Help with hood please!

[Stevemarsh]

Hi, so after an hour of fiddling with the roof bars in the boot behind the roll bar ...I have no idea!!!!! Does anyone have a video or diagram of how the roof bars go up and the correct way to put the roof on!!? I have no intentions to use the car in the wet but just thought I should know how to fit it!!!

 

thansk In advance! 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

You need the old build manuals for that.

Fortunaterly the Hood section is available on its own, here.

http://www.manikllc.com/manuals/Westfield_hood_assembly.pdf

[Stevemarsh]

3 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

You need the old build manuals for that.

Fortunaterly the Hood section is available on its own, here.

http://www.manikllc.com/manuals/Westfield_hood_assembly.pdf

Thanks, see if this sheds any light! 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

It’s actually dead easy, if a little time consuming due to the number of poppers.

However, there is a sequence to putting up the frame, and if you don’t open it up in the right order, it will just jam up.

How easy the poppers are to fasten depend how tightly the Hood has been fitted. It can help the first few times to make sure the vinyl is warm. If practicing, leave it in the sun, or somewhere warm inside. (It’s less stretch cold.)

If putting it on when your out and about in colder weather, try not to leaving till it’s raining hard before putting it up. If you stop driving in time, you can open the hood out and lay it on the bonnet to warm a little. You’d be amazed how much easier it is to fit then, when the weathers cold!

Another tip, (this assumes it was originally fitted according to the manual, of course). This assumes the Hood is a nice tight fit!

It can be easier to attach the press studs in the same order they were fitted when the Hood was installed, as that way the Hood has most give, to pull tight.

Roughly speaking, centre rear panel, (above spare wheel cut out) first, then near-side rear corner, then off-side rear corner, then from near side to off side, attach rest of the press studs across the back of the car.

Then, fix the near side catch on the wheel arch, next to the side screen, followed by the same on the off side. Finally, do up the press studs on each side of the car.