Soft top refurb kits

[greysquirrel]

Thinking of getting a soft top refurb kit to jazz up the roof for the summer. Has anyone used one, do they work and which are good ones to buy (its a blue roof)
Thanks

[Swiss Tone]

Hiya, before buying one of these kits I thought I'd try cleaning it first as mine had been left under trees for 3 years and never garaged!! So I put my jetwash into action and hey presto it came out like new.

Not sure what your roof is like mine was going a shad of green, did half and let it dry out and the differnce was amazing...now its back to black.

P.S. Not sure bout S1's but my roof (An S2) is plastic lined underneath, so it don't absorb and leak through when doing this!!

Good luck hope this helps.

[TIPPER]

Did mine last week. Was looking to get something from one of the more expensive brands but all my local Halfords had was a kit by Turtle Wax. Spent about 15 minutes on my rather grubby and stained blue roof with this and it came up beautifully. Only trouble is the roof's been in the boot since! Don't think the Turtle Wax stuff costs much more than a tenner. Money well spent.

[jonscz]

Hi greysquirrel, I've heard nothing but praise for Renovo products..... Do a pistonheads seach and see.
web site here... www.renovointernational.com/
Cheers, Jon

[neggs]

jonscz said:

Hi greysquirrel, I've heard nothing but praise for Renovo products..... Do a pistonheads seach and see. web site here... www.renovointernational.com/ Cheers, Jon

I used these products last year on my boxster. I re-colored and re-sealed - worked a treat!

[rfoster]

Autoglym Soft Top renovator is very good as well - I've used it on my S1 a few times and it thoroughly cleans & the re-seals the roof. Worth a try and not that much money.

[marcfair]

the autoglym stuff is good

[greysquirrel]

lol typical, just chose the turtle wax over the auto glym at halfords.. will give it a try, but unlike some that seem to give colour also this is a cleaner and then a proector, so cleaner is prob just washing up liquid in a bottle! lol, will try it tonight hopefully

[TIPPER]

Sorry if I've given you a bum steer Matt. The Turtle wax stuff has worked a treat on mine tho'. Let us know how you get on.
BTW don't new ally S1 Elises look the business .

[rfoster]

TIPPER said:

Sorry if I've given you a bum steer Matt. The Turtle wax stuff has worked a treat on mine tho'. Let us know how you get on.
BTW don't new ally S1 Elises look the business .

They most certainly do!

[greysquirrel]

well, i have done the roof, and it looks ok but cant really comment as it hasnt been back on the car yet! and hopefully wont for a while yet!