First pics of my TII Convertible (and a \'leccy question)

[Mobilemick]

I got those plugs ,same place as you say, but nothing to plug into, according to wiring diag, the amp is under the centre console, in between the seats,

Is that a uk spec t2, cos it looks so diff to mine
Mick

[elford_tim]

If you\'re talking about my white convertible, yes, that\'s a UK model.

[rupertbear]

It\'s still got to go back to RoTechniks to get the new rear roof portion fitted so for the moment there\'s still Gaffa tape on the roof

Your car appears pretty much identical to mine - including the Gaffa tape!

How much is the new hood rear section costing, if you don\'t mind me asking? Are they fitting it?

[elford_tim]

The rear roof section has been fitted a couple of months after I bought it - can\'t really say how much it was as it was included in the price of the car. AFAIR they don\'t fit it themselves but use a trimmer who does all their hoods for them. Did a decent job.

I vaguely seem to remember new hoods tend to be in the 750+ range if you\'re using the Mazda one (which I had). I think it\'s possible to get a Mohair hood fitted instead (which would eliminate the designed-in tearability of the hood to a certain extent) but I doubt they\'re cheaper in any way as you\'d have to recover the middle section as well.

[Prof]

Tee hee - mine came with gaffer as well !

Watch out for the new roof splitting on the C pillar mounts - They pull apart at the seam there.  I tried a large piece of inner tube repair internally with some black silicon on the outside - lasted a little while, but with constant use of the hood - it\'s still too tight and inflexible.

Need to design some \'saggy\' pockets to fit in there.  Talk to Moonwrap about this - she had the same problem as well.

The guy who does the hoods at Rotechnics is a dab hand at leather repair as well - he repaired my drivers seat and re stuffed the door side bolster on the seat - excellent job.

Good luck with the hood and stereo - car looks good - I remember seeing that one their.

[Moonwrap]

Watch out for the new roof splitting on the C pillar mounts - They pull apart at the seam there.  I tried a large piece of inner tube repair internally with some black silicon on the outside - lasted a little while, but with constant use of the hood - it\'s still too tight and inflexible.

Need to design some \'saggy\' pockets to fit in there.  Talk to Moonwrap about this - she had the same problem as well.

As if by magic!

Mine had very small tears on the seam, perhaps an inch long. As I\'m a clothes designer and wanted to keep the car original I thought it can\'t be too hard to find a solution...

I knew that whatever was used needed to remain flexible and needed to be bonded inside and out to be completely waterproof.  So I came up with the idea of repairing (as later discussed with Prof above) with pieces of flexible rubber from an inner tube inside and filled flush on the outside with black silicone.  It works very well.  It\'s quite fiddly and you do need to take some of the interior trim out to gain access between the inner and outer roof skins.  The roof fabric was specifically developed by Mazda, but it\'s like many PVC\'s used in upholstery and has a bonded fabric backing inside, so you need to abrase that thoroughly with dry wet\'n\'dry inside to allow the rubber solution glue to bond properly.

However I\'m pretty sure that Mazda did appreciate that the original roofs had a design flaw and changed the design slightly.  I\'m not sure precisely how as I\'ve never analysed a replacement roof section, but I believe that it has more room in the area that splits (which is a bonded seam), because when the mechanism unfolds the roof it needs more room than when it is in the up position.

So on an original roof, other than creating just a basic inner patch, your patch needs to be a small gusset (about 1cm at it\'s widest point) behind the split seam to allow for give.  When the roof is down the seam is allowed to open slightly and when it is up it closes together completely.

Hope this helps.  It does work, is almost invisible if done skillfully and it just requires routine maintenance to check that the silicone sealant edge is still sound from time to time on the outside of the roof.

I think that one of the real problems that you would have though is removing the glue from the gaffer tape if someone has put that on

Lynn
:WaveBye

[elford_tim]

Thanks, someone should probably try and add that to the second gen FAQ, if there is such a beast.

Moonwrap, if you happen to come to the Old Skool meet you\'re welcome to have a look at my convertible\'s roof as it had a rear section fitted earlier this year and I\'d expect that to be the current Mazda one.