CALLING willholdsworth Ref. Non OE windbreak

[ChrisM]

Will, is that a non genuine windbreak I see in your meg?
I notice it goes right along the back seat behind your headrests (or looks like it does), does it fit ok and does it make any untoward noises, whistling, wind noise etc, I see the original one only really fills the gap between the seats on the upright, been watching a few genuine ones on shebay but they go for silly money as used one actually fetched £210 the other week, with £16.50 postage, USED! you can buy a new one for £229 I believe, so just wondered as you seem to have a non genuine one, how it performs, does it have to come out when you wack the roof on or can you fold the upright section down onto the flat section, if you know what I mean.
I am guessing it also stops rear seatbelt slap, which I seem to get on the passenger rear belt sometimes. trying to work out if I need to pay out the over the top used prices on an original break when a non genuine will do the same job, basically Will, pros n cons as you seem to have the non genuine. if you did not have this one now for what ever reason, would you buy the same one again.
Just wondering why Renaults is shorter, is it purely a design thing i.e fits in boot better in that recess or is there more to it than that!

[Amanda Jane]

Hi! Chris

I might be able to help! I have a wind deflector from Classic Additions (www.classicadditions.co.uk) this is non genuine but fitted for the Megane CC. This fits really well and doesn't make any noise at all. The roof can be raised with the wind deflector in place and the upright part in the up position. I will take some photos of the wind deflector in place if that would help. If I have missed anything just let me know.

[ChrisM]

Hi Amanda

Thanks for info, this is one I am looking at.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Just wondered really as through my life I have bought many aftermarket parts, some have been good and some terrible for many differant cars, I am asuming that the Renault OE one is made specifically to fit in the boot recess but we all know what asumption is! so I thought I would ask the question, better to ask someone who is not selling one as you usually get a true answer, the seller will always tell you it is brilliant!
I aimed this at Will becasue I have seen images of his car with top off and it looks like his is aftermarket, again thanks Amanda, I don't see the point of paying extra for something that just folds into the hole in your boot, especially when the main reason for there purchase they both do equally as well - Stopping frozen hand in winter and burnt shoulder in summer

[davet47]

I've got one of these-came from an ebay seller in Belgium (£89.00 +£12.00 dely last year)-looks the same as the one in the picture.The upright part folds flat -gives a better view through the mirror with the roof up and all draughts disappear with it up. A doddle to fit-mine stays in all the time as I very rarely carry passengers in the back Thoroughly recommended.

Dave

[Amanda Jane]

Hi Chris

I have looked at the link to Ebay and as far as I can tell that wind deflector is the same as mine, it certainly looks the same but it is hard to tell for sure. Like Dave I rarely have passengers in the back so leave the wind deflector in place, if it does come out if fits in the boot across the top of the recess. I hope this helps!

[ChrisM]

Excellent replies - Bought this morning on an offer of £89 - BARGIN!

Thank you both very much for your input!

I very rare have rear seat passengers as most normal size humans don't actually fit that well behind my seat, nor do child seats for that matter until they reach the 3 and up range with out the wacking great plastic base.

Biggest complaint about the rear seat is the rake of them your shoulders seem to be pushed forwards of your hips which on long distance make it uncomfortable and hard to get out of after over an hour in them rear seats as there is nothing to get hold of to use as a lever to pull yourself out really.
Next remark was about closterphobia, and how "hemmed in" you feel when the roof is on, not much room, awful seats and small rear side windows, in effect this car should not really have had rear seats, they could have made it shorter and done away with the rear seat, my wife has the Meg 1 Coupe and they where renowned for small rear seats, it has more room in the back and more comfortable than my CC.
We looed at a CC about 4 years ago at a Renault dealership and the salesman tried to tell me you can get 4 Adults in the car???? NO WAY! not if you are 6ft, I didn't know them but do now, at 6ft you fit up front ok once you get some one with legs behind you, you end up moving the seat right upto the wheel almost, which them causes great problems opertaing handbrake and chaging gear as there is not enough room to get your forearm back far enough to change comfortably you end up having to do some strange twisting manovre every gear change same for the handbrake, even reaching the seatbelt is an effort, it must be hell if you are a short person just to get hold of that belt changing gear is possibly ok as you are shorter so your body parts will be shorter, I think that is my biggest disapointment of this car, if you are tall it is uncofortable for 3 people in this car if you have two rear passengers, yet it looks massive from the outside, I feel they made sure driver and passenger are ok and then thought Oh yea rear seats? Oh put em there! that'll do. the other downer is the sloppy handling, wallows everywhere if you change direction to quickly or hit a bump in the road on corners, and no feedback through the steering wheel which I still find hard to get use to lets hope they have addressed this with the new CC, as the EOS and Astra TT both out handle the Meg with ease, and both are aimed at this level in the market, I know they are at the bottom end of the convertable market but the Astra which is closer than the Eos really does leave the CC standing on corners roof up or down, break change direction as quick or hard as you want the Astra just obliges where as the CC lurches every where, shame really as you can really put some miles on in Meg with ease. take it off the motorways and wow does it roll!

[willholdsworth]

Hi Chris

Yes it is a cheap one from ebay, it does the job, keeps the wind out and I must say it does the job well
Although it is slightly crap at fitting it in the boot for those summer days when you want the top down and no wind deflector but you might want to take it incase you drive on a motorway. Ofifcial ones split and fold nicely, but yes they do the job and keep it warm in the cabin. It indeed covers the whole of the back behind both headrests.

I keep it up in the back aswell as it does go up and down and isnt fixed, I have not taken it down since, although I do think the look of the car is spoilt when you have all the windows and top down and with this dormant thing in the back.....

p.s You can Type for Great Britain!!!

[ChrisM]

Cheers,
It's amazing what you can get down in a few moments inbetween jobs, must admit sometime it is not very ledgable at times and I tend to spell tihnk instead of think and lately jsut instead of just, I am dyslexic but that is not excuse as it is more numeric, think it comes more down to time and more haste less speed I reckon doesn't help being constantly knackerd these days trying to cover all jobs I have been given to do from staff that have "gone" + a 60mile a day round trip to work, a definite sign of age I think every year you don't seem to bounce back as quick, also started to make those involantary grunts when I bend and get up again
Ah well not long before I can retire and live in a little thatched cottage in the middle of the Country, with rose gardens and orchards, birds singing in the trees, lambs bleating, the smell of bread baking..........
3 .2 .1 you are back in the room and time to run again!!!!!!!