Hood re-fitting

[buzzsaw]

Just got my hood back from the trimmers after having a new window section stitched in.

Trying to fit it tonight but I am struggling to get the window to stay crease free when the struts are extended. Short of taking a hair drier to the screen to shrink it is there anything I can do?

The fabric which rests on the body towards the boot is also not sitting flush with the body, with approx 3mm gap near the struts. Should the fabric be glued to the body? If so which glue?

Any help appreciated!

[David H]

buzzsaw said:

The fabric which rests on the body towards the boot is also not sitting flush with the body, with approx 3mm gap near the struts. Should the fabric be glued to the body? If so which glue?

I don't understand this very well. You must have glued the hood to the profile that bolts above the boot to get this far no?

You need to glue the hood on to the profile first and then once that is dried you can attach it to the body. Then glue the hood to the roll hoop making sure that you have optimum tension. Using double side tape to align it will give you more chance of getting it right than gluing (once in the correct place simply remove the tape and glue). Too much tension and it normal creates ripples in the backlight, too little and the struts fall out of over centre easily.

This glue will do the job:

www.vikingtapes.co.uk/adhesive3.htm#90

[buzzsaw]

David H said:

buzzsaw said:

The fabric which rests on the body towards the boot is also not sitting flush with the body, with approx 3mm gap near the struts. Should the fabric be glued to the body? If so which glue?

I don't understand this very well. You must have glued the hood to the profile that bolts above the boot to get this far no?

You need to glue the hood on to the profile first and then once that is dried you can attach it to the body. Then glue the hood to the roll hoop making sure that you have optimum tension. Using double side tape to align it will give you more chance of getting it right than gluing (once in the correct place simply remove the tape and glue). Too much tension and it normal creates ripples in the backlight, too little and the struts fall out of over centre easily.

This glue will do the job:

www.vikingtapes.co.uk/adhesive3.htm#90

Thanks for the reply David.

I removed the complete hood section from the car, leaving the fibre glass hoop and rear sections attached to the fabric, then left the complete assy with the trimmer. He then removed the fabric from the fibreglass, re-stitched the plastic window in, and re-glued the fabric back onto the fibeglass. Wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong in fitting the assy, or the trimmer has re-glued the fabric back incorrectly, causing the creasing in the window.

The other issue is once I have re-fitted the fibreglass & fabric assy back onto the car, there is an uneven gap between the mohair at the rear of the hood, where it used to sit flush against the bodywork in the horizontal plane.

Its difficult to explain without pictures! I will try uploading some tomorrow.

[Jay Ayegees]

Buzzsaw

Sounds like your trimmer hasn't reassembled the hood to the rear profile correctly - until you get this corrected the hood will not be right. You should be able to peel the mohair away from the rear profile and reposition it.

Jay