In article <3C70FE6A.24FA0242@rave.ac.uk>, James Carruthers
<j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk> writes
>What have listers found to be the best stuff to clean up a hood?
I bought myself a kit from Halfords last year - the "Soft Top
Restoration Kit" which comes with everything you could possibly imagine
needing, works very well, and is a fraction of the price of the Autoglym
stuff.
>
>Its rather faded (ie not black - more mid-grey) - and I have no idea
>what it's made of.
Vinyl. Betcha it's vinyl.
> Its at home (as opposed to my depressing student
>house) - Im going back on Friday for the weekend - as the weather has
>been fantastic here over the past couple of days, I'm going to put it on
>for the first time ever (I imagine there's a technique that takes a few
>goes to get right) - I've only ever driven it with the hard top on!
Actually, putting the soft top on is a hell of a lot easier than putting
the hard-top on. Undo a few bolts, do up a few bolts, snap the
soft-top in place on the windscreen frame and away you go. The
soft-top *gives* when you push or pull it to get it in place. The
hard-top doesn't.
> So
>as you can imagine Im rather excited - having only been in any car with
>its top down once (that was the first Spit I looked at) It may well
>still snow (it's happened before) - but I don't care anymore - everyone
>is driving with the top down around here now and Im jealous.
I know what you mean, but having had my soft-top slashed one snowy March
evening last year, I'm keeping the hard-top on until Spring is *really*
here. <g>
>
>And just out of interest - how long does it take to put the thing
>down/up.
To do it properly (all the snaps, external and internal, neatly
fastened), about 30-45 seconds (add 15-20 seconds if you are using a
hood bag). To get the thing up and protecting the interior from the
unexpected rainstorm, about three seconds (if you are sufficiently
motivated!).
> Im just working out the whole short distance drive to hood
>up/down ratio... I doubt its worth it for the 5 minute drive to college
>:) Maybe at the start though...
Get a tonneau cover. Fastened/unfastened in ten seconds flat...
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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