Right, I know the principles behind it. Windscreen out, drill the spot welds, but has anyone here actually removed and refitted a roof skin?
Want to put a non-sunroof one in mine, but am in two minds...
would it not be easier to 1) live with the sunroof
2) weld in a plate and fill/paint!?
3) fit a carbon roof! (WIN!)
Well a carbon roof is what I was thinking. I have got a plate in place already, its the same as Jonny B's, just stuck on top of the roofskin.
I can't for love nor money find the business card of the bloke I was talking to about carbon roof skins
this is the closest I could find...
at Mini world day last saturday there was a mini there with carbon floor pans, doors, roof, boot, boot floor, front wings/bonnet/grill etc.
amazballs.
I duno mate...I would think mini bits are much easier to find!
What about that guy on here that had all those insane carbon bits? NUR motorsport or something.. username was Hovis iirc?
I dont remember Hovis having carbon on his rally?
Maybe he did ?
After a snoop around NUR's website they only do tailgates, bonnets and spoilers for the 306 in carbon
It wasn't Hovis that had the parts, he was selling on behalf of NUR though. They're only in Reading mate, not too far to pop down and see what they have
Danny, you are a hero, repped!
Scott, its a date! haha
Im guessing its just a case of adhering the carbon skin on then?
yeah with mega awesome epoxy resin.
seems expensive mind
No worries mate!
I'd imagine it'd just be bonded on yeah.. supposedly a new non-sunroof skin is about £150 new... so a fibreglass one isn't even much more expensive
Carbon-kevlar is £300. That would probably be the one i'd be opting for TBF. Its just If I can get the roof skin off without removing the windscreen. would be nice lol
Ahhh fair enough!
From the thread i saw on 6 forum, they say that the windscreen has to be removed :/
Thought as much. Might just punch the shit out of it, say an albatros hit it whilst driving through balham, then get a new one with a £75 excess
i thought the c/f f/g roof skins were a replacment not a cover bonded over the top ! iirc you still have to remove the old skin
(01-10-2013, 02:34 PM)puglove Wrote: [ -> ]i thought the c/f f/g roof skins were a replacment not a cover bonded over the top ! iirc you still have to remove the old skin
You're meant to actually read the thread before posting J
yeah my bad got the wrong end of the stick. thought grunt was talking about "bonding" it over the OE one. we know he aint the sharpest tool (or the longest gigity) so i just assumed
I woundnt bother with nur as Ollie told me all the issues he had with getting the bits for his Dimma.
Streamline carbon do roofs, but I'm not sure if they only do them fitted or not.
I reckon use windscreen bond to stick it on, if it holds the screen and that is structural then I don't see why it cant hold a structural roof skin.. You could stick your own windscreen in then too.
Chris, Thats the stuff most people use when replacing roof skins. As said, it holds a windscreen which is structural. Just hope you never have to remove it! lol
Bit of cheese wire, bobs your uncle!
yeah...if you can get that round the lip that sits over the shell. Dont forget a windscreen just sits 'on' the body. The roof skin laps over.
You've lost me. You're saying the roof skin laps over the windscreen?!
No.
Ill explain next time i see you with various hand signals and objects on the pub table.
Awesome. Better head down the toby tomorrow night for a refreshing beverage then!
Grant, 100% the screen has to come out to remove the roof.