WELLSY Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thinking of fitting a webasto type sun roof to my hard top. Has anyone fitted one or knows if you can still obtain them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PILKIE Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Hi WELLSY. This is an idea I had when I first bought my TR6!! I looked into it,and apparently, if you can get a complete webasto set up from a TR7,it can be fitted quite effectively into the hardtop for the TR6! Also, but very rarely,some hard tops had a webasto fitted when new "apparently"!!! Eventually I decided against it,as I always drive the TR6,as its meant to be driven! with the top down,unless I get caught out!! and my P6 rover has a webasto,so if I cant use the TR6, then the roof is always open on the rover!! Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinky Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thinking of fitting a webasto type sun roof to my hard top. Has anyone fitted one or knows if you can still obtain them? Hi Wellsy, I do not no what a webasto sun roof is but i have a sunroof fitted in my hard top i bought the hard top two years ago on e bay, a car was brought in from America and the top was not wanted, i liked the look of it because o the sun roof. i am in the proses of refurbishing it. the sun roof when stripped down was an alloy casting very well made, it has a smoked glass top which can be removed, lifted up, or angled i love the 6 with a hard top they look great and hopefully i will have some thing different, at the moment it is being shot blasted and primed had to be careful though not to stretch the metal roof had to get the bloke to promise me he would paint strip the roof as the shot will stretch the mettle regards pink Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PILKIE Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) Hi pink! My fingers are crossed re your shot blasting! I had a mint bonnet and boot for a Dolly Sprint ruined by a heavy handed guy! He did a runner on the landlord of the unit he was renting,and ripped loads of people off! Sure your guy is better though!! Dont know what a webasto is? Youve had a sheltered life! Here is the one on my P6! Its the folding cloth type full length sunroof with wind deflector! Made by Tudor and Britax! Everybody learns something new everyday!! Dave Edited January 28, 2009 by PILKIE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinky Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Hi pink! My fingers are crossed re your shot blasting! I had a mint bonnet and boot for a Dolly Sprint ruined by a heavy handed guy! He did a runner on the landlord of the unit he was renting,and ripped loads of people off! Sure your guy is better though!! Don'T know what a webasto is? Youve had a sheltered life! Here is the one on my P6! Its the folding cloth type full length sunroof with wind deflector! Made by Tudor and Britax! Everybody learns something new everyday!! Dave Hi pilke thanks for the info have seen them did not no they were called webasto sheltered life living on an island what do you call the one i have got? yea he is ok takes an interest in what he is doing trouble is blasting is treated as a semi skilled job often you get people doing it and haven't got an idea of what they are doing damaging the job as well as there hands he is stripping it blasting it priming it for 120 i then have to refit the sun roof and fit it to the car before final paint job i am allso welding up the poppers that hold on the chrome strips think it looks better pink Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PILKIE Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 They're just called smoked glass sunroofs! lots of different makes!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kawasaki Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I have a complete one still in a TR7. Will be taking it out spring time (ish). I think you'll find they're an Edrose, not a Webasto in the TR7. Shaun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hi Shaun, To be strictly accurate, early 7s had a Webasto, dealer option; subsequently Weathershield, then later cars an Edrose - the two latter being factory fitment. Approximately Speke, Canley and Solihull build respectively, although I've seen exceptions - presumably overlap or stock shortage at the time. Cheers, Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PILKIE Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 There were various makers of this type of roof,some better quality than other lesser copies of the original! and either fitted at the factory or by the dealers. However the commonly reffered to name for them is a webasto! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kawasaki Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hiya. Well there you go! How do you tell what type it is then - apart from factory of car manufacture as a guide? Shaun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
had17462 Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hi ,my friend who is doing a restoration on his 6 has a hard top with the webesto sunroof,he would sell it to help the restoration along,if anyones interested pm me and i will give you his number. regards nick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hi Shaun, the early Webasto sunroof is relatively short, not much more than half the roof length . . . . whereas the Weathershield and Edrose are about as long as you can get in the roof . . . . Internally the Edrose has a sort of oval handle within a distinctly triangular housing. It's so long since I sat in a Weathershield equipped car that I can't recall the handle/housing shape, but it isn't triangular !! Cheers, Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geoffd Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 You could try www.tudorwebasto.com Geoff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WELLSY Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hi everyone . Thanks for all your replies . Have had the hardtop on for a few years now and it makes trips out far more civilised regardless of the weather. Although, I miss the occasional blast with the hood down. A few questions about Web/endrose/weathershield sunroofs fitted to a 6. What size are they? Do you get much buffeting and wind noise? Are they a straight forward item to fit? Regards Wellsy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WELLSY Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hi ,my friend who is doing a restoration on his 6 has a hard top with the webesto sunroof,he would sell it to help the restoration along,if anyones interested pm me and i will give you his number.regards nick. Hi Nick I might be interested in your friends sunroof my email is itswellsy@hotmail.com regards Wellsy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
had17462 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hi , hes going into hospital tomorrow to have skin grafts after being attacked by a dog but heres his number give him a call its lee 07930 617428. regards nick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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