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Old 02-04-24 | 07:51 AM
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Hi,
Newbie here. Before my SC purchase I'd had a 335i for 4.5 years. Since I see there are top issues as a topic in the SC forum, I want to ask about preventive maintenance for the top. For the 3-series, there was a sticky on one of the Bimmer forums regarding care of the top. This was a DIY and was about the areas that might use grease, like hinges etc, and a product to keep the rubber parts from cracking. While the original idea was to keep the top in fine operating condition, I believe it was also to keep the top from sweaking. I did the maintenance every 2 years and it may have taken 15-20 minutes. I did a search and didn't find anything on the topic.
If you have done anything like this, could you please share what was done and products used?

Thanks,
Greg.
Old 02-04-24 | 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Foggertx
Hi,
Newbie here. Before my SC purchase I'd had a 335i for 4.5 years. Since I see there are top issues as a topic in the SC forum, I want to ask about preventive maintenance for the top. For the 3-series, there was a sticky on one of the Bimmer forums regarding care of the top. This was a DIY and was about the areas that might use grease, like hinges etc, and a product to keep the rubber parts from cracking. While the original idea was to keep the top in fine operating condition, I believe it was also to keep the top from sweaking. I did the maintenance every 2 years and it may have taken 15-20 minutes. I did a search and didn't find anything on the topic.
If you have done anything like this, could you please share what was done and products used?

Thanks,
Greg.
Hi Greg and Welcome to Club Lexus
here is a thread on the subject…I have seen several others but this was the first to pop up.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...ing-in-sc.html
Old 02-04-24 | 09:54 AM
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Bgw70 - thank you so much. That thread is exactly what I was looking for!!
Old 02-06-24 | 07:28 AM
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Another new owner here looking for the same stuff. This helps. Thanks.
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