So, onto the sunroof. Last time I wrote about it, I had stripped the thing down and sent the top cover off to be used as a template for a new one. That duly returned and I have spent the last months wrestling to get it to fit. It is one of those jobs where you need six arms and fifteen hands.
The problem is that there are multiple datum points, and conflicting priorities. It has to be glued down "here" and then glued down "there", but you can't do one before doing the other. Then you dive in and go for it, and it comes out all crinkly. It is a nightmare.
Essentially the job involves stretching the roof (both parts, top and bottom covers) and riveting the webbing in place. The top cover then has to be glued with industrial strength impact adhesive to the two metal bars front and rear. Sounds easy? Well, it is if you don't mind the finished job looking terrible.
This roof and all of the required tools (clamps, bits of wood, drills, brushes, screwdrivers, anti-depressants) has been on my dining room table for the best part of a year and it is still not done.
For those contemplating doing this job, you WILL need at least two friends to assist with all the tugging, stretching and gluing and swearing. Mine isn't done yet, probably because I can't get find two friends to appear on the same day. I'll keep you posted.
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