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Without videos like this explaining it, there is no 'due diligence'.

Follow where the wire from the soft top to where it plugs in to the car then unplug it and plug the hardtop in its place. Should be just behind the passenger seat headrest if you have a rhd car

This is probably not the video for you, then...

You need to watch my video. 😉

Not when you've done 20+ years on a motorbike as your main vehicle! I'm happy with something solid above me - and love how it stiffens the handling up even more!

Why don't you try being a nice person? Some of us can admit and show our mistakes in good faith. Then there are people like you. Did the comment make you feel good about yourself?

I pointed to indicate I'd seen him and he could pass on that side.

Yes it is! Adam Macaulay pointed that out to me yesterday as I hadn't even noticed lol! Oof...

Yes I'm quite happy there's a firewall between all that malarkey and the back of my head lol! These things happen with very highly tuned engines, unfortunately...

Yeah, it's a big one, unfortunately...

Definitely! Still a cringe moment... With hindsight I wonder why we didn't both just get back in and carry on?

I'll let RUclips be the judge of this one! ;)

First thing to try is bending the rail outwards a bit to see if that seals it again - it worked on mine! This vid is also good for a cheap but good fix: ruclips.net/video/eoDpaPgJrE0/видео.html

Ooh yes! Wrong time of year for that, though! It's worth hundreds less if you wait until the sun comes out again next year!

Don't know her - sorry, Vee drivers only do proper racing, so I don't watch F1! ;)

@@jcaterracing for a second I thought you weren’t joking

The next one would be his first flying lap, so he probably went in a little slower to get the best exit. I'd have probably gone in a little too hot (that was literally my first time ever taking that corner), so both of those coming together didn't help!

Seems like just a racing incident ... If you went in the corner easy and he decides to parks it in the corner... it just is what it is. Right? I know it’s the first lap out but at some point it’s just not reasonable to assume somebody will be that slow.

@@alanmcn17 it was not just a racing incident. the uploader is at full fault here.

Lol that's a fair point! It's easy to just drop it on and clip it in place... But then there are several fine adjustments that you need to be aware of...

I have a very similar issue since I swapped the catches for fixed brackets! I think it's probably to do with them being too tight and squeezing the roof in somewhere, but so far I haven't worked out which catches are responsible. The fixed brackets and the original latches all have some adjustment on then, so in theory, slacken or moving some or all of them should fix it... I'd been trying to adjust the front brackets, but now I think about the physics, it could be the side brackets that are too tight... Let me know if you hear of a fix, or manage to sort yours out!

@@jcaterracing the thing is i dont even have the side attachements yet, i just use the top latches with my hardtop.

@@BadMax02_VR hmm, that could be to do with it being stored wrong before - sometimes they can warp. I have loosened the side brackets of mine, as think those being too tight could potentially squeeze the front edge up - but as you don't have anything holding the sides that won't work for yours

Exactly! I know accidents happen and I'd have been fine if they just sorted it out and not lied about it to try and hide it. He still knows how to get in touch with me to give me cash back, but is still a dick, so won't. I'd have recommended him to all the local MX5 owners in forums and on my blogs, so he's lost tens of thousands in potential work. He's an idiot.

It sounds like once you've had an MX5 you're in for life! I'll be trying to keep this one as long as possible... maybe with enough money I'll upgrade to a mk4, but planning on getting the front chassis rails done this year to keep it going for many years, yet. It's unlikely it's your car, but possible. I bought it from West Bromwich area and it's on Welsh reg plates (I think)... I'm pretty sure my sills had only ever been bodged, as they were totally gone - did you pay £500 for one side or for both sides?

You can if you're near Bromsgrove!

It is a slang term for a Pound - the main unit of currency in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, etc). One UKP equals about $US1.25.

@@idontwantachannel3091 Thank you for explaining that for me.

Yeah, because installing a softtop on this car is so easy and fast. There's a reason literally nobody ever does it and a shop charges you well over 1k+€ in labor for it.

@@RyosukeTakahashiRX7 You did a mistake while thinking. The shop is charging the money for putting the cloth / vinyl on the metal frame (what you can also do yourself, i did on mine) but i m talking about removing the complete softtop. 2 Screws and not hard.

@@e30kitty ruclips.net/video/jpLc21BeRhg/видео.html 2 screws... sure? They keep the full softtop on btw, this is only removing the whole thing. I smell a lot of bs ;)

@@e30kitty Do you have instructions on how to quickly remove the soft top?

There's some weird bloody stick thing in the middle, too! :P

I believe we burnt a piston or two in this case, which we think was down to low octane fuel. We used Shell V Power from the same place twice and had the issue twice... So it could be they sold us the normal 95 octane fuel instead of the 99.

@@jcaterracing We used regular fuel because there are more BTU's per pound - higher octane fuel has more additives to prevent pre-ignition etc which takes away for power producing BTU's per pound. At FV level compression ratios and timing (32BTDC?) there really isn't a need for higher octane fuel. Just a thought.......

Thanks! This was my first time here, and it's been one of my favorite tracks since!

@@jcaterracing oh snetterton yeah, i still strugle to master these almost circled turns after first one but at least its not as bumpy as oulton park

Yes it does. At Donington you can 'cruise' the lap without really braking until that point - which is what I did. It's probably the only track that it could happen on, as I'd have had some braking before that anywhere else. I thought I was doing a safe lap, and learned a valuable lesson!

@@jcaterracing oh oh i see, how is it to drive a formula vee though? I imagined its handling like f1 cars from the 60s. Like no grip, have to correct steering in every corner. Is formula vee like that??

@@bosshard64 they're very tricky because of the weight balance! You can drive fast with the wheels in line, but to be the fastest you have to slide them through every corner! It's hard to learn, but great fun! I've still got a long way to go...

@@jcaterracing ah i got it. Yeah i saw all vee cars are a little vary from another. Kinda sad it's not a spec series😂 but yeah, hope to try it in the future

Cheers! That was one of my most enjoyable races, without a doubt!

LOL welcome to the mid pack of UK Club Racing... where if you don't crash, someone will damn sure crash for you!

Thanks! I've heard that the anti-theft catches add even more stiffness, so am now keeping an eye on those until a bargain comes along!

How is it vs the softop? Road noise, wind noise etc? Because with the softop it is by no means a quiet car haha.

There is a random wire shoved into one of my fuse holders, where someone is clearly taking a live feed from there - I've never bothered tracing it to see where it actually goes! That could be the way to do your connections, though. For the noise (and heat?) you might find your gearshift gaitor has died. It seems pretty quick and easy to replace - I think mine would benefit from it but it's not desperate. I may well get some footage of that, when I do it. There are loads of guides around on here!

No, as he said in the phonecall that he wouldn't give me their details as it was on private land so wasn't covered... I'm not entirely convinced that's right...

James Cater Racing Maybe I’m wrong, but to operate in business like that I thought they had to have something like public liability insurance. Citizens Advice for you maybe? Small Claims Court ?

@@andrewpreston4127 That was my understanding, too. For a £2-300 repair the court route just isn't worth it to me. I actually have all the materials to repair it myself, as I was going to fix the rear sills myself originally. I'm just disappointed that businesses still pull this crap and get away with it!

Thanks for commenting! My problem is that the hard top doesn't have any of the wiring harness - just 2 spade connectors on the screen itself where it should be plugged in. The OE one on my soft top is a permanent connection, so I can't use that without breaking the wiring and soldering a spade connector on... I've now sourced a new wiring harness so will just have that one for the hard top, and then plug that one in instead of the soft top one, if that makes sense? The catches at the rear (inside) do just tuck under to hold the soft top down - I should really do an update vid!

@@jcaterracing Nice one James. I shall keep an eye out for your update vid. Cheers.

If it's a NA hardtop it won't fit the NB..I know I have one. Had to buy a NB pigtail to make it work

This was a last minute attempt to get the car out by swapping all the internals from one case to another... unfortunately it was game over when we found this, and we pulled the entry. Now we have this case that's having various bits ground down, and the other one needs line boring. Not the best way to end the season, but we did well getting out there at all, looking at what we found!

@@jcaterracing consider it good fortune, wish you luck for next season. would be nice to get more info on rebuilding the engine etc and how it goes, though i appreciate the time and energy making/posting vids takes.

@@daos3300 Cheers! We should be getting this case back this week, so will see what I can do. I'd like to get more of Glenn's old racing tales but he thinks I'm weird if I try to record him - I was quite surprised he let me do this one! :D