Car Hood Warehouse

Soft Tops- Supply Only

carhood — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:28:13 +0000

Soft Top- Supply only

Some of our customers do fit the soft tops themselves just like this VW Golf MK1! This customer has done a fantastic job but if you would prefer to leave it to the professionals we offer a first class supply and fit service and with most convertibles a mobile fitting [...]

A Happy Customer

carhood — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:13:45 +0000

Hi Tina,

I was at your premises this morning and feel compelled to drop you a note to say a huge THANK YOU for the amazing service I have received all round from the entire team at Car Hood Warehouse. The response from yourself was extremely swift and left nothing to question in terms of how long the [...]

Prolonging the life of your new soft top

carhood — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:09:16 +0000

To prolong the life of you car hood, you should always store the car with the hood up, never leave your soft top down when it is wet, as mould and shrinkage will occur.

Other maintenance tips include:

Keep your new soft top in the CLOSED position for a minimum of two days to allow the material [...]

Audi A4 Convertible

carhood — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:43:04 +0000

A common problem with the Audi A4 hood is the rear window glass bonding fails leaving you with a gap between the hood material and the glass. Unfortunately there is no permanent solution available other than a new hood.

We can supply and fit an original specification mohair hood with heated glass rear window for £845 [...]

Mazda MX5/ Miata/ Eunos MK1

carhood — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:06:36 +0000

We have been producing the very best original quality hoods for over 30 years and our ORIGINAL QUALITY hood for the Mazda MX5/ Miata/ Eunos are no exception, these are produced exactly as Mazda originally intended.

Zipped plastic rear screen. All of the plastic reinforcements that are essential for a good, smooth looking fit are as [...]

carhood — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:35:48 +0000

Just around the corner……

We can always tell when Spring has sprung as we get lot’s of classic cars into our workshop such as the Mercedes SL model where prices start from £595, the Jaguar XJS where prices start from £760 and the Saab Classic where prices start from £590 (all prices are supplied [...]

Glass Window Hoods

carhood — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:38:13 +0000

We have had a run of replacement hood supply & fits where the rear glass has broken. In nearly every case this has been caused by the owners leaving articles on the rear parcel shelf causing the glass rear window to shatter.

Most older model convertibles such as VW Golf, Ford Escort, Saab 900 Classic and [...]

Broken plastic window!

carhood — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:50:48 +0000

Don’t panic……. If your budget doesn’t stretch to a new hood we can replace your plastic rear window, prices start from £115 for the MX5 and MGF, £199 for the Porsche Boxster, Audi and BMW and £395 for the Mercedes R129 supplied and fitted including VAT. In most cases we only need your car for [...]

Summer’s here or is it!

carhood — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:05:52 +0000

If you’re as fed up with all this rain as we are I’m sure we can put a smile on your face!

We have some great special offers on at the moment such as:

Audi TT Standard Hood (Non Ultramaxx) 1999-2005 – £600.00 Fitted

BMW E36 (1994-1999) – £690.00 Fitted (Normally £750.00)

Mazda MX5 MK1 (1990-1997) Black Vinyl Hood [...]

Porsche Boxster Glass Conversion Hood

carhood — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:30:13 +0000

Why not treat your Porsche Boxster to a new hood with a heated glass rear window. We offer one of the best hoods on the market. Our hood has the exclusive Ultramaxx system and comes with a lifetime guarantee on the rear glass bonding.

On average we fit ten Boxster glass conversion hoods every week so [...]