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Aug 25, 2005 | 11:10 AM

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rominl

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Originally Posted by tonydt1g3r

atleast now we know of a way to keep the hatch half way open or closed if we wanted to let people know we got a hard top LOL

well you can always do that if you want, as soon as you let go of the button the top will stay at current location anyway

though gradually it will start dropping coz' of the weigh

Aug 25, 2005 | 11:11 AM

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Gojirra99

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Yes, the diabling is a good idea, but I guess they think the chance of this accident happening is quite remote ??

Aug 25, 2005 | 11:21 AM

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Actually, if you pause the roof when the rear window is perpendicular to the ground, it will stay there and not slowly lower itself. This is how you clean the inside of the rear window and how you get at all the gaskets every once in a while to treat them with 303.

Aug 25, 2005 | 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by AmethySC

Yes, the diabling is a good idea, but I guess they think the chance of this accident happening is quite remote ??

well if that's the case i think lexus is "wrong"

anything happens, so preventing it from happen would be the ultimate solution, plus i think it shouldnt be too hard to do

Aug 25, 2005 | 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by AmethySC

I' ve never thought of doing that, why did you need to do that or is it just by accident ???

I did it too, but as a tag team at the gas station. Pulled up to the pump, my wife was closing the top, I pressed what I thought was the gas button, you know the rest.
I was lucky though nothing locked up.

bt

Aug 25, 2005 | 11:15 PM

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A thread from the year 2002 indicated this has been done before by more than a few members. I know I've almost done it... pushing trunk button instead of gas button.

Here's the PDF file which use to reside in the FAQ, but became delinked:

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Top Down Mistake Fix.pdf (143.7 KB, 6164 views)

Aug 26, 2005 | 12:40 AM

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thanks for uploading the file again, i updated the faq

Aug 29, 2005 | 01:12 PM

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Hail to the Posting Board Membership!

Thanks for all of the great advice...turns out that all you have to do is slam the trunk shut and disconnect the battery and the whole system re-engages itself!

Thanks to the membership for saving me a trip (and the associated $$$) to Lexus!