Hard Top advise

[mx5ash]

Its a moss one, so no heated screen. Also no Frankenstein bolts, there is just a clip that goes inside under the back. front and side clamps included, already had some side striker plates in the parts bin.
Respray is 200 but will prob be doing it myself.

[fabfiveferg]

Its a moss one, so no heated screen. Also no Frankenstein bolts, there is just a clip that goes inside under the back. front and side clamps included, already had some side striker plates in the parts bin.
Respray is 200 but will prob be doing it myself.

You should ASh. I got an aerosol of matching paint for 17.50. Acouple of them would sort you easy. No way I'd be paying 200 of my hard earned to paint a hardtop

[clio]

hi ann,

there is a website called www.autolink.co.uk and they sell hardtops and everything new and secound for the mx5 !!!
try them !!!

[anniniwa]

Thanks Ken but I picked one up fairly handy recently...bit of work to do to it yet but fairly sorted once I get brackets and bolts on.

Cheers

[anniniwa]

Weheyyyyyyyy! getting hard top re-sprayed at the weekend

[CashelMX5]

Red - to match the shoes?

[leamyj]

Red...the colour of passion...that's why I drive a (sometimes) red car!!

John

[anniniwa]

Nope....black...dark and mysterious!

[anniniwa]

Red...the colour of passion...that's why I drive a (sometimes) red car!!

John

Passionate 'bout ur car

[Medic5]

Black is a multi-dimensional color that can mean classic or new. It has an ominous characteristic symbolizing death. Therefore it is used in Western cultures for funerals. It has an air of intelligence (graduation robes), marked with rebellion (the bad guy), shrouded in mystery (space). It typically symbolized absence, modernity, power, sophistication, formality, elegance, wealth, mystery, style, evil,(such as in films) death (in Western cultures), fear, emptiness, darkness, seriousness, conventionality, rebellion, anarchism, unity, sorrow, professionalism, and slimming quality (fashion).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_symbolism_and_psychology

[leamyj]

So, that's black then.

Let's have the red properties

[anniniwa]

Wow, that brings a whole new meaning to driving a black car! Cheers 'PJikipedia'

PJ
The word green is closely related to the Old English verb growan, “to grow”. It is used to describe plants or the ocean. Sometimes it can also describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous, or sick. In America, green is a slang term for money, among other things. Several colloquialisms have derived from these meanings, such as “green around the gills”, a phrase used to describe a person who looks ill.

John
In human color psychology, red is associated with heat, energy, and blood, and emotions that "stir the blood", including anger, passion, love and pain.[4]

[Medic5]

So I'm an ill plant!

Yet The Pink Panther (Leamy) is the stud!

I'll never trust the net again!

[leamyj]

:D So I'm an ill plant!

Yet The Pink Panther (Leamy) is the stud!

I'll never trust the net again!

Read it and weep, chlorophyll kid

John

[anniniwa]

Right, hard top re-sprayed and one of the lads here is putting some sort of self adhesive grey material lining on it next week, then a loving polish and its ready to put on the 5. My question is should I prepare the soft top beforehand in some way seeing as it could be down for a while. Have heard different reports of putting a sealer on it and placing greaseproof paper between the folds suppressing any drying out...anyone??