Hood replacement rear cable BIG problem

My hood has not sit right on the drivers side ever since I had a new roof fitted which I paid top money for by a firm with a very high reputation, I have so much to do to the car since and it has been off thebroad so haven't had the chance to take it back, thought I would have a look myself today to check if there was a piece of hood material stuck etc, on further inspection I have found the actual metal lip the cable tucks into is completely bent!? Looking at pictures of the car when I first bought it (will dig these up later) the roof was fine on this side, I don't even understand how they could have managed to bend it? Uneven tightening of the cable maybe? And if they tried to say it was bent before then why was nothing mentioned at the time… I don't want to have kick off but I'm extremely annoyed and just want it fixed. What do people recommend as the most sensible repair? Removing the rear cable lifting the hood up and gentley manipulating the metal back? 

You have to make a Bisected cut to the seam.
This allows the Rear Cable to Pass through the Material with out bunching up.  If you have the cut then stuff it up there.

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Convertible Top - Topless Rabbit Forums

In the replacing your top thread there are pictures of what I mean.

Briano1234 said

You have to make a Bisected cut to the seam.
This allows the Rear Cable to Pass through the Material with out bunching up.  If you have the cut then stuff it up there.

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Convertible Top - Topless Rabbit Forums

In the replacing your top thread there are pictures of what I mean.

 Thank you for that reply had a look at the link very useful info, I'm not sure if the material is wrong like you say flap I have folded out I can't get it to go up there properly, do these pictures help you at all? Just to me it looks like the actual metal is bent outwards

Well the cut looks to be there, then they forgot to add the stiffener rods…

Don't have a picture but you use a "WIRE Coat Hanger"

Cut a length from the corner to past the bump about 2 inches, usually about 6-8 inches long.

Inside the Bead is a Round Vinyl Tube, that has a hole in the middle, you place that Wire inside the middle of the bead (lightly grease the wire helps) and push it even with the end of the piping. After the top is secured.

You may have to tighten your cable a wee bit as well.

It will hold the bead even with the car.  Some top kits come with a couple of hunks or Aluminum heavy gauge single wire (18-16 gauge).

http://www.europeantrimming.co.uk/vw/golf_mk1.php
mentions this stiffener (they say Stainless.. Aluminum works fine.)



 

Briano1234 said

Well the cut looks to be there, then they forgot to add the stiffener rods…

Don't have a picture but you use a "WIRE Coat Hanger"

Cut a length from the corner to past the bump about 2 inches, usually about 6-8 inches long.

Inside the Bead is a Round Vinyl Tube, that has a hole in the middle, you place that Wire inside the middle of the bead (lightly grease the wire helps) and push it even with the end of the piping. After the top is secured.

You may have to tighten your cable a wee bit as well.

It will hold the bead even with the car.  Some top kits come with a couple of hunks or Aluminum heavy gauge single wire (18-16 gauge).

http://www.europeantrimming.co.uk/vw/golf_mk1.php
mentions this stiffener (they say Stainless.. Aluminum works fine.)



 

  Ahh okay thank you that makes sense hopefully it's just that, it's going back there to get sorted I think possibly one more experienced guy done the left side as that side is pretty much perfect and someone else maybe done this side and wasn't aware of these details, will keep you posted on what the conclusion is!