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Fitting a soft top / hood in my convertible
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:46 pm
by marianogodoy
Guys - Is fitting a new hood for my convertible is something fairly achievable by the average enthusiast like me or is it a definite no-no? Do you need special tools or expertise?
Has anybody tried ? any experiences to share on this one? trying to make up my mind on whether its worth having a go or paying £200 to get it fitted...
If anybody knows of instructions somewhere on the net it would be great.
cheers!
Re: Fitting a soft top / hood in my convertible
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:13 pm
by Ziggy
Fitting a second hand hood, complete with frame, is easy enough. There is no way I'd attempt to fit a new hood to a frame though - definately fork out that £200 (or whatever it costs!).
Re: Fitting a soft top / hood in my convertible
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:55 pm
by DaveD
got the instructions if you want them ...quite a few people have ( on yahoo group ) but i didn't...do a search
Re: Fitting a soft top / hood in my convertible
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:42 am
by mrLEE30
as dave says, he sent me the instructions i looked at em and decided not to... i watched the company who fitted my roof and decided it would be possible to do with average tools and little experiance but i would not like to risk knackering a 4/500quid roof fabric in an effort to save 200 quid... and secondly a badly fitted cabby roof will devalue your car more than the cost of having a pro fit it.
and to give you an idea i re-sprayed my mums E39 with no experiance with no worries....so i am pretty adventurous when it comes to trying things myself, but the roof i would not be happy to take on!
mrlee