CF roof skin or CF sun roof plug

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:54 am

As you may have guessed I'm deciding which to do.

The plug will obviously involve less fibre but will also require welding & lots of sealant to install it.

The skin would allow you to take the sun roof out too, won't require welding, would add to the rigidity of the car and if you've got the gonads for it will allow you to cut some extra weight off the roof

Otherwise will weigh maybe 500 grams more than the plug and give you a full CF roof

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:47 am

Make a roof skin, strike a deal with tramroad/PA for installation - job done!

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:28 am

Phil was asking about the CF roof for his pickup when I saw him last

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:38 pm

Been thinking about this a lot since we spoke about it and its super complicated to make the mould, it would have to be cut up and joined back together with the thickness of the carbon fibre and resin taken into account to get it to sit over the existing roof skin. Not an easy job and very labour intensive.

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:11 pm

I'd use this stuff;

http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/product ... large.aspx

& this stuff;

http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/product ... etwax.aspx

With the edges of the part finishing in the rain gutters where the actual roof does

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:13 pm

Have you got an extremely rough idea of a price in mind?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:24 pm

this is a really great idea if you can get it sorted

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:55 pm

I'd need to do two, 1 for the 5g and 1 for the 4g as I'm pretty sure the roofs are different.

I have some tircks in the bag to get a real nice weave finish too

Just measured the roof and it's 1.05m x 1.00m. I've also just found my dissertation with all the best layer orientations

At a guess I'd go with it being around £250 - £300 to cover the full roof with several layers of fibre to allow sunroof delete or around £150 if you just wanted a skin for your existing roof.

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:09 pm

if you did a plug i would assume 4ths and 5ths would be the same due to the fact you can fit a 5g sunroof in a 4g

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CF roof skin or CF sun roof plug

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CF roof skin or CF sun roof plug