Hood help needed

[b17]

Can anyone help suggesting a good hood fitter in Norwich or Norfolk? I want to order one of these:

http://www.car-hood.co.uk/content.php?n ... 22&pID=110

But I have no time to fit it. There are two locals I know of who could fit it - one will charge £200 and I have no idea of the quality of his work. The other is used by BMW dealers and will charge a whopping £450+.

I know this is a niche market and I suspect only cabby freaks will be able to help - but please do help! TIA

[Rav335uk]

Fitting is a tedious job, but can be done, Alex has done his iirc.
£200 is about right for the work involved.

I would be asking for references from either of the 2 workshops so you can see their work.

[magpie]

Fitting is a tedious job, but can be done, Alex has done his iirc.
£200 is about right for the work involved.

I would be asking for references from either of the 2 workshops so you can see their work.

has the lazy fecker done it though?
last i heard he was looking for a decent roof?

[Rav335uk]

Fitting is a tedious job, but can be done, Alex has done his iirc.
£200 is about right for the work involved.

I would be asking for references from either of the 2 workshops so you can see their work.

has the lazy fecker done it though?
last i heard he was looking for a decent roof?

Thought he had

[motafix]

I had a quote from http://www.hothoods.co.uk/

£475 Black fitted, £500 Blue fitted & an extra £25 if they come to me in Luton to fit it.

Alan

[b17]

Cheers Alan - I did look at hothoods originally but was a little concerned with their 'cash only' approach and wasn't too sure what the quality of the hood would be like. BAS has been recommended to me by several people - but I just don't have time to fit it hence the need for a good roofer!

[DaveD]

if you ring BAS they will give you a recommendation in your area..

[motafix]

Bas have just sent me a recommendation to fit mine, Malcolm Barton. Not sure what area he is in.

Will call him and get price

Alan

[daimlerman]

From what little I can discover,a pro will expect to take half a day to fit an E30 hood,so £200 sounds about right to me,£450 sounds like they do not want the work!
Blitz,I think,posted up the original BMW video's demonstrating exactly what is involved,may well be worth a search to have a look.
Do make sure your tension straps are functioning correctly before commiting to a new hood,it's too late afterwards....

[b17]

um mmm. I think my tension straps are probably fooked. I take it they're meant to have some tension to push the hood back into the frame when folding it down? You have to push mine manually. Where's the best place to source a couple?

[DaveD]

The States

http://www.worlduph.com/bmwtops.htm

[b17]

Thanks DaveD but I meant a couple of straps

[d6dph]

One of my ex-colleagues calls on a BMW specialist in your area, claims he is very good. I'll text him now to find out the name and number.

[motafix]

BAS recommended Malcolm Barton in Luton to fit the hood. He came back with the quote of £320 + VAT just to fit.

If it takes half a day then i would like to be on £640 a day. Think he taking the piss

[chopper]

There was this place in Croydon that charged me £90 cash yo fit my roof and it pukka!! Can't remember the number tho sorry

[b17]

Thanks all for the help - you're great. d6dph - did you get the number, could really use it. BMW specialists are hard to come by in Norfolk

[motafix]

Have now had a quote from Car Hood Warehouse and they have come in at £585 fitted at my garage.

Does anyone know what their quality is like?

Thanks

Alan

[Gert_8]

Excellent quality. I'd recommend them, only problem was they didn't work at the weekends!

[motafix]

Have just had the new hood fitted by Car Hood Warehouse and must say they have done an excellent job. Fitter knew what he was doing and only took 3 hours. Quality is really good.

I managed to get the £50 call out fee waived as another E30 zone member had his done at the same time.

Just shows that trimmers quoting £320 for fitting only really are having a laugh.

Will be at Santa Pod if anyone wants to see quality

Alan

[ImysE30]

Any pics of it fitted, also how much was the total cost?

[daimlerman]

Have now had a quote from Car Hood Warehouse and they have come in at £585 fitted at my garage.

Does anyone know what their quality is like?

Thanks

Alan

Imys,read the whole page!

[motafix]

Total price each was £535. They knocked off the £50 call out as we had 2 done. I had blue other member had black.

Will take a picture and put it on the thread

[motafix]

Here are a couple of pictures

[ImysE30]

Looks very good, nice interior also