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Convertible Top
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:40 am
by BMW Spartanburg SC
Convertible Top
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:55 am
by BMW Spartanburg SC
Does anybody out there have an E85 with a manual convertible top?
Convertible Top
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:01 am
by Zedebee
Very rare in the UK. I recall a discussion about one on the forum a couple of years ago and most members didn’t even know the manual softtop existed. In fact they may not even have been offered in the UK at all.
Convertible Top
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:23 am
by BMW Spartanburg SC
Thanks for your reply, Zedebee, a pleasure, especially you being in North Hampshire. I see you have a 2003 E85. Do your gauges look the those in the pictures? With speed in MPH in larger letters on the outside of the gauge, and KPH on the inside? Was wondering if there is an export version, since the 2002-2008 E85/E86 was manufactured solely in South Carolina.
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Convertible Top
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:22 am
by paddy wright
Manual roof was more common in the us but very rare in the uk. All cars were built in Spartanburg.
Convertible Top
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:03 pm
by skmattwell
BMW Spartanburg SC wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:23 am
Thanks for your reply, Zedebee, a pleasure, especially you being in North Hampshire. I see you have a 2003 E85. Do your gauges look the those in the pictures? With speed in MPH in larger letters on the outside of the gauge, and KPH on the inside? Was wondering if there is an export version, since the 2002-2008 E85/E86 was manufactured solely in South Carolina.SG1S5276.JPGSG1S5277.JPG
I also have a 2003 e85 and my cluster looks identical.
I've also never need a manual top but knew they existed from the manual. I suspect they weren't an option in the UK given the rarity