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  1. 29th September 2021, 02:25 PM #1
    chillax
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    Old post revival but did this get fixed? Just wondering as we are going to be looking at getting a gen 1 MINI convertible soon
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    Quote Originally Posted by chillax View Post
    Old post revival but did this get fixed? Just wondering as we are going to be looking at getting a gen 1 MINI convertible soon
    Yep. Applied a small dab of bike chain oil to all the hinge/scissor points and cycled the roof a few times. Didn't initially fix the bar location issue but magically over a few weeks we didn't need to manually press the bar home anymore.

    So quite happy!

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