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- have you sorted the fitting of the soft top Nick ?

Will it fit with the hardtop in place (I'm guessing probably not...?)

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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.


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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 :-)


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Originally Posted by aerotaff
It's gonna be a tad warm in that cabin Nick how about a roof vent....

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I think I might need to get the Air Con regassed!

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That looks great Nick, the roof flows so well with the lines of the car. Look forward to seeing it all finished.


Thanks David. cheers

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I can see that once it is painted it is going to look pretty good. What is the flange on either side for?


I am probably lacking my morning coffee, coffee which flange do you mean?


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Originally Posted by James B W
- 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... scared
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.

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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.


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Nick, re the rear 'screen template, If you can get the car up to P4P's works they lay over yours a test screen & then work from that, they even match the curvature too


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Originally Posted by NickCW
Picked her up today, next stop is the rear window (spoke to Plastics 4 Performance earlier and need to make an aluminium template..hmmm) then off to paint.

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A few pictures up the road on the way home..

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I also asked Shaun to make me a custom bag for storing the soft top in - it came out really nice.

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Would you ask if he is interested in making another and possible one for the hardtop as well?


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Also, what colour blue is your car?


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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.
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I can grab pics when I'm next with the car...
I needed the through flow of air that the rear holes provided only after the roof had been fettled to a point where *it doesn't leak*!
(Well, the header rail doesn't leak, and the vertical door seals don't leak... the bottom edges though aren't yet watertight, but it takes a deluge to cause seepage.) At that point of watertightness, it's also sufficiently airtight that unless a window is cracked open, then two-up on a damp day the side and rear windows mist up, even at speed.

Williams drilled 4 or 5 holes in the roof's trailing edge - which the S1 doesn't have.
On the other hand, does the S1 have heated windows?

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The GTN hard top has a heated glass rear window


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