- have you sorted the fitting of the soft top Nick ?
Will it fit with the hardtop in place (I'm guessing probably not...?)
James
The soft top can be refitted, and I have had mine slightly modified as it used some additional poppers on the A-pillar which are now being removed (variant number 1.3 of Series 1 roof) to allow this to happen and still function. It won't be a 2 minute job, but that is partly down to having the earlier Gangster style roof which mounts a little differently to the later Easy-up pram style. It shouldn't however be to difficult!
I haven't actually seen a later hooded Series 1 in a while so can't comment on how they fit, but I do know that 1 of the GTN's had their hardtop fitted with the soft top in situ, so technically it must be possible!
Originally Posted by KEVFITZ
Great job..really suits the car.
Have you considered perspex /polycarbonate rear window..you could then drill holes in window covered with rain shields as per many race cars.
I spoke to Plastics4Performance yesterday and they can commission a window for me, but I need to first make a 4mm thick aluminium mold... As for the holes, I guess I will cross that bridge when I get to it - I was hoping a bit of antifog solution on the windows and the air con would keep them largely mist free.
Originally Posted by TheCustomer
Originally Posted by KEVFITZ
Great job..really suits the car.
Have you considered perspex /polycarbonate rear window..you could then drill holes in window covered with rain shields as per many race cars.
My experience of the S5 hardtop was that once we'd got it watertight, to prevent misting I then needed 4 or 5 vent holes in the trailing edge of the roof. What Kevfitz said :-)
Interesting, do you have any pictures of these? I didn't realise they were needed on the S5.
