Q: soft top won't close i want to know if it will be cheap or expensive to fix the seller said only 100 most likely

asked by on December 29, 2016

i am trying to buy a 2006 audi a4 1.8t cabriolet, the vehicle has many little part on the inside falling off but thats not a big concern of mine. the problem is that the top works perfectly fine until it gets to completely closing. the top is completely folded but one side of the little things that folds it in is sticking up higher than the other one on the other side. you can visibly see the car trying to close but the one side just won't go down. the seller says that it just needs new hydraulics. but I'm worried it could be more than that and could cost way more.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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