Not really what I did to my Mustang today but rather what I did this summer would be a better fit.
As many of you remember, some years ago during one of our Fall Runs, I ended up having roof issues where one of my rear brackets broke while raising the roof. This ended up being, to say the least, a real pain in the butt issue to resolve and fix plus it was very costly at a tune just shy of 7000.00 bucks. As a note not many places in the Maritimes deal with this stuff so it's very hard to find shops to make such repairs.
Now since that repair had been done I have been chasing gremlins where my roof was all loose, rattling constantly and I had water leakage under the rear passenger side seat. I won't complain that the rear defrost wire was not re-connected and my carpets were all full of grease, that's just the bonus. And the newly rebuilt cylinders that they had done still leaked and had to be redone, but they wanted to charge me a second time, ah well what can I say??? lol (and no I didn't pay a second time).
So this summer I hit my frustration level and bit the bullet finding and bringing my car to what I would call "Rag Top Experts" in the Quebec City area. Being that my top was still in half decent shape and would have lasted awhile yet it was still beginning to show some of it's age so I made the appointment to have it replaced and this is where answers to my gremlins showed up.
Not half an hour after the tear down of my roof began I received a call from the shop guy explaining to me that my top had been previously installed with missing parts, wrong bolts, some of the straps were not tied in the right locations and worst of all the roof itself where it folds down making a rain gutter leading to the drip tubes had been ripped and tucked inside so water would leak down under the seat instead of making it's way to the drains. The rattle source came from the rollers that sit between the roof and frame and these were not re-installed at the shop where my brackets were replaced following the repair, ah what nice. I did make my way to the shop following the phone call and seen what he was talking about.
Now a month later following the new install I can now report that I have a solid roof with no rattles and best of all I have a water proof roof, no leakage whatsoever.
Moral of the story, if you ever encounter such issues please do your research and bring your car to experts that know their stuff, it will pay in the end I guarantee it. Well worth your time, money and effort to have it done right the first time.
For those wondering that shop in Quebec is called: Rembourrage R. Coté, located in St-Marie, Québec.
As well for a bonus communication with these guys was amazing, he had me send him pictures and videos of my car before I headed up making sure he had all parts needed and that my frame was nice and straight, real pros. to deal with. And he lent me his car for the time I was there, very nice.
