rip on hood. someones ripped it .. help????

[rushing]

Hi everyone
i need your help. im a bit gutted today as some jealous W*n*** :has ripped my hood with a knife . its about 7 inches in length . on the side where the sticthes . my alarm went off so the intruder ran off. i am so gutted and i have been so miserable all day. why do people do this.

someone please help and say how i can mend this. my hood is reasonable new as well. is there a stich or masking i can put on this . its raining now and i cant dare to take it out. im so pissed off.

please please give me some advice how i can repair this so it looks decent. please dont say take it to hood specialist as i cant afford it . any of your comments will be really appreciated

thank you guys

[muley]

Rushing,

Hi, I'm really sorry to hear about your problem - there are some jealous tossers around unfortunately. If you get a serious size needle and thread plus a patch of stout material (piece cut off a canvas tool roll?) you should be able to effect some sort of repair - if you hold the material in place with some duck tape it will help to keep it neater.

Otherwise, a hood specialist should help. In the short term you could sling a small plastic groundsheet over the hood to keep the weather out

Hope this helps

Jim B

[Sy V]

Yep, as a makeshift. Duck tape inside perpendicular to the cut (to try and retension the fabric) then one line of tape along the cut and two either side parallel with it overlapping the centre line of the first strip.

Really sorry to hear this...it makes your blood boil, doesn't it!

[johnbenk]

Hi

Halford make a "Kit" for repairing fabric roof if damaged. Dont know if this would help with this type of damage though?

[Dovey]

This may sound daft but can you get iron on patches? Like for your trousers, apparently. I wouldn't know myself

[Nige]

Sorry to hear that, unfortunately no accounting for the moronic minority. If you opt to patch it try Herefor quality hood material although priced by the Metre they may be able to sell you less.

[John_W]

If you get a serious size needle and thread plus a patch of stout material (piece cut off a canvas tool roll?) you should be able to effect some sort of repair

Rushing,
Sorry to hear what the morons did to your hood. You will need either a sailmakers needle (chandlers) or an upholsterers needle (John Lewis etc).

If you're no seamstress it could look a bit Frankenstein, but you can do a reasonably neat job if you're careful, and can certainly keep it water tight. One of my old cars had a patch like that and never leaked.

Good luck and don't let the barstewards spoil your fun.

John

[timmo]

very sory to hear of this .

I have some genuine roofing canvas which was left over from my hood after trimtech replaced it in November. Its blue, YOu are welcome to a patch, drop me a pm if you need it.

Tim

[rushing]

thanks guys . i will follow all your advice . really appreciated. thank you. i will probally try everything possible . im still so piXXED off . you know what i mean. cant stop the jealous people.got to live that .

rushing