After 4 weeks emailing, phoning, promises to call and not getting a response back form Soft Bits For Sevens I have decided to go the Locost route.

Here is a mock up using fabric I had in the house. I have ordered the car hooding (BLACK), webbing etc. for total cost of only £44, that's slightly cheaper than the £300 mark which soft bits want.

Just leave it as it is, looks like a top job

Looking forward to seeing the completed pictures

Interested in this as want to do the same for the field and after my experience of getting the tonneo altered (awfull job, for far to much cash) im well up for having a go.
- I thought i might start with a second hand full roof, and then cut and add straps.


Daniel

I made something very similar for the striker, make sure you have plenty of overlap where the hood meets the top of the door. the hood will lift at speed and the wind blowing through the gap above the door goes straight in your ear. .m.

just go and buy some fibre glass resin and soak that material out and you will have a sweet light weight hard top

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Originally posted by ashg
just go and buy some fibre glass resin and soak that material out and you will have a sweet light weight hard top

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I started making a half hood then decided to go the whole hogg, lol

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Originally posted by rich201283
I started making a half hood then decided to go the whole hogg, lol

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Its like a waxed cotton fabric, I got it for making a spray hood for my boat but never used it.

It was fairly straight forward to make, Just took a while.

I ve also started making a cockpit cover but aint finished it

I have started a new post with a photo dairy of the build http://locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/4/viewthread.php?tid=157188 &page=1#pid1326787