Well.....the roof was fitted today and looks excellent. Really please with everything about it. I left the original grey headlining, as it was in great condition. The only extra thing that needed fitting was a tension cable that had snapped beforehand.
£895.00 fitted, with the new cable (about 4 inches long and £95!) Dropped in at 9 and ready by 15.30. This was for a complete hood with windows.
Yes the plastic windows aren't quite as thick as the original, but they seems absolutely fine.
The only problem that I have is that when I raise the roof fully, the windows do not go up fully automatically with the hood button as they should. After 2 inches, they automatically drop and the red light on the switch does not go out. I have to put the windows up by the buttons by hand.
The fitter at Car Hood Warehouse said that he had never seen this before on any R129 and wondered whether the roof was under tension and perhaps a microswitch wasn't engaging properly. He did say that all new roofs should be left up for 2 - 3 days for the fabric to stretch to its comfortable position. I think this may be the problem and that once it stretches a little, all will be well.
I had to drive the car back today, however he said if things are no better on Thursday, to pop the car back and he will drop it to a garage in Dorking who specialise in R129s and can sort this for me. We will see on Thursday!
I also have an MOT on Thursday with Alan Robertson in Hove, my local expert, so I will ask him what he thinks first and go from there.
Any thoughts?
All in all, an excellent roof and I hope the little issue gets resolved!
Ian
