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How to lose 35 ugly pounds
Any thoughts on removing the sunroof to reduce weight and lower the center of gravity. All that weight up that high can't be doing a whole lot of good.
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04-23-2002, 08:18 PM
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After and Before Pictures
It started out as a perfectly good sunroof model. We wanted to shed some weight and give the driver a couple inches more head room.
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04-23-2002, 08:36 PM
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I have a sunroof I may need to shed for other reasons - if I can't stop it leaking I'm gonna seal it up. I don't even like using a sunroof
 So how did you do it? Cam
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re-skinned the roof
Just removed the original panel with the s/r opening and replaced it with a non sunroof panel.
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04-23-2002, 08:54 PM
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I bet you can guess the next question!
Where do I get one of them? From a dismantled/parts car?
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Waaaaait a minute. I just checked your profile and you do this for a living! It is probably a good idea for me to know right now if this is a very time consuming job, or relatively simple (within the scope of body work).
I don't plan on doing it myself, but if it takes dozens and dozens of hours, I don't want to pay for it either! Cam
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04-23-2002, 09:28 PM
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It's not that hard to do......
An experienced bodyman should be able to do the switch in two or three days including paint. I wouldn't recommend it be attempted by a novice but I have seen some amazing work done by people I didn't think could screw in a light bulb. If your just fighting a leakage problem with your's, I'd say it would be far easier to replace the sunroof seals than to replace the roof.
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04-23-2002, 09:40 PM
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It isn't the seals that are the problem (which would be great).
The front tub of the car has been replaced (nice and straight, as it turns out) EXCEPT the drain tubes in the front pillars don't seem to be done properly. I am wondering if it is less effort and a likely better outcome to have a new roof put in than to have the drain tubes tidied up. Oh well. I have to get off my butt and do a couple of other things to the car before it goes back to the panel shop in any event. Cam
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04-24-2002, 12:29 AM
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since the roof is off, go for the really lightweight approach, get a glass roof skin from GT Racing. It weighs "ALOT" less the the steel non-sunroof replacement
www.rudtnersracing.com/rebuild.htm shows a car in the middle of "reskinning" the roof 
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If opting for a fiberglass roof, better install a full rollcage. I would hate to see the occupants of a rollover without one. We had kicked around this idea with an 87 but it just wasnt worth the effort. Kind of like the reverse of putting a sunroof in a nonsunroof car. It can look pretty crappy if not done right.
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I agree, I wouldnt want a glass roof on a car without a full cage.
My car has a full cage and I am trying to get the car as light as possible, less than 1900 lbs. The glass roof weighs about 10 lbs and the steel roof skin (non sunroof) weighed about 50 lbs. So I already saved 40 lbs and lowered the c/g of the car. I scaled my car before I started it on its "diet" and it tipped the scales at a whopping 2184 lbs.
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04-24-2002, 05:44 AM
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So how screwed are us Cab drivers in a rollover? The pillars aren't reinforced are they?
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04-24-2002, 04:49 PM
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How Screwed??
On a scale from 1 to 10......I'd say about an 11, unless your shorter than the dashboard. But seriously......even the cab's have to meet federal safety standards. Whatever they may be.
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10-4 on that one. In the works as we speak actually (need it for the track)!
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