Dado
Zorg Legend
- Joined
- Dec 25, 2017
- Points
- 65
- Model of Z
- 2.2 mtec
I know this has been done by many now but the loud pop that happened when lowering the roof left me with a split from top to bottom in the rear screen and a well used selection of comments not in the dictionary.
Bought a new screen from Emiata for $107 dollars and it arrived within a few days, apparently from somewhere in the UK.
Fitting turned out to be much easier than anticipated, by cutting along the bottom of the old screen it was possible to remove the staple type clip and undo the zip from the outside and with a bit of a jiggle the new window was zipped in single handed in the right place.
The sewing of the zip ends was a bit of a faff single handed but not the end of the world.
The glueing of the surround with what amounts to evostick did'nt fill me with joy so I bought some stuff called stormsure, it's a black glue especially for soft top repairs about a fiver a tube from Amazon, 2 tubes were needed and as it is black the slight overspill in places is not too unsightly.
In hindsight I would have found a small nozzle to make a more precise flow around the edge and a better way of holding it together for setting than the masking tape effort I used.
But overall not a bad job in an 18 year old roof that is still in good nick and all under £100
If you use one of these windows make sure you read the instructions through first, they tell you to glue the surround and after that mention that if the window is not 'square' unzip and move left or right to adjust!
Oh and it took about 3 hours solo to complete but the glue takes longer to set fully.
Bought a new screen from Emiata for $107 dollars and it arrived within a few days, apparently from somewhere in the UK.
Fitting turned out to be much easier than anticipated, by cutting along the bottom of the old screen it was possible to remove the staple type clip and undo the zip from the outside and with a bit of a jiggle the new window was zipped in single handed in the right place.
The sewing of the zip ends was a bit of a faff single handed but not the end of the world.
The glueing of the surround with what amounts to evostick did'nt fill me with joy so I bought some stuff called stormsure, it's a black glue especially for soft top repairs about a fiver a tube from Amazon, 2 tubes were needed and as it is black the slight overspill in places is not too unsightly.
In hindsight I would have found a small nozzle to make a more precise flow around the edge and a better way of holding it together for setting than the masking tape effort I used.
But overall not a bad job in an 18 year old roof that is still in good nick and all under £100
If you use one of these windows make sure you read the instructions through first, they tell you to glue the surround and after that mention that if the window is not 'square' unzip and move left or right to adjust!
Oh and it took about 3 hours solo to complete but the glue takes longer to set fully.
