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jsherm007 · 03-27-2012, 08:07 AM

That vinyl in the trunk, that's tied up is to block off the top area, right? Is only way to undo it is by cutting them? They don't have a snap or anything???

SUX2BU · 03-27-2012, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jsherm007

That vinyl in the trunk, that's tied up is to block off the top area, right? Is only way to undo it is by cutting them? They don't have a snap or anything???

If you are talking about what I think you are talking about DO NOT TOUCH THAT!
That is part of the water management system. It collects water when it rains and funnels it out under your car.

OrangeVert · 03-29-2012, 02:25 PM

[QUOTE=MLL67RSSS;4417411]I believe the issue is with the glass window, NOT the top. If you lower the top with something too tall in the trunk it can break/shatter the glass rear window. Don't know on the new Camaro, but in some cars if you break the convertible glass rear window it requires the entire top to be replaced. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Knew someone (not in a Camaro) who put their top down while out and forgot they had stuff in the trunk. Powered the top down, almost down, motor strains/slows, POP!!!!!! Followed by the sound of the bits of shattered glass flying around in the trunk. ]

+1 Bingo. I don't trust myself.

SUX2BU · 03-29-2012, 03:16 PM

I have actually put my top down with something too big ion my trunk a few times now. With the way our tops fold it is next to impossible to break the rear glass like this.

AuburnGrad93 · 06-29-2014, 02:21 PM

I know this is an old thread now, but thanks for the information! I was able to remove the "Nanny Net" without any problems! Thanks!!!

AbsoluteMayheM · 06-29-2014, 08:50 PM

I don't mind the net nanny.

However, I was caught in a freak sunny day rain shower, I pulled over to put the top up and totally forgot about the tounel cover!! It heard the POP of the tounel cover popping loose. Man I so wish he vert was like the C6/7 vet!

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classicrockr · 07-02-2014, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AbsoluteMayheM

I don't mind the net nanny.

However, I was caught in a freak sunny day rain shower, I pulled over to put the top up and totally forgot about the tounel cover!! It heard the POP of the tounel cover popping loose. Man I so wish he vert was like the C6/7 vet!

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Don't remember where it was at ( I think it was on an interview for the Stingray) but it's been said that 6th Gen will have the roof system like the Stingray - roof goes OUTSIDE the car so no need for drainage bag. And the back deck will serve as the cover when it's retracted.

I noticed that you can get the Stingray with an option to remove the roof for about 5k. There are clips inside the trunk to hold the roof when it's off. Would you rather have a removable hardtop like this or the regular vert?

babaron · 07-02-2014, 05:19 PM

Retractable folding hardtop would be nice.

sledgehammer · 04-15-2016, 04:24 PM

So the other day I wanted to put the top down. I pulled over and popped the latch hit the button and nothing happens. I get the notice on the dash about the safety net, so I open my door hit the trunk button and walk around back. Trunk still closed because I did not relatch the roof. Duh! Latch the roof pop trunk walk back and open the trunk and holy crap the trunk is full of stuff that I totally forgot about... I think I'll leave my safety net hooked up.

OrangeVert · 04-16-2016, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by sledgehammer

So the other day I wanted to put the top down. I pulled over and popped the latch hit the button and nothing happens. I get the notice on the dash about the safety net, so I open my door hit the trunk button and walk around back. Trunk still closed because I did not relatch the roof. Duh! Latch the roof pop trunk walk back and open the trunk and holy crap the trunk is full of stuff that I totally forgot about... I think I'll leave my safety net hooked up.

Cool! This is why I left mine connected.

linc400 · 06-14-2016, 01:19 PM

Mine is a daily driver, and I leave the net out all the time just in case I decide to put the top down whenever I feel like it. The net itself doesn't bother me too much. It is the fact that the damn thing snaps shut anytime you hit a pothole, turn a corner, etc. It scares the hell out of me for a fraction of a second, and then I have to pull over and pull the damn thing out again.

I thought unplugging it might not be a bad idea at first, but then it is always possible I might forget that I put something in the trunk.

I notice the plastic rod is now bowed and the thing snaps closed more than before. Has anybody tried replacing with a metal rod, or done something so that it is not constantly snapping shut?

SomeGeoffGuy · 06-14-2016, 01:56 PM

Sounds like you might have a broken rod. I drive my car through the streets of Detroit - which are pot hole and rising expansion joint ridden - and I have never had it pop off on a bump.

-Geoff

linc400 · 06-14-2016, 04:37 PM

It is not broken. It is in one piece. It has done it since new. Although now the plastic rod is a little bowed from having things in the trunk bang up against it when driving. So now it does it even more frequently with the bowed rod. That is why I was wondering if anyone had tried to replace it with a metal rod instead of the cheap plastic one it came with. Because I'm sure that even if they replaced the plastic rod under warranty, it would do the same thing eventually.

Baba · 06-15-2016, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by OrangeVert

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Originally Posted by MLL67RSSS

I believe the issue is with the glass window, NOT the top. If you lower the top with something too tall in the trunk it can break/shatter the glass rear window. Don't know on the new Camaro, but in some cars if you break the convertible glass rear window it requires the entire top to be replaced. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Knew someone (not in a Camaro) who put their top down while out and forgot they had stuff in the trunk. Powered the top down, almost down, motor strains/slows, POP!!!!!! Followed by the sound of the bits of shattered glass flying around in the trunk.

+1 Bingo. I don't trust myself.

Add me to that list, as well! Life experience has taught me "sh*t happens." I just don't want it happening to me (anymore) if I can avoid it.

03-29-2012, 02:25 PM	#31
OrangeVert "Catharine" Drives: '11 2SS/RS LS-3 IOM/IO vert Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Southern NH Posts: 2,132	[QUOTE=MLL67RSSS;4417411]I believe the issue is with the glass window, NOT the top. If you lower the top with something too tall in the trunk it can break/shatter the glass rear window. Don't know on the new Camaro, but in some cars if you break the convertible glass rear window it requires the entire top to be replaced. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Knew someone (not in a Camaro) who put their top down while out and forgot they had stuff in the trunk. Powered the top down, almost down, motor strains/slows, POP!!!!!! Followed by the sound of the bits of shattered glass flying around in the trunk. ] +1 Bingo. I don't trust myself. __________________

03-29-2012, 03:16 PM	#32
SUX2BU Quit being a pu$$y Drives: FAST Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sachse TX (DFW) Posts: 5,825 View My Garage	I have actually put my top down with something too big ion my trunk a few times now. With the way our tops fold it is next to impossible to break the rear glass like this. __________________ <----- Click HERE to see ALL of my mods/write ups

06-29-2014, 02:21 PM	#33
AuburnGrad93 Drives: 2018 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Chattanooga, TN & McDonough, GA Posts: 308 View My Garage	I know this is an old thread now, but thanks for the information! I was able to remove the "Nanny Net" without any problems! Thanks!!! __________________ 1999 30th Anniversary Convertible Trans Am 2001 SOM Convertible Trans AM 2012 2SS/RS Summit White Convertible My Build Thread: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224339

06-29-2014, 08:50 PM	#34
AbsoluteMayheM LongTimeLurker Drives: 2011 SIM 2SS/RS Convertible L99 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Napanee, Ontario Posts: 434 View My Garage	I don't mind the net nanny. However, I was caught in a freak sunny day rain shower, I pulled over to put the top up and totally forgot about the tounel cover!! It heard the POP of the tounel cover popping loose. Man I so wish he vert was like the C6/7 vet! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD __________________ 2011 2SS/RS

07-02-2014, 05:19 PM	#36
babaron Totally into it Drives: '67 427vette/'11 Pacecar/'02 BMW ci Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 653 View My Garage	Retractable folding hardtop would be nice. __________________ ____________________________________THERE MUST BE A SUPPORT GROUP FOR THIS ADDICTION. AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE?

03-27-2012, 08:07 AM	#29
jsherm007 Always drop the top Drives: 2014 Stingray Vert 2LT z51 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 158	That vinyl in the trunk, that's tied up is to block off the top area, right? Is only way to undo it is by cutting them? They don't have a snap or anything???

04-15-2016, 04:24 PM	#37
sledgehammer Drives: 2014 Convertible LS3 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Woodside, NY Posts: 41	So the other day I wanted to put the top down. I pulled over and popped the latch hit the button and nothing happens. I get the notice on the dash about the safety net, so I open my door hit the trunk button and walk around back. Trunk still closed because I did not relatch the roof. Duh! Latch the roof pop trunk walk back and open the trunk and holy crap the trunk is full of stuff that I totally forgot about... I think I'll leave my safety net hooked up.

06-14-2016, 01:19 PM	#39
linc400 Drives: 2012 2LT 45th anniversary convert Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 265	Mine is a daily driver, and I leave the net out all the time just in case I decide to put the top down whenever I feel like it. The net itself doesn't bother me too much. It is the fact that the damn thing snaps shut anytime you hit a pothole, turn a corner, etc. It scares the hell out of me for a fraction of a second, and then I have to pull over and pull the damn thing out again. I thought unplugging it might not be a bad idea at first, but then it is always possible I might forget that I put something in the trunk. I notice the plastic rod is now bowed and the thing snaps closed more than before. Has anybody tried replacing with a metal rod, or done something so that it is not constantly snapping shut?

06-14-2016, 01:56 PM	#40
SomeGeoffGuy Drives: 2023 2SS Convertible Join Date: May 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,059	Sounds like you might have a broken rod. I drive my car through the streets of Detroit - which are pot hole and rising expansion joint ridden - and I have never had it pop off on a bump. -Geoff __________________ '12 2SS RS Convertible - Traded in. '16 2SS Convertible - White on white, mag-ride, NPP, nav. Sold! '23 2SS Convertible -Same as above except orange.

06-14-2016, 04:37 PM	#41
linc400 Drives: 2012 2LT 45th anniversary convert Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 265	It is not broken. It is in one piece. It has done it since new. Although now the plastic rod is a little bowed from having things in the trunk bang up against it when driving. So now it does it even more frequently with the bowed rod. That is why I was wondering if anyone had tried to replace it with a metal rod instead of the cheap plastic one it came with. Because I'm sure that even if they replaced the plastic rod under warranty, it would do the same thing eventually.