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Mikemog6,
Yes - It does need an ariel -- I drilled a hole in the rear panel into the spare wheel area and pssed the ariel lead through a grommit. The ariel is mounted in the sloping rear panel as far over to the side as I could reach!! It is a 12in ariel which looks quite good - I also fitted an ariel signal booster and a seperate earth for the ariel which cleans up the signal. Car is not accessible just now but I'll post some photos when it is!

Cheers!

Many thanks for this helpful thread which has been a most useful resource.

On my new CX Plus Four, following suggestions here and in the forum, I got these immediately from Amazon:

1, "MagSafe compatible" phone holder
so I can see maps (the audio guidance is just not enough on back roads)


It seems a great pity to stick things on the beautiful (and expensive) wood, but let's hope the adhesive (allegedly 3M VHB although it's a Chinese product so you never know) can be removed safely one day. It's partially obscured by the gearstick but I didn't want it too close to the vents and it can't adhere to the curved part of course.

2. Tunai phone control button
so I can control track pause/skip, and because the volume control in the Morgan is so far forward from my driving position that the seat belt often blocks me as I lean forward!


I've not worked out where to put this yet. Initially I've tried attaching it to one of the paddles with a rubber band but it's too easy to trigger the paddle by mistake. I might have to take it to the dash at the far right near the driver's window.

So far it works well with one bug: track skip (while phone is displaying route) sometimes stops the music altogether. I think this might be an IOS issue: anyone else had this?

I was quite taken by these mini-lite wheels advertised by Williams - I think I might prefer them to wires.

Wouldn’t go to the extent of replacing an existing set, but if I was speccing a new car, I would be doing a lot of hand wringing.

Only available on the Plus 4.

Those wheels look good on that particular Plus Four.
What a great looking car.
One huge advantage, is those wheels would be far easier to clean, than a set of wires.

Bud
4/4 - Stanley

Hi, Firstly thank you to Gonze for the helpful details and photos of modifications. As someone new to Morganeering, and the forum, since Oct last year I've found many of these sorts of posts very useful. In the spirit of sharing here are a couple of images of my solution to holding a mobile device. I had a flat strip of stainless steel which I bent at the ends so that it would 'clip' round the sides of the centre console without requiring permanent fixings/damage to the leather etc. It does obviously require the phone to be in a flip case, but I always have one of those on my phones anyway. The little wooden blocks are just to stop it sliding sideways and allows for different size phones. I hope others find it useful.

Spend this sort of money and it leaks????

Of course.. would be a bit worrying if it didn't.

Mine doesn't.

Sadly, mine does. Two leaks on both sides. At the rear of both doors, around the sidescreen to door joints and the door latch areas. Also the front edge of both doors, where the sidescreen and door meet the join between windscreen and A-post. Not awful. In a very wet 50 mile drive to my service at Krazy Horse last week, I had about a dozen water drops in each area. They create decent draughts too. KH adjusted the sidescreens and added a couple of pieces of foam, but it hasn't improved it.

I have some 'D' shaped seals and foam on order from Woolies and will do the same at the rear of both doors as the OP, thanks for the photos. I'll improvise for the front of the doors.

With regular experimentation with Woolies rubber seals, roof up, I'm at a stage where weather tightness, drafts and wind noise are now vastly improved.

I have found the windscreen to roof seal is quieter if I latch down the left side first!

It will never be conversation quiet at motorway speeds, the airflow over the roof seems to be nicely amplified by the single skin material. It seems quieter with the roof down.

Why the obsession? I want to do weekends away with my wife, who has zero interest in things four-wheeled; and I'm on the verge of a tinnitus issue (British sports cars and motorbikes), that I want to avoid!

If they existed, I would buy a supplementary, sound insulating, inner skin that fastens inside the roof. I could see how it could work, but beyond my DIY level. Also, a draft reducing screen for behind the seats, like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foldable-W...=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A34IIPZUJ53OUU