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by Cloggy » Mon, 21 Jul 2008 8:49 +0000
Hi Galls & Guys,
My soft top needs replacing and I've decided already between hard-top or soft-top and decided to go for a Mohair Soft-Top
Choices are: Black or Navy Blue.
I can buy one myself and see if anyone in the club can give me a hand or go to Art ( http://www.webcars.net/softtop.htm)
Let me know what you think I should do...
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by MX5Steve » Mon, 21 Jul 2008 8:57 +0000
I went for self fit black....
As far as I know someone on here should be able to help ye... The blue mightn't look good if its too blue as opposed to navy.....
If your getting a navy, i'd go for that.....
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by leamyj » Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:46 +0000
Yeah Cloggy, I would agree that the navy would look better on your car than the blue. Sure when you buy it put the word out and we'll converge on your pad for a "new hood fitting" party
There's bound to be somebody available who has assisted on this kind of job.
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by robmx5 » Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:17 +0000
Rob,
As you know Colm fitted my roof this year, having bought it in MX5 parts. My first 5 came with a vinyl roof fitted by Art, and if I can say so the one I have now is a much better job, as the stitching started to pull away from the original hood - whether this was a problem with the hood or the way it was fitted i'm not sure.
Will definitely give you a hand, if you decide to do it yourself, but drilling out the rivets is a job for someone else......
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by Cloggy » Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:21 +0000
Hi Mr Broni,
I liked your Navy blue, after seeing yours. That's why I put blue up.
I guess you voted black. Why would you pick black over blue? (genuine interest)
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by Fergus » Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:12 +0000
Navy Mohair but if you cant get that then Black Mohair DEFO man !
Who said something about drilling out the rivets ?
A very simple job if you use a 'counter bit', it takes the head off the rivet in less than 3 seconds then just pull the old rivet out.
Am I teaching now ? (Father Ted -> FECK! Students! Drink! Drink!).
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by leamyj » Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:39 +0000
Hey Cloggy, have a look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgFKBRsVVnA
Who says replacing a hood is tricky..piece of p*ss
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by Cloggy » Wed, 30 Jul 2008 6:33 +0000
Well if he can do it in 1min 48sec I must be able to do it in 2-3min
I sup0pose I will give it a go myself. Still hoping that a few club members can give me a hand or at least look over my shoulder... I'll made the decision after the Midlands Run.
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by Cloggy » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 2:35 +0000
ok, I ordered my new mohair yesterday with mx5 parts. Hopfully I'll get it this week and I'll be fitting it on friday afternoon.
fingers crossed... X
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by leamyj » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 5:50 +0000
Cloggy wrote:ok, I ordered my new mohair yesterday with mx5 parts. Hopfully I'll get it this week and I'll be fitting it on friday afternoon. fingers crossed... X
Leaving it pretty close to the run eh Cloggy?? Not wishing to throw a spanner but what if any complications arise??
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by Fergus » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 7:46 +0000
Hope you ordered new cables to go with that...just to be safe.
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by Cloggy » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:15 +0000
I ordered them from MX5 part where Robin got his.
I just got the dispatch confirmation. I'll see what I have in the next few days. I'm sure it'll be ok...
still waiting for someone to wish me luck...
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by mx5ash » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:23 +0000
You don't need luck cloggy you will be fine just take your time and you'll be cool.
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by Cloggy » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:27 +0000
AAAAaaaaaahhhhhhh that's cool Ash. Thanks.
I have some mates coming over. I think they're coming over more for the beer & BBQ than helping me with the roof, but we'll see. And if we get too drunk on Friday, I still have most of saturday to correct any errors.
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by leamyj » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:35 +0000
Hey Cloggy, are you by any chance getting a new rain rail with the new top?, if so I'm in the market for a 2nd hand one, depending on it's condition of course.. see other posts.
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