Hi, planning the rebuild of my defender. I’m really keen to get a decent soft top but I don’t like the old fashioned hood sticks, had them before and they bugged the hell out of me. Can anyone recommend something decent ?
How exactly did they bug you?
I have a pair of MOD spec hoops on mine, early type at the rear (reversed and seatbelt mountings cut off) and later type (with diagonal) at the front.
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Thanks that’s exactly what I’m after. What make of foof do you have ? What other bits did you need to buy?purely metal in suffolk do a chunky version to replace the original hoodsticks, I have them on my 90 and very good they are as well
How exactly did they bug you?
I have a pair of MOD spec hoops on mine, early type at the rear (reversed and seatbelt mountings cut off) and later type (with diagonal) at the front.
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"Have you got a picture of the fixing for the rear hoop?"
Unfortunately not but it is nothing special, the mounting plates are just bolted through the capping. The extensions that used to pass through the capping into the sockets on the centre-bulkhead, I just cut those off.
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Thanks that’s exactly what I’m after. What make of foof do you have ? What other bits did you need to buy?