SmartTOP Retractable Fastback Roof Controller MX5 Mk4 RF Reviews

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With this plug and play kit, driving your MX-5 just became even more fun! Thanks to the SmartTOP module you can open and close the top while driving! Just press the button once and the top will open or close. Don't let the opening or closing of the top stop you from enjoying your MX-5 the way it is best: Moving!Individually programable: customize the module to meet your demands.Operate the roof while driving: Open and close the roof while driving (up to 50km/h)One touch automatic roof: Press the operating button just once and your roof will open or close fully automatically.Passive mode: The module can be completely deactivated with the passive mode.Reversible connector installation: the module can be removed without cutting cables.Plug and play cable set: specially developed cable set with connectors for easy installation.USB connector for updates: the module can be updated with a windows pc and internet connection.E13 Certification: E13 10R - 03 10070Standby power outage: < 0,1mADual colour LEDClick Here for Installation InstructionsClick Here for Operation InstructionsClick here for a video of it in operation!Fits all Mk4 RF (Retractable Fastback) models, 2016>

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“Quite frankly the roof operating system that comes standard with the Rf is rubbish. 6mph limit and no reversing while operating the mechanism and having to hold your finger on the button for what seems like forever. Banish all that with the roof controller! One touch on the button while reversing at up to 50km/h is what I do now every day, followed by a handbrake turn and a spirited fishtail up the road with the roof all nicely stashed away. Bit expensive but what the hell!”

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Posted 3 months ago

Neil Pearson

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“Is it pricey? Yes Is it easy to fit? Very Is it worth the money? Absolutely I looked into this, read the reviews and took the plunge. It is brilliant, absolutely transforms the operation of the roof. No more holding the button up/down, no more timing the operation if sat at traffic lights and it looks as cool as a cool thing in the cool part of a cool shop when you operate it whilst moving (so I’m told)…… love it”

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Posted 4 months ago

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“Transforms the RF from being significantly less easy and practical than the softop in terms of roof operation to actually being much easier and more practical. Simple one light finger touch up or down at up to 30mph means the roof is properly useful in many more conditions. Bit of a pain to install but YouTube is your friend and instructions are clear.”

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Posted 11 months ago

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“Easy to fit as long as you have small hands but only takes 15 mins plug and play works perfectly”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Was a bit nervous about tking trim off the car and using a laptop to "tune" this, but it was very easy and what a difference to the car, a massive difference, now it feelslike a proper sports car that you dont get stuck crawling along and cos mine is an auto, I can go from park to drive woithout the whole thing stopping, was a costly purchase but easliy the best thing ive done to the car so far!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Delivery of SmartTop was quick and decided to go for this when available at 10% discount on August bank holiday. I feel it is still expensive, but have to add it was a breeze to fit . Watch the you tube installation videos and you can't go wrong. Makes all the difference as now no more haters peeping me at lights if hood operation not complete and can not really move. One touch operation is so much better, and yes if you need to disengage the operation you just have to press once again to halt the roof if you need to do so, and then continue by pressing again. This is so much better and how the the car should come from factory. Guessing H&S fears caused it to be set at 6 mph. You just have to be sensible and now can keep both hands on the wheel.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Nigel Rowand

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“Big improvement! It's a lot of money but so convenient and really enhances the usability of the roof. The ability to simply flick the button and have the roof be auto closing as I manouvre into my driveway is very nice (OK, not exactly essential, but then either is a sports car (or so they tell me)). I have mine set to one-touch operation and enabled up to 50km/h (31mph) and already I've seen the benefits of these settings.Fitting is easy.I plugged the unit into my computer and checked that the firmware was up to date using the m4connect program (link is in the instruction PDF). The firmware was indeed up to date.Then I configured the unit in the way that I wanted also using m4connect. All the options can be configured by pressing various combinations of the roof control button in the car but the point-and-click interface of the program is easier.Fitting itself was straight forward and pretty easy: remove some plastic trim from the sill and behind the seats, remove some electrical plugs, plug in the new harness for the unit, plug the unit in to the harness and reassemble everything. It probably only takes about half an hour.It's a bit fiddly working under/behind a semi-removed propped up plastic trim panel behind the seat but you only need to access one nut and two plugs under there so it's not that big a deal.The instructions are very clear. The only thing that I wasn't sure about was that the instructions show a picture of a LHD car and mine is RHD. I suspected things would be the same in either layout but, just to confirm - they are (i.e. you need to access the left side in both car configurations - in LHD the unit goes behind the driver's seat, in RHD behind the passenger).Removal (should I need/want to do it) will also be easy (just a reversal of fitting). Once removed, the car will be exactly as it was - there is no cutting, drilling, soldering, Scotchblocks or anything like that involved during fitting.Rather than use the double-sided sticky pad provided to fix the unit in place, I used a bit of sticky velcro to attach the unit to the carpet behind the trim panels. That was just a personal preference and it will make removal even easier. Any downsides? Kind of, but not really (or probably not really possible to address). It would be nice if the unit could somehow have some software that allows it to be configured using the Mazda Connect screen. I understand why that simply might not be possible (i.e. a third party device hacking into the car's system). However, perhaps a 'phone app (possibly even Andoid Auto enabled) that could somehow interface with the unit (bluetooth?) could be something for future development for these kinds of units? As it is, unless you plug a laptop or something into the unit in the car (possible via the USB cable provided with the unit that you can leave poking out from the trim behind the seat), you have to rely on using different combinations and durations of presses of the roof control button and listening to combinations of beeps from the car warning buzzer to tell you the state of the various options for the unit. It's a little clumsy. Ultimately, better configuration control is just a "nice to have" and once you have your preferences set, you will have little reason to change them. However, the instructions do recommend disabling the unit before you put the car into a garage for servicing etc. so some sort of off-switch that is easier than disabling via the roof-button configuration combinations would have been nice.I'm also not really sure why so many options for speed limits exist (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 km/h) but that's hardly a drawback. I just picked 50 (31mph) but I guess if someone wants the other values, they are available to them.Short version of the above: pricey, easy to fit, can be removed cleanly, enhances the roof operation significantly, configuration via computer is straightforward, configuration using in-car buttons is clumsier but will rarely be needed. A worthwhile enhancement in my opinion.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Just fitted this to my RF and wow what a difference, 1 touch control, while moving absolutely should me standard fit to these cars. Easy to fit, took me 30 mins. Yes it’s a lot of money but we’ll worth it.”

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Posted 5 years ago