I think the Miata seats in my car do a
nice job of keeping the wind off of the
back of my neck. My hair does blow
forward a bit, but that's part of the
fun of a convertible.
This week I put the hardtop on the car
and drove it to a friends place where we
replaced the rubber gasketing around the
windows and across the windshield. I
found that with Miata seats installed I
need to watch for bumps in the road and
duck before I hit a bump, and then hit
the hardtop. Unfortunately the place
that sold me the formed rubber gasketing
sold me what they said would be the
perfect application cement. I think it
is just RTV in a fancy Dow tube. It is
not holding well at all. I think are
going to replace the gasketing again in
the near future using Monkey Snot, which
I am told is very messy and works very
well.
Tom
69 2000 "Mr. Hyde"
Portland, Oregon
http://www.fransfancies.com/datsun
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Fergus
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003
10:26 AM
To: 'datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net'
Subject: cold draft on neck, idea
Okay, I admit I have considered
something along these lines, mostly
cause I
just don't fit underneath the soft top,
so in 3 years I have only driven
with it up 3 times.
Here's a home install option from the
miata site.
http://www.miata.net/garage/windblock3.h
tml
I don't see the reason for all the
metal mesh, I would think in the
roadster you could just go between the
headrests (that's a big pad thing
behind the seat Mr Bauman) and use
stretch cords to attach to the
headrests.
an alternate solution I have found is to
wear a baseball hat backward, the
brim keeps the wind off your neck.
To the listers in general, my high
windshield car has no sun visors, can
these be used to improve the wind
pattern? (I'd have to admit that
disoriented hair is not very relevant in
my case)
Fergus O, 69 2000, HB, CA
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