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This subject has appeared in one or two threads recently, and more details have come to light. I made a start this week on the frame uprights.
This is how the uprights look from the factory (2005 spec).
The 'grey strip' appears to be 3mm neoprene. Note also that my dashboard leather is not like polished PVC.....
It's a trick of the light, honestly


My latest roll of HD Polyethylene has a chamfered edge, which makes it suitable for an external water deflector........
This is how the two pieces looked cut to shape:


So with some deft use of heavy duty Bostik........


From the outside, it looks like this:


From the top, and this shows how the rake of the screen doesn't match the sidescreens. (If it did, the hood would be too long!!!!)


Other side:


More will follow. I will be adding 'top seals' as discussed on Robbie's new car thread, and I might finally get on with some sidescreen seals over the weekend.

Look forward to seeing these next Wednesday...

You may be out of luck G....... I think we'll be in the Golf.
But I'll wear me red jacket........

Dave, What a nice neat job that makes. Does this stop the side screen rattle as well?.

It looks as though it might.

I'll let you know about that Frank when I've tested it tomorrow, along with the Windstop........

Tonight I had plans which were thwarted when it took absolutely ages to cut the two screen-frame-top-neoprene-patches to the right shape. I've used 4mm standard density neoprene, but it's a fiddly shape, and even a new Stanley knife blade wasn't good enough because the neoprene is very soft and this makes accurate cutting very hard. In the end I roughed it up with the Stanley, then trimmed with scissors and finished off with 240grit wet'n'dry!!!!!!
Actually MrsW's hairdressing scissors would be great for this, but I value my nuts too much to touch them.

First, here's Mr Stanley taking off a small strip of surplus seal which is in the way.


This is a masking tape pattern laid on the neoprene, before I discovered it was Mission Impossible.........


But after an hour and a half..........
(I made five to get two)




The sidescreen/door seals must now wait until 'tomorrow'

Well, due to other priorities, I've yet to do the sidescreen seals, but put the hood up on Sunday to test the fit of the top seals on the pillars. They work pretty well.

This picture shows how the header rail nips the top seal, and fits quite well with the recently added water deflector strip.
If you have the latest factory hood you can compare the original set up with this.


This picture shows the inner hood flap in place. There's still scope for water to get in at speed, but I might give this small 'gap' in the defences more thought on Saturday.

I've always wondered why there isn't a small flap of hood material at the front corner of the hood, overlapping the point at which water would get access to that "top of windscreen pillar" joint. Like a shingle. Then water would be deflected down and past, rather than being forced into, that un-sealed joint.

A bit like the flap over the top of the sidescreen window, but over the front edge at each front corner.

Nigel

Tonight I've had a go. As you might imagine I have a mohair scrap 'box'. I also have a neoprene scrap box and a stainless/aluminium scrap box. This is because I never throw anything away that might possibly have a future use.....................

Here's the container of mohair offcuts, from the spring gaiters:

I wondered if the triangles would be the right shape

It turns out that once again, fate has provided a simple fix. Heavy duty Bostik is my glue of choice for 'mohair'.
Only the front half is glued. Compare this view to that earlier in this thread.



When the door is closed, the sidescreen frame just holds the corner. In wet weather it may be better if this was left to overlap the sidescreen - only time will tell.


Next the lower seals............

There was an element of trial & error in this next part. The gaps in the sidescreens are around the two uprights, so two neoprene fillers are needed. I wanted a round profile on top, so the first step was to roll the edge of a piece of neoprene and stick with superglue. Next I trimmed to size, before the trial & error fitting process. The trick is to keep the top edge well down, so it's not obtrusive, but to avoid spacing the screen from the door. The lower edges are curved to fit the padding inside the trim. It's held with double sided tape to avoid damaging the sidescreen. I used 4mm standard density, which is thick enough to fill the gap but soft enough not to alter the position relative to the door. The rolled top edge adds more thickness, but just along the top edge.

Front offside.......


Rear offside.......


Front fitted.......


Rear fitted.......


And the full door.......


This turned out to be very simple, but I would like to make a better job, even though you can't see the rough edges, so I will probably go for a mark2 fix, and make up a symmetrical set.

Good stuff Dave!