Hi,

I've just bought a wind deflector from Rimmer as well, and have had very similar problems. The thing looks great when you get it out of the box and you can imagine it will set the car off nicely for top down driving. However, it doesn't come with any instructions and when you come to fit it it doesn't seem to be possible.

I have just managed to fit mine. The trick seems to be to fit it while the top is up (or at least partly up) and then lower the top around the wind deflector. It's still a very tight squeeze and none too pretty but it can be done.

To fit it you need to undo the 2 upper retaining bolts of the three that secure the hood frame bracket. Attach the little metal plates by screwing the hood bracket screws back in. There is a 'tail' on the metal plates. Not entirely sure which way round this should go but I attached it so that the tail rests alongside the 3rd bolt on the hood frame bracket. Now you can attach the wind deflector mounting arms to the wind defender itself and slide it into the two metal plates you've just attached.

I believe you're supposed to mount it so that the vinyl cover on the wind deflector reaches down to the floor panels behind the seats and can be attached with the poppers provided. I didn't like that idea though because it covered my rear speakers (the only ones that work currently!) so I mounted the wind defender backwards on the mounting arms. I used the elastic clips to gather up the vinyl and clip onto the hood frame.

Only trouble is there is still some interference with the hood frame which means that can't be lowered as far as without the wind defender. It's still down enough to put the hood bag on but only just!

All in all I can't say I'm too impressed with the product but it can be fitted with a bit of messing about.

Dave

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