Sentences with phrase «header rail»

It's totally automatic, unlike the soft - top, which has to be unlatched from the windscreen header rail before you fold it away — and can be raised or lowered when the car is moving at up to 6mph.

For # 41.14 my hood was restitched, its plastic header rail fixtures were replaced and its internal wiring re-tensioned.

But with a thick header rail, shallow windscreen, wide centre console and narrow dimensions it's always going to be very snug in here.

It clips on to the convertible header rail, and can be conveniently folded and, when not in use, stowed in the boot area — which offers 196 - litres of load space.

While the raised windscreen header rail looks a bit unsightly when it's up, and does generate some wind noise at high speeds, it deflects airflow over the cabin so effectively that you can cruise on the motorway and remain untroubled by buffeting.

The A-pillars and windscreen header rail have also been strengthened, but not by inserting steel into their hollow chambers, rather by adding a few additional layers of carbonfibre.

The initial issue was around the warm air that, on the coupe, escapes through the air - vent in the front bonnet and up and over the car and across the rear deck; with no roof the 70 - degree C air would head over the header rail into the laps of the passengers.

The GT2 also has an integral rollcage, trimmed in leather where it cuts through the rear parcel shelf and cloaked in Alcantara along the side and header rails.

A number of fins and vents divert air and release pressure, but Lamborghini decided against an unsightly spoiler or windbreak on the header rail.

It feels insane; the roof whips away from the header rail like a toupee being ripped off by a tornado.

In real terms it's even faster, because its predecessor required you to unclip a latch on the header rail manually before the electrics could do their thing.

The three - layer fabric roof wins the battle against wind noise when its closed, and when you've lowered it Mercedes» automatic wind protection system sees a deflector rise out of the windscreen header rail to deflect the airflow over the front - seat passengers with impressive effect, although rear - seat passengers aren't as cocooned as they are in, say a Bentley Continental GT Convertible.

I'm not exactly Goliath, yet still my head is brushing the roof and disconcertingly close to the windscreen header rail.

The latch to the header rail is motorised but otherwise the folding needs to be done manually.

The seats are also heated, while turbulence for rear seat passengers can be countered with the optional AIRCAP draught - stop system on the windscreen header rail, which is offered alongside Merc's AIRSCARF neck - level heating setup for the driver and front passenger seat.

When it's folded for open top motoring — which takes less than 20 seconds at speeds of up to 30mph — a wind deflector appears out of the windscreen header rail.

To accommodate the heavily revised front end the radiators have been moved closer together and the windscreen header rail has been lowered for better air flow up from the lower nose.

Aircap is the manufacturer's name for the wind deflectors on top of the windscreen header rail and behind the back seats, and it's fitted as standard on the Cabriolet.