hard roof conversion fitted.
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just been for a drive in the car with the new hard roof fitted, and then removed. ill post some pictures when i work out how to. it so much better with the rood completely off. and better with the roof fitted too.
big thanks to steve edwards for showing use the roof, a few months ago, doing a deal on the price, and all the help and advice with fitting it.
big thanks to steve edwards for showing use the roof, a few months ago, doing a deal on the price, and all the help and advice with fitting it.
Dr Mike Oxgreen said:
When you click "reply", there is a link that says "Upload an image (beta)". I presume this is still under test, but it has always worked for me and automates the process of uploading to "Thumbsnap". This is how I recommend you do it.
Slightly off O/TJust tried it and it works, (but not all pics, depends on size I guess).
Anyhoo a test photo of a dream car!
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I've been mulling over this conversion for a couple of years, basically since I removed the original roof when replacing the carpets. The lines of the car are just so much cleaner and elegant without the "pram top". Do you find the hardtop easy to store in the boot? Is removal/refit easy or a bit of a faf?
VictorMeldrew said:
I've been mulling over this conversion for a couple of years, basically since I removed the original roof when replacing the carpets. The lines of the car are just so much cleaner and elegant without the "pram top". Do you find the hardtop easy to store in the boot? Is removal/refit easy or a bit of a faf?
The rear section fits nicely in the boot with the centre panel. The rear piece is fixed with just four over-centre catches and is very easy.If it fitted in the boot of my Griff I'd have one, but it's a no go.
V8 GRF said:
VictorMeldrew said:
I've been mulling over this conversion for a couple of years, basically since I removed the original roof when replacing the carpets. The lines of the car are just so much cleaner and elegant without the "pram top". Do you find the hardtop easy to store in the boot? Is removal/refit easy or a bit of a faf?
The rear section fits nicely in the boot with the centre panel. The rear piece is fixed with just four over-centre catches and is very easy.If it fitted in the boot of my Griff I'd have one, but it's a no go.
this and a Surrey roof?
how it should have been made.the roof fits in the boot nicely. the more times i do it the easyer it seems to fit, just a bit of practise. i have not driven the car with just the rear section on yet, but i will give it a try. i cant see it being any different to the standard roof as its bolted to the same bolt hole, which has also been renforced as part of the roof and the catch hold it nicely.
Nice looking piece of work, well put together from those pics.
I presume it occupies quite a chunk of boot space, especially if you need to get the centre section in there as well, so if you're doing more than a blast in the afternoon close to home you have really compromised the touring/weekend away capacity of the car, we generally leave the rear panel up anyway, so then I can understand it to some extent.
I drove the Griffith 100 miles without the rear section on earlier this year and at anything above mild pootling along it is more blustery, colder and less useable over greater distances than a country lane tootle along, for us at least.
Which then says why bother changing the rear section for a hard version. Some have argued security, but that's completely spurious, leave your camera on your passenger seat and they won't have a debate over which window to use, they'll smash the nearest one. Also weather proofing has been mentioned before, but I've never had a roof seal leak in torrential conditions from either of my roofs.
So then it's a debate over whether it has any advantages over a soft rear panel which you can put down when and if you want too . . . . other than aesthetics, which you're going to have be a monumental TVR bore to notice.
Also, do you have to do something different to get the centre section in if the rear section doesn't fold back? Or does it fit together as a whole unit before fitting back in the car, cos then it's gotta be a right pain if it starts raining when you're out?
It's great to see alternatives, I'm just trying to understand the advatanges over the existing design?
I presume it occupies quite a chunk of boot space, especially if you need to get the centre section in there as well, so if you're doing more than a blast in the afternoon close to home you have really compromised the touring/weekend away capacity of the car, we generally leave the rear panel up anyway, so then I can understand it to some extent.
I drove the Griffith 100 miles without the rear section on earlier this year and at anything above mild pootling along it is more blustery, colder and less useable over greater distances than a country lane tootle along, for us at least.
Which then says why bother changing the rear section for a hard version. Some have argued security, but that's completely spurious, leave your camera on your passenger seat and they won't have a debate over which window to use, they'll smash the nearest one. Also weather proofing has been mentioned before, but I've never had a roof seal leak in torrential conditions from either of my roofs.
So then it's a debate over whether it has any advantages over a soft rear panel which you can put down when and if you want too . . . . other than aesthetics, which you're going to have be a monumental TVR bore to notice.
Also, do you have to do something different to get the centre section in if the rear section doesn't fold back? Or does it fit together as a whole unit before fitting back in the car, cos then it's gotta be a right pain if it starts raining when you're out?
It's great to see alternatives, I'm just trying to understand the advatanges over the existing design?
Edited by Johno on Sunday 21st August 18:40
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