ROOF RETRIM

[chiefyo]

Retrimming a roof is possible, as others have shown. But it is not recommended !!! This has to be the most frustrating job I have done in a long time, and only pure stubbornness saw it through. The end result is satisfying and relieving in equal measure. Total cost for anyone else wishing to attempt was around £400. And best of luck if you try it .

[chiefyo]

www.mazdahoodshop.co.uk
Mike the kit was premade from the above supplier.
Glenn as always many thanks for some uplifting words of wisdom

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/p-shape-1m-car-door-trunk...

Also one tip that may be worth sharing I used the above for a seal above the window as an alternative to the girl on bicycle and it appears to work well so far and was self adhesive and easy to remove if no good

Edited by chiefyo on Tuesday 29th August 13:20

[chiefyo]

v8s4me said:

Looks like a first class job to me and saved yourself another £400 (at daan saff prices).

Thanks for that it does make me feel better. I was wondering what the going rate was. Also I suspect mine would have come in even higher as I had to replace all eight targa panel tangs and trim the roof hoop and rear rail. So for a pro the man hours would have mounted up.

[chiefyo]

Contact spray from MARTRIM listed as suitable for high temp.
http://www.martrim.co.uk/car-trimming-supplies/glu...

[chiefyo]

greymrj said:

I am very impressed. It is a b.....r of a job. Even expert trimmers don't like it as apparently (!!) no two TVR's are the same. Getting a good fit AND the tension right is apparently really difficult. I decided to do the tangs etc but let a trimmer do the hood. My usual trimmer friend doesn't do hoods, he said they were too much trouble! So I got the hood fitted somewhere else, and he got it wrong first time and had to remake the whole thing. (It was so tight we couldn't operate the stays, he had to meet the cost!) The going rate for a hood is over £600, might be more now.
Very glad you went for the high temperature glue as well, a few of us have had failures with the ordinary spray adhesive.
So yes, I have enough experience to be very impressed!
Did you retrim the inside of the targa panels as well. They are hard to get right.

Did indeed do the interior of targa panels, and the rear trim panel and roof hoop. Stretch magnolia vinyl, hot air gun and a few attempts, interspersed with plenty of Anglo Saxon verbs !!!
Trying to find an online guide that I used which I found helpful.

[chiefyo]

Found it
https://tvr-s-series.net/images/downloads/Karosser...