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Author Subject: Sunroof removal
Penfold92

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Post #1
Hi there guys I wanting to remove my sunroof stripping the car for track purposes is there a type of bung you can buy etc or any ideas on what people have done maybe ? Thanks
Posted 6th Aug 2017 at 20:58
3rd time lucky

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Post #2
I bought a carbon panel off eBay and cut it to fit. Also bought 'tiger seal' to bond it from eBay.

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Posted 7th Aug 2017 at 10:00
craig903

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3rd time lucky, how thick was your panel and how well did it bend to the roof contours?

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Posted 7th Aug 2017 at 10:19
3rd time lucky

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Post #4
craig903 wrote:
3rd time lucky, how thick was your panel and how well did it bend to the roof contours?


3mm thick. It's tough to cut through though. It doesn't really follow the roof line but the hole isn't that big so you dont notice much. It been on 2 years and no one has ever mentioned about it being flat.

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Posted 7th Aug 2017 at 13:04
gnrlee Forum Admin

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Post #5
If you knew how to lay up carbon of fiberglass you could lay it over the sunroof inside of the sunroof glass that would give you the slight contour you were looking for but most just buy a flat piece and rivet it in Wink

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Posted 8th Aug 2017 at 07:57
3rd time lucky

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Post #6
I found that there wasn't much metal to rivet the panel to. My plan was to rivet it but realised that was nearly impossible unless I welded some small plates to the underside of the roof. Although that would be the safest way, it would mean a lot more work and painting the roof after as the weld would wreck the paint.
Another option was to just rivet the panel straight over the hole but I was worried it would look s**te and make an annoying noise with wind resistance.

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Posted 8th Aug 2017 at 08:59
jeffers Forum Admin

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[quote="3rd time lucky"]I found that there wasn't much metal to rivet the panel to. My plan was to rivet it but realised that was nearly impossible unless I welded some small plates to the underside of the roof. Although that would be the safest way, it would mean a lot more work and painting the roof after as the weld would wreck the paint.
Another option was to just rivet the panel straight over the hole but I was worried it would look s**te and make an annoying noise with wind resistance.

If it's a track car it doesn't matter too much how it looks, I know a few who've done it and as long as you seal it before riveting theres no noise.

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Posted 16th Sep 2017 at 15:30
Vlad

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Post #8
Hi, did you end up removing the sunroof? if yes, I'm keen on the sunroof switches panel.
Posted 7th Nov 2017 at 07:39

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