Cut my roof off today!!
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Cabriolet StyleYou had me worried when you said 'cut'! I had visions of angle grinders etc!
The carbon roof looks great. If you leave it un-lined it acts like a large patchy panoramic sun roof where you get thin spots in the weave :lol:
The carbon roof looks great. If you leave it un-lined it acts like a large patchy panoramic sun roof where you get thin spots in the weave :lol:
Looks like you have the weather to enjoy it for a while!
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Hahah as above
buzyg said:Just leave it open.
Funny :lol:
The carbon roof looks ace 8)
TomK said:I actually made an enquiry a couple of months ago to a company about doing thisMrPT said:Bit of a pipe dream though to be honest :roll:
Did you get a response? I reckon a two panel system using the shape of the “double bump” and a fixed centre section to keep the joints clean and to avoid having to weld in additional fixing tabs. Then push turn fasteners in all four corners on the underside.
I can see how you’d make the panels - potentially by “cutting and shutting” a CF roof with additional CF end plates. Custom rubbers seals might be the tricky bit.
You could upgrade to a Roadster Tom, cheaper too.TomK said:I actually made an enquiry a couple of months ago to a company about doing thisMrPT said:
I used to have a 968 and the lift out roof panel was really great, miss it.
The things coupe owners will do to try and get a roadster! Wouldn't have been easier to take the Z3 for a run! 
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I did, let's just say they weren't the right people for the job. I kind of lost interest after that initial pintMrPT said:
It would be a nice project for the summer though 
As you say rubbers are most likely the problem, not to mention headlining stuff (though I guess that's reasonably easily sorted), and probably most important of all some kind of 'spolier' to stop buffeting. I'm thinking very much along these lines, I may even speak to GS to see what they think. At the worst, after destroying a perfectly nice CF roof I'd still have the original to pop back on when it all goes tits up :lol:
MrPT said:TomK said:I actually made an enquiry a couple of months ago to a company about doing thisMrPT said:
Did you get a response? I reckon a two panel system using the shape of the “double bump” and a fixed centre section to keep the joints clean and to avoid having to weld in additional fixing tabs. Then push turn fasteners in all four corners on the underside.
I can see how you’d make the panels - potentially by “cutting and shutting” a CF roof with additional CF end plates. Custom rubbers seals might be the tricky bit.
I did a bit more research and found a place that would be suitable for this, cost looks likely to prohibitive but if you wanted to join in I'd imagine the price would come down relatively. Something to mull over anyway :wink: It's not something I'm planning on doing any time soon.
"Hi Tom
Thanks for your enquiry.
It would be feasible, however to do it properly would be quite a lot of
work as I would want to make a new mould as the chance of distorting an
existing carbon panel would be high if you did it off the car and it
would be awkward to do it on the car (up side down)
At this time I would not be able to take on something like this as I am
already maxed out sorry."
TomK said:MrPT said:TomK said:I actually made an enquiry a couple of months ago to a company about doing this
Did you get a response? I reckon a two panel system using the shape of the “double bump” and a fixed centre section to keep the joints clean and to avoid having to weld in additional fixing tabs. Then push turn fasteners in all four corners on the underside.
I can see how you’d make the panels - potentially by “cutting and shutting” a CF roof with additional CF end plates. Custom rubbers seals might be the tricky bit.
I did a bit more research and found a place that would be suitable for this, cost looks likely to prohibitive but if you wanted to join in I'd imagine the price would come down relatively. Something to mull over anyway :wink: It's not something I'm planning on doing any time soon.
"Hi Tom
Thanks for your enquiry.
It would be feasible, however to do it properly would be quite a lot of
work as I would want to make a new mould as the chance of distorting an
existing carbon panel would be high if you did it off the car and it
would be awkward to do it on the car (up side down)
At this time I would not be able to take on something like this as I am
already maxed out sorry."
Very much a bucket list thing for me too! :roll:
Interesting that he entertained the possibility though. Doing a bit more research into the rubber seals makes me think that you could probably use fairly inexpensive automotive or maritime hatch seals as long as the roof apertures are a fairly regular shape.
