Using GregWork's post 122 as a guide I performed the preventive surgery on my car a couple of weeks ago. It took about 20 minutes total. Spent the most time getting the black hickey off the end of the white thingy without breaking the white thingy, but it came off with a drop of WD40 to help. Be careful not to drop the difficult-to-get-to screw into the frame works of the trunk lid.

The top works just fine post surgery.

Now I'll have to keep an eye out for those hooligans going around opening trunk lids on Crossfires with the top in motion