Want to take cabrio out of storage, but rip in roof

Why not just fit a new roof?
They are £140 ish new
Any repair there may just rip the roof even more as the roof looks like it's gone brittle and coming to the end of it's life any way.

The roof is meant to be pulled and glued to the c pillar.

As above, I'd get a new roof and have done with it.

You might want to have a word with chortle as he might have a few tips and trick for you!  

Golf Cabrio said

As above, I'd get a new roof and have done with it.

You might want to have a word with chortle as he might have a few tips and trick for you!  

That part is a very Tricky place to have break.
From your pictures, there wasn't a feed cut where the Cable enters the body from the exterior of the top.




That is what is causing the ride up.
The fact that the top is separated at the corner means that you need to replace it as all other things like Gorilla Tape or Duct Tape will be a very temp repair at best.

Everything I know about tops is here:
http://www.toplessrabbit.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=41&sid=a648ae837af8623feba77ea823bba189

That isn't the worst I have seen.
This one is really close.


I have the same issue on my car at present, I even have a new top, but I am thinking about changing the interior from Bright White to Tan, and that would need a new tan top….

The roof isn't glued to the C pillar.
It's held in place by the rear cable and glued to the rear lower frame arms.
The cover trims hold the edge in place with a screw pierced through it. Which on yours the hood has pulled through the hole.
The vinyl  does go brittle over the years from UVA. Degradation and loses what flexibility it has, plus in some cases the cotton backing shrinks pulling the hood in different ways.
It's hard to to see from the picture. If it's come unglued then there's a chance of re gluing and adjusting.
But on old roofs they are only going to get worse.
Save yourself a lot of aggro and get a new one on.


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… best explain the situation, before I get too many more "just buy a new roof" replies.

The Golf I bought for 800 quid, solid base, but not running 100 %, need to do a compression test, maybe change the carburetor, maybe need to change the motor. The roof was after a year in a pretty terrible state.

A new roof costs like 400 quid over here ( Netherlands ), that would be for a bunch of cowboys to turn up, a more respectable job would probably run close to the original price of the car.

Last summer went to a scrap yard for some new seats for another car, saw a Mk1 with a great looking roof, managed to get two stools out an Alfa Romeo and the Mk1 cabrio roof with frame for 40 quid.

So I swapped the whole roof including frame, doesn't close as easily as the one I took off, but 10 times better than the old one was.

Except for those corner bits, probably going to be cables ties in the meantime.

Tricky situation you're in dude… but one which i think can't be avoided by an easy fix. As the saying goes 'cutting your nose off to spite your face' or 'if you take shortcuts you get cut short'…

Sorry for being all dramatic… but i hope you have a think about it & look at the bigger picture…. Good luck bud, hope you get it sorted. 

I often see this people spending money on second hand frames with old roofs on them only to find they are no good.
That's money that could of been put towards a new roof in the first place.
Which you could fit yourself if you have a bit of patience.