> Anyway I was prompted to write as I think I saw Mathew say he > was thinking of refitting his new hood.
> I wondered if > you had had a similar problem Mathew. I refitted mine as my usual pedantic streak about these things didn't like the fitting exactly. When tensioned up with the rear hood frame moved up it made the sides puff out a bit. I only fitted the new hood after returning from the Ireland trip and I don't think it has ever been in the rain (hose yes). In fact I think I've only driven it with the hood up once to make sure it fitted ok. Every other time it's been down. Yes the car has been in the rain a few times, but as I started with the hood down, I've not bothered to put it back up, as no water gets in if you keep the speed above 30mph. Since we finished the zetec turbo conversion the car has been mostly a fair weather dweller, it's just too lairey in the damp/ice. Great fun, none the less, but with serious torque steer and the desire to keep it all in one piece after several years of changing engines (Steve K joked that I don't bother with oil changes, I change the engine instead!) and completely rebuilding it from the ground up I'm not in a hurry to do it again (well not this one anyway). Back to the hood. Jim gave a tip to me - he said when he had his fitted that Quantum waved a kettle around inside - no this is not some weird voodoo, but a steaming kettle is meant to shrink the material, it might have made a minor difference to mine before the refit but I cannot be sure. My old hood certainly would shrink when it was drying out from the last lot of dampness - so it seems to make some kind of sense. I don't know if weathering will change the un-stickiness of the header rail part, however I found it actually very easy to remove it compared to how I expected it to be. I had used an industrial evo-stick that I've used to retrim motorcycle seats in the past (lots of nasty warnings on the tin so it must be good!) it's the strongest contact adhesive I've found so far. I brought the whole thing inside and used an iron to heat the outside of the material (number 1), and a hair dryer to help heat the glue as I carefully pulled the material from the GRP. Took about an hour at a guess, and some very warm hands!. Before starting mark a reference line where the present one fits in pencil plus 1 or 2cm so you can work to the same line as it will have stretched depending on how it was glued before. I've not moved any of the poppers. If you decide to give it a go, would be really interested to hear your results. By the way did you keep any offcuts? Useful if you ever need a patch later :-) Matthew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. Neither the Quantum Owners Club nor the individuals associated with the Quantum Owners Club or in the preparation of the above information shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained within this or related message(s). -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
