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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
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 Penfold92
Newbie  Location: Manningtree Registered: 07 Nov 2016 Posts: 28 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 6th Aug 2017 at 20:58
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3rd time lucky
Seasoned Pro  Location: maidstone Registered: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1,878 Status: Offline |
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I bought a carbon panel off eBay and cut it to fit. Also bought 'tiger seal' to bond it from eBay.________________________________________ DIABLO GTI-6 - Legend - NILE GTI-6 - SoldCHERRY GTI-6 P1 SUPERCHARGED - Broken up BLACK RALLYE - Sold 205 Dturbo xud9 work horse - Dead CHERRY RALLYE - new toy |
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Posted 7th Aug 2017 at 10:00
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craig903
Regular Location: whitstable Registered: 08 Jul 2013 Posts: 273 Status: Offline |
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3rd time lucky, how thick was your panel and how well did it bend to the roof contours?________________________________________ 208 GTI OwnerTurbo'd '6 project - work in progress |
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Posted 7th Aug 2017 at 10:19
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3rd time lucky
Seasoned Pro Location: maidstone Registered: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1,878 Status: Offline |
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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. ________________________________________ DIABLO GTI-6 - Legend - NILE GTI-6 - SoldCHERRY GTI-6 P1 SUPERCHARGED - Broken up BLACK RALLYE - Sold 205 Dturbo xud9 work horse - Dead CHERRY RALLYE - new toy |
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Posted 7th Aug 2017 at 13:04
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,878 Status: Offline |
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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  ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 8th Aug 2017 at 07:57
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3rd time lucky
Seasoned Pro Location: maidstone Registered: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1,878 Status: Offline |
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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. ________________________________________ DIABLO GTI-6 - Legend - NILE GTI-6 - SoldCHERRY GTI-6 P1 SUPERCHARGED - Broken up BLACK RALLYE - Sold 205 Dturbo xud9 work horse - Dead CHERRY RALLYE - new toy |
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Posted 8th Aug 2017 at 08:59
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jeffers
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 3,702 Status: Offline |
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quote: [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. ________________________________________ Team Running Engine again!Team Negative Camber! My Budget track engine build thread! Now appearing at a Trackday near you!!  |
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Posted 16th Sep 2017 at 15:30
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Vlad
Newbie Location: Melbourne Registered: 31 Dec 2015 Posts: 23 Status: Offline |
Post #8
Hi, did you end up removing the sunroof? if yes, I'm keen on the sunroof switches panel. |
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Posted 7th Nov 2017 at 07:39
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