Re: Fitting a hood, easy/hard?
Russell wrote:
drive around until you find somebody who's got a skip outside their house, and when nobody is looking throw the roof in the skip.
Better still, contact Matt as he can re-use those bits. I know he's making 2cv roofs with new metalwork now (hence the recent price-hike), but as long as your old roof has sound frames and glass he may send you a prepaid postal pack to return your old roof to him.
Sam Fieldhouse wrote:
I bought mine from ecas in 2006 and its now started to go. The glue has discoloured the roof and the elastic has started to come out. Its also started to crack and split around the edges.
I'm not dissatisfied, its been on there almost 4 years and is still perfectly servicable, it's just not really up to standard anymore, which is a shame. Its probably got another year of life left before it needs replacing.
My roof is also one of the vinyl ones (from that Scotland based Citroen dealer who advertises on eBay). It's been on for about three years now and is still fine, but I put that down to occasional applications of Mer's "Bumper and External Vinyl Cleaning Gel"
http://www.merproducts.com/bumper-cleaner. Vinyl roofs split and shrink due to the action of UV light, putting a suitable roof dressing on acts like sun block. Due to the grained surface of the roof, I find that the only way to properly work the stuff in and to clean the grime off is to use a fine bristled nailbrush to really work the goop in.
Matt fitted my roof for me at the same time as swapping over the plain glass screen of the new hood for the heated one I'd purchased. If it hadn't been for that little job I'd have fitted it myself. One important tip is to NOT fit the rear studs for the hood straps until the roof has fully settled. In cold weather avoid fitting them for about a month, but in the heat of summer give it about a week.
There were two main reasons that I chose vinyl over a Matt Hat: first was the lack of a matching colour, and second is that I live in an industrial area so the fabric option would get ingrained with filth very quickly unless I constantly shampooed and reproofed it. Another point for me was that I really like a properly opaque roof, with light shining through Matt's (also earlier Wendy's) product it just looks like I've found an abandoned windbreak on the beach and stuck it on top of the car
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