Hi Jonnybee, Congrats on your new purchase, they are great cars! Arches are a big point, make sure you clean underneath and by the inner arch lips thouroughly. Also, the metal strip that hold the roof on at the rear will need watching. Its under a rubber strip, which is under the boot lid, so lift u...

I have just done a similar thing on my Cab. I always do the arches on my cars as every owner before me seems to forget when washing! Hence the bubbles that where on the arches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The thing to look out for when taking out the arch liners, is corroded screws, they are an absolute pain....

I bought a product called RENOVO from Rimmers, to clean the exterior of my hood, and gave it a go on the interior and it worked very well indeed.

Bit pricey at 7 quid but does the job, and is specific to vinyl roofs.

I think that if you where to engineer out the body movement, ie strut braces etc, it would increase the amount of shake and judder, and like you say it may mean something giving elsewhere. Rover did a pretty good job on the body design, with the strengthened sills and the brace bar that loops over t...

Hi Russ, A RAVE CD, is a disc you can buy off e-bay, that is basically what the Rover technicians worked from in the garages, like a Haynes manual, but uber detailed. They cover (on one disc) the Mini, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800 and in detail, the Cabriolrt and Coupe. Think of this, my Cab is 1997, so ...

Hi unpleasant, Although I have owned several Rovers, and was brought up as a kid with a 3500 P6 as the family car, the Cab is a new one on me! I have had to swat up on its intracacies over the last 3 or 4 weeks that I have owned it, with a lot of help from the guys and gals on this forum, and the RA...

www.carhoodsdirect.com I new it would come back to me. Just had a look and the two piece hood with window is £315, or go for mohair for £345, all prices excluding VAT. Hope that helps a little........and this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-200-CABRIOLET-CONVERTIBLE-HOOD-BACKLIGHT-BLACK_W0QQitemZ2502412...

Hi Mate, You can get what is called a `back light`on e-bay for £95. You will need to search for it as I can`t find it again, and I need to find it, as I need one for my 97 216 cab. the full hoods are like rocking horse s**t to get hold of, so you will need to get one tailored to rover cab specs (I`l...

Hear Hear nick,

The country has gone to the dogs, and we are losing more of our rights daily, and we have less of a united voice to express our dismay.

John

Thanks for looking anyway Mr C, much appreciated.

John