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Post by sixspeed » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:51 pm

LOL - zee, you can't stop the mods!

Well this afternoon I was determined to get somewhere with this roof (and I hate having half-finished jobs!), so I paid a visit to a windscreen fitters to see if they had any cheese/razor wire for removing windscreen glass. My mate and I had a chat about it last night and decided this was the easiest way to cut through the silicon bead around the roof edge...

A few quid in the RAC Autoscreen man's pocket for a few beers and we had a roll of wire...

Back home, and out came the headlining and trim for a second time, and we began cutting the rest out.

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It's quite a scary job, especially when you're trying very hard not to damage anything!

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But after 30 minutes or so.. we had ourselves a Roadster! ... ok well, a Targa! :D

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It was surprisingly easy really, especially after the headache we had trying to remove it at the weekend. I've always said it makes a huge difference to have the right tools for the job, and this was certainly proved right today!

We've called it a day for now as we'll want to spend a couple of hours getting the sealant and everything spot on (don't want any leaks!). But we couldn't resist a quick trial fit... however, I'm not going to show the full car until it's finished, and all cleaned up :P




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Maybe a teaser....







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Final install tomorrow!

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Post by sp3ctre » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:58 pm

Nice one!

Manes me wonder if GVfB could mod it so that it's removable for sunny days, while still looking neat up top?? How cool would that be?! :D

Cheers for the pics though, I love your car!!!
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Post by gidge2010 » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:58 pm

:thumbsup: IMPRESSIVE STUFF!!!!

Can't wait to see it all finished tomorrow :D

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Post by sixspeed » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:00 pm

sp3ctre wrote:Nice one!

Manes me wonder if GVfB could mod it so that it's removable for sunny days, while still looking neat up top?? How cool would that be?! :D

Cheers for the pics though, I love your car!!!
We were saying that as we bolted the CF one into place...

A custom (and re-trimmed) headlining with access to a couple of latches... a male & female water seal, one on the chassis frame, and one around the roof, and a bit of tidying up generally, and you could quite easily make a targa panel....

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Post by sp3ctre » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:03 pm

mmm, maybe I'm odd but when I look at your roof I just want to stroke it (the roof I mean, before anyone says anything! ;) ).

Think I have a roof fetish!

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Post by Wondermike » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:11 pm

Looks sweeeeeeeet, I suspect you won't be the last CF roof on here.

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Post by Top pup » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:28 pm

That's going to look spot on :thumbsup:
The windscreens bolted to the spar and not the roof then, that makes things a lot easier.

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Post by GP20 » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:39 pm

Looks awesome and I agree you should make it into a Targa :thumbsup: That'd be so much cooler than simply having a CF fixed roof.

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Post by JayD » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:41 pm

Looking sexy mate!! Works well with the sun protection glass as well.

Oh and zee, your post cracked me up! :thumbsup:

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Post by tehdarkstar » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:46 pm

WOW, it's going to look gorgeous. It will give your white coupe the best finishing touch! Spot on.
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Post by churchwa » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:48 pm

I wonder how much a tinted toughened/laminated roof would cost. Would need to be UV repelling as well.

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Post by carl » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:31 pm

Nice to see everyone having similar thoughts to me :D

First I thought T-bar, then I thought glass roof. If you had a glass roof with dark bits over the ugly parts around the edges, you could run it right up to the rear winsdscreen panel and it would look like a 911 targa. Bit of a pain to make it retract though, but lift out would be fine. Nowhere to stow it though :(

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Post by sixspeed » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:46 pm

Top pup wrote:That's going to look spot on :thumbsup:
The windscreens bolted to the spar and not the roof then, that makes things a lot easier.
Yup. The windscreen is just sealed/bonded onto the bodywork as per the Roadster (i expect).

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And yes, a Targa top would be very nice. I'm sure you could do it as well, since I would say the bonding agent was holding the roof on tighter than the bolts were (having tried to get it off!). A glass panel could be bonded on just as easily, and would definately be a very, very cool mod :D

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Post by Kdawg » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:00 am

Nice work. :thumbsup:

Were you able to weigh the old top to find out the difference between the stock and carbon?
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Post by sixspeed » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:33 am

Not yet, but the carbon one is 6lbs.

Just need to put the old one on the scales but I don't have any here...

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