New hood for my cab

Hi, ive just purchased my first MK1 Cab    The problem is that the roof is a little torn in places and deffo needs to be changed, ive found a seller on Ebay who is selling vinyl hoods for £105.00. My questions to you guys are -

Is is an easy job to fit one?
Do I need any other bits and pieces or can I use whats already there? (current cables ect are in good order)
If anybody here is in/around the Northans area and has fitted one before would they be willing to help or fit it for a price of course?  8)

Thanks
Ross

Have a look down the left of the page dude, there is a PDF titled Hood replacement.

Everything you need to know.

Ah nice one, thanks mate.

i got a rear window frame if your intrested its got a little surface rust but nothing major

Hi Mate,
I did mine and it was not to bad. I did a complete makeover including the headliner and padding bag as well so it was time consuming.
I would use new cables especially the rear tensioning wire as these stretch and are not expensive, again Ebay
One issue may be the state of the padding cover underneath, plus the condition of the rear window frame. Mine was totally un useable.
They can disentegrate when you push the window out.
You would need some good  glue I got mine off Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220255351546&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

The difficult part is getting the material tucked under the rear lip and you would need to fashion some form of drift to assist, I placed 2 pieces of wide masking tape on the body to help keep the hood alighned as mine was grey I marked it with a chinagraph pencil these marks were transferd onto the tape too.
You will need a 10mm ratchet spanner to tighten the rear tensioning cable nut and a 6mm spanner that holds the cable so it does not twist.
Make sure you remember to put the tonneau cover tabs onto the rear cable before you thread them through the hood and again mark threir original positions on the tape.
I also relaced the foam gasket seals at the same time, as this helps stop water getting in.

Hi M8, I have a 6 month old mohair hood in black for sale if you are interested, I am taking it of my cabby that was writen off, have a look in my forum post "my poor little car". I will be lookin for about £100 for it. I also have a black headliner for it. I havnt cut the rear of the hood for the window as i was a bit worried about doing that. Any quetions give me a shout.

not sure about buying a hood of ebay, I've read that they aren't a great fit.  Someone may correct me though.

the link on the left to northern car hoods has been recommended a few times.

I think one of the members asked him for his supplier and apparently he is supplied by BAS who I believe supply a lot of the hood fitting companies.

http://www.car-hood.co.uk/

I got mine from car hoods direct from ebay.

It was just over £100, it's not on as yet, due to a change of circumstance it'll be a few more weeks before it goes on.

If the fit isn't perfect It won't matter as the car is far from perfect! If it was then I'd have a mohair job fitted by a pro!

My main concern is the holes in the corners that really detract from the car.

My friend had a "second" hood fitted to her cab and it looked fine, You couldn't notice the defects.

It's all down to cash, if you spend the money you can expect it to be right. End of the day, mine usually has a toneau  cover over it when the car goes out.

If I can't run with the top down then the skoda goes…

Cheers for your comments and ideas gentleman, although id be far too worried about getting it wrong to do it myself I think.

Andy - thanks for the offer and I may come back to you if I can find someone who will fit it for me.