Soft top window fitting

[Davyhoogy]

Jack Smith is £300 for a whole new roof (blue / black / red / green etc)
Soft Tops are £375 for a whole new roof (blue / black)
Prices as of Dec 2016

This isnt fitted prices though?

Frankie

New top going on 8th May - price is £700 fully fitted by a company in Glasgow. Not a job I would attempt...

Im about 3 hours from glasgow so they are an option, what colour did you go for?

 

[Nodzed]

I will have a 4 month old genuine oem window as fitted by @Lee at the Zed Shed which I won't need when I get a new soft top.

@Davyhoogy did you see Phils post?

 

[Davyhoogy]

I did, i was thinking about it, it should just go right in in theory, not sure i want to spend more money to find out it doesnt go right in though lol

 

[gookah]

This isnt fitted prices though?

Oh yes it is... fully fitted for those prices at both places.
I had my blue roof done at Croyden for £325 fitted, and don't think that at those prices that the quality or material is crap either,
I travelled 3 hours each way to have it done on two of my Zeds

 

[gookah]

If it's just the window that is split and not a damaged roof then you can have the old window taken out of a roof that has been stitched in and a new one stitched back in. It does mean that the whole roof has to come off though so for the sake of all this work you may as well have a whole new roof fitted (dependant on where you go). If you use Jack Smith in Swansea or Soft Tops in Croydon then you won't pay more than £400 for a whole new roof. These guys will replace a stitched in window for you but for the extra cost they advise you go for a new roof. I think they charge around £250 for a new stitched in window but don't quote me on that!

Jack Smith is £300 for a whole new roof (blue / black / red / green etc)
Soft Tops are £375 for a whole new roof (blue / black)
Prices as of Dec 2016

More importantly, you should have stated these are fitted prices, that makes a big difference

 

[paulgjohnston]

Went for black. £325 fitted would be amazing. I'm double that up here.

 

[gookah]

@yocky has just had his done at Jack Smiths

 

[t-tony]

Went for black. £325 fitted would be amazing. I'm double that up here.

You could have a night in a hotel for that price and still save money Paul.

Tony.

 

[paulgjohnston]

I know. Lol.

 

[g8jka]

Sorry, prices I quoted are SUPPLIED & FITTED. I have had a blue one on my 2.0 from Soft Tops in Croydon for £325 (price has increased) and a red one at Jack Smith in Swansea for £300, which was in December.

The guy at Jack Smiths definitely makes his own, OEM quality with relief pockets, stitched in window and then fits it, which is how his costs are so low.
I believe the guy at Soft Tops also makes his own, OEM quality without relief pockets, stitched in window and then fits it, probably why his costs are also low.

The companies who charge at least double this and above normally get there hoods from BAS for around £300 and charge the same, if not more to fit. This is all what the guy at Jack Smiths told me.

Most people are put off by the rear windows being stitched in, but to get one replaced by one of the companies above is not much more of a cost for that of a genuine window.

 

[Davyhoogy]

Update re Ebay purchase.

They have refunded me without me even having to raise a claim.

I've also been refunded

 

[paulgjohnston]

That's good, they couldn't win this anyway with Ebay as the seller.

 

[Davyhoogy]

There's a fella in Middlesbrough who will apparently fix the existing window for 60quid. I may have a drive to him as I'm off tomorrow.

 

[paulgjohnston]

How does he fix it?

 

[Davyhoogy]

No idea. I've emailed him

 

[paulgjohnston]

There was a guy up here who said he could sew a window in at a cost of £250.

 

[g8jka]

There's a fella in Middlesbrough who will apparently fix the existing window for 60quid. I may have a drive to him as I'm off tomorrow.

That's expensive for a roll of duct tape to fix a split in a rear screen

Be interesting to know how and what he will do to fix it, make sure you update us with what he says!

 

[Davyhoogy]

Will do, it does say the clear screen is new in your existing surround. Here's hoping they're open tomorrow

 

[g8jka]

So it sounds like he puts a new screen in then? Probably makes his own and stitches them in, still a bargain at that price whatever he does to fix it. Good luck, being bank holiday I'd be surprised if it open.

 

[Stevo7682]

I've seen pauls roof his window is intact and still zipped in but the right hand side of the roof itself has split apart leaving a huge gap between the window and the roof material and has been duck taped back together