I needed to get my hardtop from Gortour and, having promised him my good hood, we chose today to do the swap. Hoods came off in minutes and mine went on his car in a few minutes more. I bolted the hardtop brackets up and popped the lid on without the other hood, which was due to be stripped down and re covered.
It only took a run around the block to show that this was a mistake. The noise was infuriating and far worse than I could remember from last time I had the lid on. Gortour came around with the removed hood and it took ages to fit as these things do. It made the car much quieter, only a bit of wind noise from the driver's door giving minor inconvenience
The glass was cleaned three times with Amberclens, then Calotherm liquid and re treated with Rain X anti fog inside. The outside got the same treatment and a dose of exterior Rain X. The Mayo on the dipstick was beginning to dissipate after a few brutal miles and sometime this weekend, I have to give the brute a good scrub.
