owelly
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| posted on 16/5/08 at 10:04 AM |
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Hood supplier??
Should this be in this section or in the interior/trimmy bit??
Anyhoo! I've learnt many things over the years, to prevent me from having to spent my pennies paying someone else to do things that I must be
able to do myself. After all, they have the same sort of hands as I have..........
However, sewing seems to be totally beyond my threshold of interest. In the past I have made patterns and cut material to make my own hood for my
plastic cars but they looked rubbish and I soon got bored with hand stitching thick vinyl. That boredom caused the stitches to increase from
millimeters, to inches.....and the result was a hood that was just waiting to fall to pieces!!
So, I have a hood that was the original one for my plastic car but it has ripped along the seams. Can you folks recommend someone to make me a new
hood? I'm looking for someone who can take my old one and use it to make a pattern for a new one. As always, I'm working to a tight
(ars3d) budget!
Cheers. Owelly.
PS. I once sent the torn hood off one of my other plastic cars to a company who totally destroyed the hood I sent them and sent me a hood that was
3" too small in every direction!! That cost me £300 and that was when I was earning £50 a week! (Back in 1989)
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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mookaloid
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| posted on 16/5/08 at 10:17 AM |
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http://www.softbitsforsevens.co.uk/
Any good?
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/5/08 at 10:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
http://www.softbitsforsevens.co.uk/
Any good?
that looks a good company 
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 16/5/08 at 12:11 PM |
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Try a few boat builders...
Dan
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BenB
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| posted on 16/5/08 at 01:34 PM |
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Softbitsforsevens are very good!!!
Quality stuff.
Not cheap but when you consider how much time it takes to make a soft-top (he says from bitter unfinished experience....).
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stevebubs
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| posted on 16/5/08 at 04:06 PM |
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If you've got the old as a template then there's a good bit of saving in the cost.
With regards to trimmers, the following are always recommended:
softbitsforsevens
Trimmania in Wokingham
I've seen stuff done at Trimmania and it's certainly excellent quality.
Can't personally comment on Softbits but the caterham guys appear to love them.
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owelly
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| posted on 16/5/08 at 07:05 PM |
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Cheers folks.
The boaty types are out of the equation! I have a boat and hang around the local marine supplies place so I get to know the guys there but the bod who
does covers and stuff wanted £140 to stitch up a very basic cover for a 3'x4' box trailer!! He wanted £70 to do a wheel cover. The boaty
sorts talk a different language to me. They talk in hundreds. It's good when I'm doin work for them......
I'll contact the two companies mentioned and see what happens.
Thanks folks.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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MikeLR
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| posted on 17/5/08 at 02:27 PM |
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There is a chap on the Tiger forum called Milsonwhittington who makes covers etc, it might be worth you giving him a call.
Mike
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