Eos Roof

[Russ_16v]

just a few pics of an Eos roof in motion, you can stop it in stages, shows off some of the 497 individual moving pieces in the roof mech

 

[swordjo]

So glad I looked in here.

 

[Russ_16v]

That means what exactly?

 

[Fred@BTM]

My old man's company make the cables for that, hope they don't break! LOL

 

[Gally]

Not a fan, my lady boss had no end of trouble with hers.

The alarm would go off randomly so many different issues!

Gave up and bought another Merc.

 

[Russ_16v]

We mainly have seals go, they leak and cause problems with the windows, alarms etc, once the new type seals have been fitted they are ok

 

[Gally]

Ah so it could have been a seals probelm? Her windows used to drop down randomly and stuff.

 

[Russ_16v]

Yeah mate i would say, we have had a few convenience ECU's give up, but more problems due to water ingress, though these later style seals seem to fix it all

 

[steven.m]

HR manager has one in light bluie and its quite nice tbh.

Imagine a kid put their poking figures in the mechanism though...

 

[R20 CWH]

bit like the megane one that, complex bit of kit

 

[Paul.M]

that looks mad!
sack having to take that apart

 

[Darren S]

Impressive. But that's a nightmare just waiting to break? Surely the whole point of having the 'elegance' and functionality of a folding roof is that you don't want to see how it works?

I remember when these things first came out. The VW garage near us had a black one, parked up outside with a £29k+ price tag on it. WTF?!

D.

 

[Russ_16v]

Im dreading when they come out of warranty, all the people wanting to fix them them selfs

 

[pip.]

Do you specify any customer maintenance of the seals ( cleaning, applications etc).
A mate has a Focus convertable and hed no end of problems with it but found a squirt of Autoglym rubber care did wonders. My idea btw.

Damned impressive mechanism btw.

 

[Peperami]

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I like!

 

[geordieracer]

It seems like a ridiculously over contrived mechanism to me. Why make it some complicated? what purpose does it actually serve?

 

[Darren S]

It seems like a ridiculously over contrived mechanism to me. Why make it some complicated? what purpose does it actually serve?

"Look what I have, Mr. Neighbour"

No other reason, imo.

D.

 

[AlexS]

Can't be any worse than the Megane Coupe Colanders for leaks!

Customer: I have the occassional drip of water onto my head when braking/ corning is this something to worry about.

Me: You seem to have one of the good ones, do not whatever you do under any circumstances mess about with it!

 

[dajones]

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I like!

that looks strangly like one of the guys in the kebab house next to my pub :rasp:

 

[Russ_16v]

Do you specify any customer maintenance of the seals ( cleaning, applications etc).
A mate has a Focus convertable and hed no end of problems with it but found a squirt of Autoglym rubber care did wonders. My idea btw.

Damned impressive mechanism btw.

yes, we have some Cryotox which expandsthe seals and keeps them from drying out

It seems like a ridiculously over contrived mechanism to me. Why make it some complicated? what purpose does it actually serve?

It does eem complicated, but i think the main difference is all the mech is on show with the Eos, a lot of manufacturers hide all the moving bits lol.

And to be fair to VW, its a fantastic system, iv seen Eos's with over 100k on, and the roof operates as smooth as one in for its PDI

 

[NOT! gary l]

Interesting that the seals are having the same problem as the Mk4 Golf, i really thought this would have been fixed before now.

I've had no end of trouble with alarms and doors unlocking/locking at impromptu times.

 

[Englebert]

Bit of a joke that major manufacturers can have leaking problems with the roofs.

I don't see how people struggle to grasp the point of folding hard tops though. People are stopped from buying soft top convertibles because of worries over security and how the British weather will effect the cloth when let outside. Scuttle shake won't be as bad either.

I think the Eos is a pretty good looking car personally, much better than the Focus and Megane.

 

[Gally]

It's definitely better looking Rob.

My brother was doing 6 focus cc recalls a week not long ago, simple seal issue again.

I like folding hard tops, I don't like soft tops at all.