diy roof replacement

[jon haines]

has anyone replaced the roof themselves? is it advisable or best left to experts? any help,advice or places to look for advice please.

[Ballistic Banana]

Hi Jon,

Not done it on a wedge but have on the Griffith and it cant be too much different. Although mine was made already. You could get the material and then take it to be made.

Some info of interest maybe linky1

Grahams targa re cover Linky2

HTH

BB

[GV]

I'm doing mine in a week or so buying my hood from Autohoods £265 inc VAT. There appears to be 2 techniques to get the hood tension correct which is:

a) Attach the rear hoop and pull the rear section up and glue it to the targa hoop. Or

b) Glue the hood to the targa hoop first and attach the rear hoop last which is the option I'm going for.

The main points being - leave enough slack in the hood to allow for shrinkage. Spend plenty of time making sure everything lines up before gluing and fastening.

Andy

[SEvans]

I did attempt it but unfortunately the hood was perfect but the car wasn't. Ended up having to send it back and getting one custom made.

[jon haines]

thanks for the help guys i think its worth having a go.keep you posted