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Is there room to store light jackets, shoes, etc on top of the engine cover where the convertible top goes. There appears to be space just wondered if anybody tried it?
There's room for such stuff there, but I don't think that it's a good idea to put anything there.
I'd be afraid that anything I'd put there could slide around and interfere with the opening and closing of the tonneau cover.
I'd also worry that I would forget that I had something there, and would try to lower the top.
To the OP: I think the concern about things sliding around and interfering with the gears or the sensor that detects whether the top and tonneau are open or closed is a good reason to not put things like jackets back there. If you had a good way to secure things so they won't slide around it's feasible, I guess. But you can put thin items like jackets behind the seats.
People have successfully used these on the back of the seats to hang light items:
Is there room to store light jackets, shoes, etc on top of the engine cover where the convertible top goes. There appears to be space just wondered if anybody tried it?
Originally Posted by ontcanuck
just curious
You have a frunk and a trunk, why would you need to put a jacket on the convertible top? Putting anything ON the stowed convertible top, is essentially being put in the engine compartment. Heat. Fumes. Yeah, no, that’s a really bad idea.
You have a frunk and a trunk, why would you need to put a jacket on the convertible top? Putting anything ON the stowed convertible top, is essentially being put in the engine compartment. Heat. Fumes. Yeah, no, that’s a really bad idea.
Heat, yes (see attached caution from the Owner's Manual), fumes not so much. I don't recommend attempting to store anything there. But, that area is open to the cabin and air can flow between them. I know this because with the tonneau open, and the cabin closed with the AC on, I can feel air flowing out of the cabin into the area where the nacelle resides when the tonneau is closed. It is a key reason that the access panels for the dipstick and coolant reservoir have the rubber flaps to seal off the space. If fumes were present they would get into the top headliner material and the cabin.
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