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Yes i'd spotted that it appears to be bonded on, almost as if BMW had considered fitting a carbon roof themselves. In fact the entire skin of the car except for the A pillars seems to be bolted on, I was very surprised to see the rear quarters are bolted on with the possible exception of a few spot welds along the door seals. Do TC Kline do any other carbon panels?sixspeed wrote:Haha.. rumbled
Wondermike, apparently (according to the guys from TC Kline), it's just bolted on, with bonding around the edge for waterproofing. We thought this might be the case (well, a bodyshop owning friend of mine) when I first got the car and were looking around it. But it's nice to know that someone else has done the hard work and done it before me to confirm that.
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The Carbon Coupe they made is completely carbon fibre, and they will sell all the panels seperately. Obviously there are some design changes when it comes to the wings (the CC arches are wider, and they lost the Z crease in the front wing)...
The boot lid, bonnet and roof will all go straight on to a standard car though. The only downside with the bonnet is that is a copy of a standard Z bonnet, and doesn't have the M darts/creases.
I'm tempted by the boot lid, would probably save quite a bit of weight overall - even more if you went full out and put a perspex rear window in, instead of glass. But maybe not just yet... lol
Unionjack, that's it. This guydid a roof swap on an E46 M3. Was a bit harder as it had spot welds along the edge, but if you break it down, it's not that difficult as even on them it's just a skin (with seperate strengthening crossmembers). A Z4 would be even easier...
The boot lid, bonnet and roof will all go straight on to a standard car though. The only downside with the bonnet is that is a copy of a standard Z bonnet, and doesn't have the M darts/creases.
I'm tempted by the boot lid, would probably save quite a bit of weight overall - even more if you went full out and put a perspex rear window in, instead of glass. But maybe not just yet... lol
Unionjack, that's it. This guydid a roof swap on an E46 M3. Was a bit harder as it had spot welds along the edge, but if you break it down, it's not that difficult as even on them it's just a skin (with seperate strengthening crossmembers). A Z4 would be even easier...
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Oops.. meant to post these up the other day... (excuse the cats! lol)
It's a very nice bit of carbon, and no marks or blemishes in the weave or generally.
Haven't had a chance to weigh it yet, but it is light!
Not sure when I'm going to get around to fitting it yet though. Hopefully next week, but don't want to rush it, so it's a case of finding a good clear couple of days to do the job (and pref a weekend). August is fairly quiet for me at the moment though, so it won't be long!
It's a very nice bit of carbon, and no marks or blemishes in the weave or generally.
Haven't had a chance to weigh it yet, but it is light!
Not sure when I'm going to get around to fitting it yet though. Hopefully next week, but don't want to rush it, so it's a case of finding a good clear couple of days to do the job (and pref a weekend). August is fairly quiet for me at the moment though, so it won't be long!
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