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Post by enfield » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:31 am

NICE! Hunga Munga! Me LIKE!!!!
The Z4M Roaster & Croup are gone!
It's E92 M3 from now on.

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Post by Rick Hunter » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:15 am

Guess what I read in the paper today... BMW's coming out with the M Coupés with Carbon Fiber roofs on their '08 model year!


















Haha... just joking.

You, sixspeed are a very brave and adventurous man. :bow: I can't wait for the finale!
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Post by GP20 » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:09 am

Now if only someone can make a carbon fiber removable hardtop for my M-roady. :(

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Post by peppernick » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:07 am

Top stuff Andy! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Carbon roof looks so good with the white paintwork.

It's an improved design over the E46 that the roof can be held down with bolts to allow the sealant to set. On the E46, I remember you had to use a dozen of clamps and leave then on overnight.
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carbon roof

Post by danlauz » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:05 am

can you give us the link relate to the 2008 model ?

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Post by sixspeed » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:17 am

Dan, I think Rick was joking ;)

Well the final installment is here. The roof came off again tonight, and we began the task of cutting away the old sealant to give us a nice flat surface to lay the new stuff onto...

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All off and looking much better!

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Laying down a new bead of sealant...

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And then it was on with the roof! It fitted up fine although first time round we noticed there were a few areas that weren't sealing as the bead wasn't tall enough to touch the bottom of the roof. So we removed it and ran another bead around on top of the previous. It was only in a few places, near the corners at the back, and half-way down the sides.

Here's a shot from inside. Obviously there's still the headlining etc to re-fit yet, but I'm waiting 24 hours for the sealant to go off and make sure there's no other problems before I refit the interior. I don't like constantly taking out and putting back the lining, as they can be rather delicate and prone to damage quite easily.

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So that's pretty much it! Just a check tomorrow evening to make sure it's all sealed ok, and then I'll have to clean the interior up as there's still lots of bits of old rubber lying all over the carpets/seats, although nothing a quick vaccuum won't sort.

So a couple of external shots for you - dufus here forgot to shut the passenger door properly (doh!) but I will treat everyone to some better pictures once I've cleaned the car and polished her all up again :)

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:D :D :D

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Post by GP20 » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:36 am

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Is it just me or does it seem like the left bottom corner gap is bigger than the other side?

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Post by sixspeed » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:40 am

Think it's just the lighting/shadow in that photo that doesn't help. It's even when you see it in the metal/carbon... ;)

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Post by ovrkll » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:17 am

Looks great!!! :thumbsup:

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Post by inTgr8r » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:08 am

Looks great sixspeed - flows so nicely into the rear window. :thumbsup:

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Post by gidge2010 » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:20 pm

:evil: SWEET!!!!!!!

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Post by carl » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:41 pm

inTgr8r wrote:Looks great sixspeed - flows so nicely into the rear window.
Agree 100% :thumbsup:

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Post by tehdarkstar » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:38 am

That IS nice. Congratulations. Your car looks soooooooo much better.
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Post by kalayl » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:07 am

That's worked out so beautifully!
Well done dude!

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Post by sixspeed » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:11 pm

Finally cleaned the car up for the first time since we started. All the headlining is back in, and put a layer of Klasse polish and sealant over the roof...

It looks stunning!!!! Even if I do say so myself :D I'm going to head out a bit later before the sun goes down and try and take a couple of pics.. might enter one into the montly competition ;)

Can't wait to show it off - guess next chance will be the Virginia Waters meet on the Bank Holiday.... :D

Still need to weight the standard panel tho, to work out the weight difference... lol

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