are just talkind about the wrinkles in the top?

Thats a totally normal by product. It means youre using your car as intended!

[entendu]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

are just talkind about the wrinkles in the top?

Thats a totally normal by product. It means youre using your car as intended!

Ah, nice. Mind at ease, then; this is my first vert so I didn't know what to expect. Thanks.

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by entendu

Ah, nice. Mind at ease, then; this is my first vert so I didn't know what to expect. Thanks.

you can see them in the picture that I posted as well.

[Tom K.]

Originally Posted by entendu

Ah, nice. Mind at ease, then; this is my first vert ...

Then your real worry is UVA & UVB radiation. Use a good sunblock and enjoy!

Tom

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by Tom K.

Then your real worry is UVA & UVB radiation. Use a good sunblock and enjoy!

Tom

I always keep a bottle in the door pocket!

[Pangloss]

And a good pair of heavily tinted sunglasses and a tight-fitting baseball hat. Where I live those items are must-haves all year round.

I also keep a heavy bath towel in the back seat. Not to clean up messes, but for those times when I forget to secure loose items (like paper) in the cabin. Invariably they will be just out of reach, but I can reach into the back seat and grab the towel and toss it on top of whatever.

My moonlight top is holding up great, btw, but I've only racked up 3k miles so far.

[sonicbimmer19]

I took my car in for service today and I showed my adviser the TSB, but he said there are no recalls listed for my car and it hasn't been fixed on my car either. What does that mean? He told me he has to talk to BMW and what not and wanted to reschedule to next week. I reminded him my warranty runs out in 2 days and so he kept my car in at the dealership.

[sonicbimmer19]

Update: the dealership ordered spacer kit and repair kit from Germany under warranty

[135iUSN]

Good news!

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by sonicbimmer19

Update: the dealership ordered spacer kit and repair kit from Germany under warranty

fantastic. And I dont know if your dealer does this. But mine has a two year warranty on anything they touch when working on the car.

[sonicbimmer19]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

fantastic. And I dont know if your dealer does this. But mine has a two year warranty on anything they touch when working on the car.

I'll check with the dealer to see if they offer warranty. That'd be awesome

One thing I'm unsure of is that my service adviser told me that they are going to change to whole soft top for me but the repair order only shows "54-34-7-190-757" which are new spacers and "54-34-7-311-688" which is the 'repair kit.' But the repair order does not show a soft top cover.
I don't know if they ordered the soft top cover but just didn't write that on repair order for some reason. My soft top cover has the white mark but no holes so I wouldn't mind too much if they just replace spacers and not the soft top

[sonicbimmer19]

So my appointment is on Tuesday to replace the soft top and the spacers. I'm going to ask the service adviser if I can keep the old top, because who knows what will happen to my to-be new top in the future? Has anyone asked this before? who has the right to the replaced parts? obviously the owner and not the dealership, I'm guessing?

[sonicbimmer19]

Does anyone know if the rear window is replaced with the soft top? I'm pretty sure the window IS part of the soft top, but just want to make sure

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by sonicbimmer19

Does anyone know if the rear window is replaced with the soft top? I'm pretty sure the window IS part of the soft top, but just want to make sure

Yeah. It's an integrated piece. To the point that if you have a rear defroster failure they have to replace the entire top.

[sonicbimmer19]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

Yeah. It's an integrated piece. To the point that if you have a rear defroster failure they have to replace the entire top.

That's actually the reason I asked.. I got my top replaced and I want to see if the defroster work. Whats the best way to check?

[RoundelM3]

2011 Moonlight top in great shape after 15 months...top gets washed every time the car does, but not scrubbed or anything like that. Treated with raggtopp until the can ran out, now trying BMW's stuff, which seems to work well too.