Another novice question

[rubyV8S]

hi all,

I'm another TVR 'virgin' joining the ranks of S ownership having recently ( 2 months ago ) purchased my first Tiv, best money ever spent!

I thought I'd ask here for some advice as it would appear from these pages that there's nothing you guys don't know about. My question is this;

My car has a black roof and the hood section has faded quite a lot, although the targa sections are still very dark. Can anyone suggest a product to darken the hood? I have tried Thompson's Water Seal but this hasn't helped.

I'm sure there is a thread for this somewhere, but looking at the number of pages on here it would take me weeks to find!

Hoping to make it to PH#4 once a venue/date has been set.

Cheers,

Mark

[rubyV8S]

Thanks Chin Up,

will go and have a look at the renovo site and see what they've got.

I know what you mean about the 'to do' list! I had a 12000 mile service done 3 weeks ago at Tower View ( excellent service), seems that the body work/chasis are fine, but will need a new exhaust in the not too distant future and the cam apparently is worn ( like a loud tappety sort of sound) Was surprise as there is only 35k on the clock and would have thought camshaft wear would be noticeable at more like 60 - 70k?

Also stuck on a new pair of RE71's on the rear, did have brand new Goodyear NCT 2's fitted just before I bought it but picked up a nail in one at some stage so changed both to match the front.

Thanks again, will let you know about the roof.

Mark

[rubyV8S]

Cheers guys,

Have just been on to the Renovo site and ordered a complete kit, if it does the job, then 45 squid well spent.

Simon, I hope you're right about being easy to maintain, I know you don't buy a Tiv for it's low cost of running

Mark

[rubyV8S]

Just waiting for the stuff to arrive from Renovo, ordered the kit that includes the proofer and plastic window cleaner as well.

I phoned the service dept. at Renovo to make sure they had got my order (don't always trust this techno ordering on-line lark, much prefer the good old fashion phone!) and he asked where I'd got their details from. Told him from the PH gassing site and he was well chuffed!

I think the hood section will probably need at least a couple of coats as it is quite badly faded, so keeping fingers crossed we get a couple of decent dry evenings to get it done.

( will need a couple of evenings as a good excuse to get a few in whilst each coat is drying! )

cheers,

Mark

[rubyV8S]

quote:
will the dye have a problem penetreting the Thompson seal that I have just put on?

I think the kit comes with a cleaner/preparation fluid to remove any sealer or other products that have been used previously, but I'll let you know. I should get the stuff in the post tomorrow.

Mark