greavesy7
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| posted on 18/1/15 at 09:31 PM |
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Making weather for gbs zero
I want to make a rag top for my gbs zero what's best material to use !
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austin man
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| posted on 18/1/15 at 10:36 PM |
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depends on your bank balance, You could us a waterproof canvas, vinyl ( leather Cloth ) Sailcloth vinyl and Stayfast fabric.
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Myke 2463
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| posted on 19/1/15 at 10:10 AM |
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This will give you an idea of what is available http://www.profabrics.co.uk
Be Lucky Mike.
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greavesy7
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| posted on 19/1/15 at 12:01 PM |
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I wanted to use the same sort of stuff as on a conventional soft top road car.
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pewe
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| posted on 19/1/15 at 12:18 PM |
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Talk to Jack Smith Trimmers, Swansea
Rear of 158 St Helens Avenue
Swansea
SA1 4NQ
01792 461022
All round good guys and though he supplies finished roofs I reckon he won't mind
supplying fabric.
Having said that his prices for the finished article are super-competitive e.g £240 for an MX5 mohair roof fitted.
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe10 
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femster87
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| posted on 19/1/15 at 02:48 PM |
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Speak to this guys, they are close to you
http://www.martrim.co.uk/catalogue/standard-grain-leather-hides.html
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turnipfarmer
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| posted on 19/1/15 at 08:10 PM |
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I've used this stuff on mine (recommended by someone else on this forum) and it's great.
And cheap!!
http://www.fabricuk.com/fabrics.php?fabric_type=416
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The Knobs
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| posted on 29/1/15 at 02:40 PM |
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I need to make a new boot cover for my car, is it easy to stich the fabric or best left to the experts? Anyone know a cheap place to get one made ? I
have the old one as e template, just needs holes in another place for roll cage.
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turnipfarmer
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| posted on 29/1/15 at 03:27 PM |
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Not easy to do by hand. Best to use a sewing machine.
However, you do need a fairly heavy duty one - one that will cope with leather, rather than one that's only aimed at dressmakers.
In your position, where you already have the old one as a template, What I'd do is...
Get some fabric
Carefully take the existing one apart by cutting the stitches with a sharp blade
Pin all the pieces on top of the new fabric, and cut round them exactly (allowing for the new roll cage hole positions)
Reassemble the new bits using pins
Then either find a friend, relative or local with a suitable machine to sew it all back together.
If you can't find anyone, then it's a case of using the local paper, trade magazine or yellow pages.
Don't forget some new poppers, too.
HTH
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