Should I fill my hoop?

Nictrix said:
Could you get an old/damaged wind deflector and use the mesh from that for your roll hoops?

Well it seems on Ebay you can actually buy just the material, but I was weighing up the faffing about with whether it would actually be worth it in terms of improvements.
Also, as has been mentioned, if the difference is minimal I prefer the look without them filled.
It's not easy to find anyone who has experienced both set ups though.
 
enuff_zed said:
Nictrix said:
Could you get an old/damaged wind deflector and use the mesh from that for your roll hoops?

Well it seems on Ebay you can actually buy just the material, but I was weighing up the faffing about with whether it would actually be worth it in terms of improvements.
Also, as has been mentioned, if the difference is minimal I prefer the look without them filled.
It's not easy to find anyone who has experienced both set ups though.

I think you should ask your partner in crime Smartbear to strip his car down and do a detailed evaluation with and without..he seems to have plenty of time..a great garage and it would only take him a day or so to strip down /a day to rebuild it without the hairnets and then another two days or less (he should be getting good at it) then to put it back to OE spec.. :rofl:
 
Pbondar said:
enuff_zed said:
Nictrix said:
Could you get an old/damaged wind deflector and use the mesh from that for your roll hoops?

Well it seems on Ebay you can actually buy just the material, but I was weighing up the faffing about with whether it would actually be worth it in terms of improvements.
Also, as has been mentioned, if the difference is minimal I prefer the look without them filled.
It's not easy to find anyone who has experienced both set ups though.

I think you should ask your partner in crime Smartbear to strip his car down and do a detailed evaluation with and without..he seems to have plenty of time..a great garage and it would only take him a day or so to strip down /a day to rebuild it without the hairnets and then another two days or less (he should be getting good at it) then to put it back to OE spec.. :rofl:

Not sure quite when he became my partner in crime but yes! Excellent idea. :thumbsup:
Maybe stop him putting all these daft comments on my perfectly sensible threads. :poke: :rofl:
 
enuff_zed said:
Nictrix said:
Could you get an old/damaged wind deflector and use the mesh from that for your roll hoops?

Well it seems on Ebay you can actually buy just the material, but I was weighing up the faffing about with whether it would actually be worth it in terms of improvements.
Also, as has been mentioned, if the difference is minimal I prefer the look without them filled.
It's not easy to find anyone who has experienced both set ups though.

I sourced the hoop inserts, but I keep losing out on the actual deflectors on eBay! (Or forgetting to bid!)

The hoop inserts are a very simple part, a wire frame with the fabric clipped inside. There is a black clip across the bottom.

If someone had a wire bending machine I suspect fabrication would not be difficult.

In the name of research I could test with / without the inserts when I eventually get one.
 
Deepseaskateboard said:
enuff_zed said:
Nictrix said:
Could you get an old/damaged wind deflector and use the mesh from that for your roll hoops?

Well it seems on Ebay you can actually buy just the material, but I was weighing up the faffing about with whether it would actually be worth it in terms of improvements.
Also, as has been mentioned, if the difference is minimal I prefer the look without them filled.
It's not easy to find anyone who has experienced both set ups though.

I sourced the hoop inserts, but I keep losing out on the actual deflectors on eBay! (Or forgetting to bid!)

The hoop inserts are a very simple part, a wire frame with the fabric clipped inside. There is a black clip across the bottom.

If someone had a wire bending machine I suspect fabrication would not be difficult.

In the name of research I could test with / without the inserts when I eventually get one.

That's funny I have had the opposite experience, plenty of central deflectors coming up on eBay all the time but the two inserts rare as hen's tooth!
 
Silverstar said:
Deepseaskateboard said:
enuff_zed said:
Well it seems on Ebay you can actually buy just the material, but I was weighing up the faffing about with whether it would actually be worth it in terms of improvements.
Also, as has been mentioned, if the difference is minimal I prefer the look without them filled.
It's not easy to find anyone who has experienced both set ups though.

I sourced the hoop inserts, but I keep losing out on the actual deflectors on eBay! (Or forgetting to bid!)

The hoop inserts are a very simple part, a wire frame with the fabric clipped inside. There is a black clip across the bottom.

If someone had a wire bending machine I suspect fabrication would not be difficult.

In the name of research I could test with / without the inserts when I eventually get one.

That's funny I have had the opposite experience, plenty of central deflectors coming up on eBay all the time but the two inserts rare as hen's tooth!

There has been a few in the last couple of weeks! Missed
Out by like £3 on one of them!!

I am looking to pay around £120 with the bag... or less :)
 
Kuh ... I tell you ... the things you learn. I wondered what the thread was about, read it and then went out to see if mine had 'em. And it does.

Worth bothering about? Nah.
 
Busterboo said:
Kuh ... I tell you ... the things you learn. I wondered what the thread was about, read it and then went out to see if mine had 'em. And it does.

Worth bothering about? Nah.

Buster old chap, sometimes I despair..................................... :roll: :D
 
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