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Originally Posted by trentwat
Nice project looks good so far…I considered doing the same thing, but ended up with the weld in panel. The whole sunroof assembly was deleted…saving weight. There was a little bondo, but it did come with a handy tool for shaping the roof.
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That looks great!
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Originally Posted by safe
I'm removing my non sunroofed roof for a carbon fiber panel...
I have a friend who deleted his sunroof for a carbon fiber roof. It was not that involved, basically cutting the roof saving 1 inch of panel to bond to. Removing the sunroof reinforcement. Gluing down the new panel (grinding down the edges before) a little bondo and then paint.
Zero welding or messing with the gutters.
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How was the stiffness/defection? They have a 911 here they showed me with a carbon fiber roof replacement panel they did, and with the palm of your hand you could deflect it easily like pressing down on a plastic trash bin lid. Didn't instill a lot of confidence in the event of a roll over, not to mention loss of chassis stiffness.
Latest update, the fiberglass body parts have been painted and are being cleaned up and polished: front hood and rear decklid (both sides outside and inside), rear tail, and RUF front bumper:
And the roof is primered.
Close ups of the gutter lines:
Window frames were cleaned and prepped, including removing a bit of rust that was in the lower corners, and the full cowl down to the front trunk is primered so that the new paint blends perfectly from the roof, down the A-pillars, past the wipers and to the hood.
And testing for fitment of the rear bumper, with a floor jack, plastic bottle, and a Ferrari 330!
