Custom Roof?

[Guest sherman0251]

Hi im new to this site although ive had a robinhood for around 5 years now! Im lookin for a bit of advice. I have the robinhood exmo and am looking to have a canvas roof fitted as im sick of driving home in the rain :-(

 

Can standard roofs be bought or do they have to be made specially to suit my car? How much do they cost?

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Ian

[Knock-on]

Hi Sherman

 

Robin Hood do a Weather Kit which I assume fits the Exmo but you might like to join the club and then you can post a wanted ad on this forum.

 

(ps. It pays for itself on the insurance saving alone )

[Guest sherman0251]

Hi Sherman

 

Robin Hood do a Weather Kit which I assume fits the Exmo but you might like to join the club and then you can post a wanted ad on this forum.

 

(ps. It pays for itself on the insurance saving alone )

 

Thanks I will look into that then!

[Bob Tucker]

The simplest solution is a surrey top...with sidescreens that will keep out 90% of the rain....you can make your own or there are some companies/individuals who will make you one up. They fit to the windscreen with poppers, fit over the roll bar (or a separate roof hoop) and have tensioning tapes to the rear of the car. Mine is made from material from a sail maker who uses it for boat covers, so its UVA proof, other are from rip stop nylon, kite material. They fold/roll up really small so are easy to cary all the time. Search for "surrey or surry" on this site.

HTH Bob

[Bob Tucker]

The simplest solution is a surrey top...with sidescreens that will keep out 90% of the rain....you can make your own or there are some companies/individuals who will make you one up. They fit to the windscreen with poppers, fit over the roll bar (or a separate roof hoop) and have tensioning tapes to the rear of the car. Mine is made from material from a sail maker who uses it for boat covers, so its UVA proof, other are from rip stop nylon, kite material. They fold/roll up really small so are easy to cary all the time. Search for "surrey or surry" on this site.

HTH Bob

[Guest sherman0251]

The simplest solution is a surrey top...with sidescreens that will keep out 90% of the rain....you can make your own or there are some companies/individuals who will make you one up. They fit to the windscreen with poppers, fit over the roll bar (or a separate roof hoop) and have tensioning tapes to the rear of the car. Mine is made from material from a sail maker who uses it for boat covers, so its UVA proof, other are from rip stop nylon, kite material. They fold/roll up really small so are easy to cary all the time. Search for "surrey or surry" on this site.

HTH Bob

 

Thanks Bob

 

I have had a look for these surrey tops but cant seen to find them! Ive looked online too but no luck, can you point me in the right direction??

 

Cheers

[Bob Tucker]

HMMMMM.....just searched for myself with no luck.

I dont have any pics of mine.....does anyone else have pics they can point Sherm towards????

[Bob Tucker]

Found some here http://www.softbitsforsevens.co.uk/page47aa.html

they call them half hoods....

[Guest sherman0251]

Found some here http://www.softbitsforsevens.co.uk/page47aa.html

they call them half hoods....

 

They look ideal! Do the half hoods for the caterham 7 fit the robinhoods?? Im never sure what will fit mine? Its the robinhood exmo!

 

Cheers

[Snapperpaul]

Best to take measurements, windscreen width, distance back to roll bar, roll bar to fixing points for the tensioning straps.

Kit car shows start in May that's where a lot of stuff like this can be found.

[Jamiep]

I got the wet weather kit from GBS a couple of years ago and it said for 2B on the bag it came in. The roof fits well but I had to shape the side screens quite a lot. I also had to mod the windscreen support posts, but I dont think mine are standard as they are laser cut with a 7 in them.

I used mine right through winter 2009/10 and in the snow/ice and it kept me dry but very hot!

[Guest jacques.vins]

I know its a while since this topic was listed , but was keen to know if you found a good solution that you could recommend.

 

Any advice would be most appreciated - have an EXMO that I would like to drive, even if its rains, PLUS I would like to be able to get in and out the car with the top up...

 

Many thanks,

 

Jacques.

 

07553 485 183

 

jacques.vins@yahoo.com

[fry61]

Here are a few pics of our "Surrey" made from tent material & rods Bought from B&Q for £7 with the ground sheet also modified for a night cover. This keeps all the rain out unless it's blowing a gale across the car & us old sods can still get in & out O.K.

[Andi]

Phil Shelton and Andy Farrow made a simple mock up of a surrey with a Union flag (only Union Jack if its on a boat dont you know)

Im sure Phil has some piccys... Not sure if it is water proof or just a sun shade though