New mohair mk1 golf roof

Hi i am after a new mohair roof for my mk1 golf cab any one no sum where good around the Manchester area thanks

There are links on the left and a duscount to paid Members too.
Whilst at it check the condition of the headliner, interliner and the top pad, if these need replacing now is the time to do it as the fixings are covered by the new hood.
So you would need to undo the work done to swap these over. Admitted the cost is more, but there is nothing worse than putting a silk hat on a pig, that is to say that putting the new hood on old stuff will not do it justice, with the potential of the frame sections showing through and have dips and hollows from the failed underneath components visible on the new roof instead of the smooth contour.
Just a pointer like.
Or you can fit yourself if you feel up to it.
I can send you a list of what's required if you like?

Cheers
Chortle

I've just fitted a new mohair on mine and also fitted a new top pad and interliner (bag the pad sits in) supplied by Chortle. I'd thoroughly recommend fitting Chortles pad kit whilst your in there!

The roof I removed from mine was fitted about 4/5 years back but they didn't do the pad so the ridges from the crossbars of the hood frame were visible and there were ridges where the inter liner had tucked up at the back of the hood. That inter liner and pad was the main reason I took it all off, the hood I took off had some light wear and a couple of small rub-thru holes were the plastic clips are at the back of the rear windows, I'd have refitted my old hood if I hadn't have got a bargain on ebay.

I totted up the cost of replacing my roof and the breakdown is:

New mohair roof (ebay): £89!
Top pad and inter liner (Chortle): £150
Electric Stapler + Staples (Ebay): £25
Hi-temp contact glue (ebay): £18
Rivet gun (local tool shop) : £4
Black silicone (local tool shop): £3
Duck Tape (Asda): £1
Locking roof handle as I broke mine! (Funkstar): £30

=£320

There are a few other bits and pieces such as black metal paint, bradawl, pliers etc but I already had these in my tool kit, oh and the rear tension cables are £25 on ebay (I bought and fitted one on mine about 2 years back so I reused that). The hood was a bargain but they come up quite often so keep your eye out, they are listed as factory seconds due to issues with fabric shading, but all I can see on mine a 2 very small snags on the mohair which, for the saving of £160, I can live with.  

It's not a hard job but you need a good day or 2's weather to get it done if you don't have a garage. I spent day one stripping down the hood and painting any rusty areas on the frame, and fitting the new inter liner and pad. Day 2 was then fitting the hood.

 There's a guide on the forum on how to fit the roof and if you buy Chortles kit he supplies a really good DVD.  :wink:

had my mohair roof fitted last month by a company called car hood warehouse, the roof cost me £360inc vat fully fitted with all new cables and interliner, I paid another £60 for them to come out to my work and fit it, it took them 3 and a half hours start to finish. By the time I would have driven to their premesis and back with the cost of fuel and then the cost of keeping my self amused whilst its being done I thought that was good value. Didnt see the point in forking out hundreds for all the bits then the hassle of doing it myself when i could just pay some one to do it for me. I found it a no-brainer. spose doing it yourself would be interesting as long as you had the help of someone who knows exactly what they are doing.

yellowcab said

had my mohair roof fitted last month by a company called car hood warehouse, the roof cost me £360inc vat fully fitted with all new cables and interliner, I paid another £60 for them to come out to my work and fit it, it took them 3 and a half hours start to finish. By the time I would have driven to their premesis and back with the cost of fuel and then the cost of keeping my self amused whilst its being done I thought that was good value. Didnt see the point in forking out hundreds for all the bits then the hassle of doing it myself when i could just pay some one to do it for me. I found it a no-brainer. spose doing it yourself would be interesting as long as you had the help of someone who knows exactly what they are doing.

That sounds like a right bargain. Have you got any pictures of the finished work? I've had quotes exceeding £1000 but that did include the headliner. Too steep?? Blimmin vertical I thought.

yellowcab said

had my mohair roof fitted last month by a company called car hood warehouse, the roof cost me £360inc vat fully fitted with all new cables and interliner, I paid another £60 for them to come out to my work and fit it, it took them 3 and a half hours start to finish. By the time I would have driven to their premesis and back with the cost of fuel and then the cost of keeping my self amused whilst its being done I thought that was good value. Didnt see the point in forking out hundreds for all the bits then the hassle of doing it myself when i could just pay some one to do it for me. I found it a no-brainer. spose doing it yourself would be interesting as long as you had the help of someone who knows exactly what they are doing.

wow… I find that price amazing,  are you sure they did the interliner?

i paid 400 to a local autotrimmer, wish i had bought chortles kit and given it him to do at the same time    was over a year ago thou

yellowcab said

had my mohair roof fitted last month by a company called car hood warehouse, the roof cost me £360inc vat fully fitted with all new cables and interliner, I paid another £60 for them to come out to my work and fit it, it took them 3 and a half hours start to finish. By the time I would have driven to their premesis and back with the cost of fuel and then the cost of keeping my self amused whilst its being done I thought that was good value. Didnt see the point in forking out hundreds for all the bits then the hassle of doing it myself when i could just pay some one to do it for me. I found it a no-brainer. spose doing it yourself would be interesting as long as you had the help of someone who knows exactly what they are doing.

The biggest expense in all of this is the mohair roof skin, which from a professional company costs about £250, so to have the skin/inter liner and 3/4 hours labour, plus £60 for on site fitting = £360 is a bargain, are you sure they did the inter liner?!

The previous owner of my car had the old roof professionally fitted about 5 years back and in my opinion it needed redoing this time as the professional didn't fit a new pad or inter liner, also an installer could not paint any areas of the roof frame that needed touching up if they turn the job around in 3/4 hours.

To DIY without replacing the pad would've been approx £100 less than my costs listed above, which excluding the handle breakage would = £190, exactly 50% less than a pro job.

It's not been the easiest thing I've ever done and has taken quite a bit of time but the old pad and interliner were the originals which would make them 18 years old so in theory the new ones should last the same again - I'll report back in 2029.  :mrgreen:  

No the final price was £420 (including the £60 to come out to fit).
The chap who did it confirmed he was changing the interliner to me before he started.
Havent got any pics because I am rubbish with computers and cant work out how to load them up here  .
Car hood warehouse phone number is 0208 3915 324,  send em an email and get em to give you a quote.