New soft top help
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New soft top help
Welp, seems I can't catch a break.
Discovered a nice 2" rip in my soft top, which goes through the plastic window and into the zip out canvas section.
The inside of the roof looks a bit meh; the zip seams have mostly come off and the window is cloudy, so I'd rather replace the whole thing than just the window so's to avoid potential trouble later on.
Required: New top with glass window; prefer non zip-out model you can just dump down.
Googled Al's upholstery and all I found was an 025 number, so that's out.
MX5 mart is a bit of a hike away; cost of going down there and time and whatnot offsets the low supply price.
Suggestions and recommendations, please?
Discovered a nice 2" rip in my soft top, which goes through the plastic window and into the zip out canvas section.
The inside of the roof looks a bit meh; the zip seams have mostly come off and the window is cloudy, so I'd rather replace the whole thing than just the window so's to avoid potential trouble later on.
Required: New top with glass window; prefer non zip-out model you can just dump down.
Googled Al's upholstery and all I found was an 025 number, so that's out.
MX5 mart is a bit of a hike away; cost of going down there and time and whatnot offsets the low supply price.
Suggestions and recommendations, please?
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I have generally found that this is based on laziness. I was after some PC components from the UK and was told that it was not possible for them to ship to NZ due to import laws etc. So I googled the regional couriers and got quotes and emailed him back with their quotes and contact details and all of a sudden it magically became possible for them to send to NZ.
kinda frustrating to have to do a retailers job for them.
kinda frustrating to have to do a retailers job for them.
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You may get better chance fro US or may b MX5PARTS.CO.UK. I have not checks their price...
I have robins one piece XT roof sitting around my storage room unused as new, but it's a plastic window.
I have robins one piece XT roof sitting around my storage room unused as new, but it's a plastic window.
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1989 Red NZ New (100746) - sub grade paint and many small ding
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I hope you meant sitting.Ben.Nakagawa wrote:I have robins one piece XT roof shitting around my storage room unused as new, but it's a plastic window.
I could be swayed, I'm cheap. PM pics and more details.
Here's lookin' at you, amazon.Angreal wrote:I've found quite a lot of places that ship to Australia but not nz. So stupid
Yes, it is arse. Could start a flame war by saying the problem was you were trying to buy pc parts, but I often get to my amazon checkout to find that, oh, "One or more of your items could not be shipped to your address".MrGrey wrote:kinda frustrating to have to do a retailers job for them.
Actually, dickheads, it can, you just don't want to.
/rant
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Yeah it happens, 99% of the time costs the same as postage to Aus. -meh they can't list every country!4A-GE wrote:The UK site decided NZ wasn't on their post radar.
I just emailed them, they got back to me pretty quick. Quote was cheap & it arrived in a week.
I also got their install DVD, it made it SO easy to fit! -but I'm a visual person...
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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Autocorrect gives unintended word some times... I'll pm you later.4A-GE wrote:I hope you meant sitting.Ben.Nakagawa wrote:I have robins one piece XT roof shitting around my storage room unused as new, but it's a plastic window.
I could be swayed, I'm cheap. PM pics and more details.
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1989 Red NZ New (100746) - sub grade paint and many small ding
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Re: New soft top help
Al's Upholstery used to support the club quite extensively with prizes (New soft tops etc) and big discounts, but unfortunately he passed away several years ago.4A-GE wrote:Googled Al's upholstery and all I found was an 025 number, so that's out.
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I've got a one-piece EZ-ON with glass window.
Compared to a cloudy plastic window, you can see the car directly behind you, but backing out of a park still requires a degree of faith. The glass window is smaller than the plastic window.
The glass window tops don't fold as nicely the OE top, and on an NA frame the 4th bow doesn't pull itself closed like on the NB frame, so there is a bit of a technique to getting the 3rd and 4th bows to come together and have the canvas slide over them.
The glass window tops require more room to fold, which is incompatible with a lot of roll bar designs.
The install was terrible; a previous owner had it done. I've tidied up bits of the install but as it wasn't done correctly it has worn badly. I've had the canvas around the window crack (rear support straps incorrectly installed), and the 3rd bow is damaging the top -- EZ-ON's warranty requires that felt pads are installed there but whoever did this install neglected to do that.
Would not recommend.
Compared to a cloudy plastic window, you can see the car directly behind you, but backing out of a park still requires a degree of faith. The glass window is smaller than the plastic window.
The glass window tops don't fold as nicely the OE top, and on an NA frame the 4th bow doesn't pull itself closed like on the NB frame, so there is a bit of a technique to getting the 3rd and 4th bows to come together and have the canvas slide over them.
The glass window tops require more room to fold, which is incompatible with a lot of roll bar designs.
The install was terrible; a previous owner had it done. I've tidied up bits of the install but as it wasn't done correctly it has worn badly. I've had the canvas around the window crack (rear support straps incorrectly installed), and the 3rd bow is damaging the top -- EZ-ON's warranty requires that felt pads are installed there but whoever did this install neglected to do that.
Would not recommend.
Re: New soft top help
Are you sure that's going to work? How is the roof going to go down if you have a non zip out glass rear window?4A-GE wrote: Required: New top with glass window; prefer non zip-out model you can just dump down.
edit; I see my question has been answered above.
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