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Old 01-10-08, 09:58 AM
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Share your CF\FG Sun roof pics
I want to see pics of them installed on your FC; or if you had one, I would love to hear your opinions on fitment.
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I only know one guy that has one but I have no pictures.
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how much does the stock one weight?

figure a fiberglass one would look teh same as a stock since its painted lol
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All that sunroof assembly stuff is actually rather heavy
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The sunroof and assembly weigh in at 20+ lbs.
The carbon fiber sunroofs weigh in at something like 3-5 lbs.
It makes for a nice reduction in weight but unfortunately the companies producing this product tend to skim on the CF resulting in a flimsy roof.
I haven't heard of any issues with fitment but you'll certainly want to reinforce the sunroof with additional layers of CF in order to stiffen it up a little.
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I only know one guy that has one but I have no pictures.
If you could get some pics, I would appreciate it
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how much does the stock one weight?

figure a fiberglass one would look teh same as a stock since its painted lol

The diference is around 7-10lbs
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Originally Posted by Soma
It makes for a nice reduction in weight but unfortunately the companies producing this product tend to skim on the CF resulting in a flimsy roof.

Yes, you are correct (unfortunately)

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I haven't heard of any issues with fitment

You'll be surprised
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The reason why I was looking for pics, was so that I could compare them to the brand new CF sun roof that i purchased.

You be the judge




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Let me guess, CF sunroof courtesy of Paulo Sierra/ Retro-Spec? Shitty fitment, I had shitty clearcoat, shitty weave, not clean at all. That's definitely not the way a sunroof should fit, you probably already got that memo though.

GL with getting anywhere with it.
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KNONFS. damn dog, resize.

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Originally Posted by JDriftM
Let me guess, CF sunroof courtesy of Paulo Sierra/ Retro-Spec? Shitty fitment, I had shitty clearcoat, shitty weave, not clean at all. That's definitely not the way a sunroof should fit, you probably already got that memo though.

GL with getting anywhere with it.

DING DING DING!!!!

Over a month and a half going back and forth with BS (he takes 2 weeks to reply to an email). He wants all kind of measurements, once I provided them; he asked for "other" measurements

I would think that the pics speak for themselves, he doesn't believe so...

So yup, $225 + S&H down the drain
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Originally Posted by magus2222
KNONFS. damn dog, resize.

peace

I know, but you can use my thread as an excuse to upgrade to a larger monitor
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wow, good excuse. ill do that............
anyways, thank you SOOO much for wasting your money for the benifit of all of us. sweet, i know NOT to buy that......darn, i wanted that too.
oh well, one less useless buy item.
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Damn dude, you told me it was bad, but that sucks. Maybe you should just use bondo to build up the area around it so that its level with the panel.
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Dear god. That is absolutely awful. Raise some hell.
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Damn
Did it take long before you orderd the sunroof til you got it??
The reason I wonder is,I have orderd som parts from him
and e-mailed him for delivery time but no answer.
Have I been fuckt??
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wow, good excuse. ill do that............
anyways, thank you SOOO much for wasting your money for the benifit of all of us. sweet, i know NOT to buy that......darn, i wanted that too.
oh well, one less useless buy item.
lol

peace

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Damn dude, you told me it was bad, but that sucks. Maybe you should just use bondo to build up the area around it so that its level with the panel.
BONDO!

Now thats a great idea

My plan was to weld sheetmetal around it, but bondo might be easier
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Dear god. That is absolutely awful. Raise some hell.
I will, at the expense of $225
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Damn
Did it take long before you orderd the sunroof til you got it??
The reason I wonder is,I have orderd som parts from him
and e-mailed him for delivery time but no answer.
Have I been fuckt??
No, shippping was reasonably fast, anything after that...

Good luck with your parts, I hope you get them!
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wow - and i almost bought it the other day. sorry to hear about it man
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for poor little KNONFS, we here at rx7club wish you offer an appology on behalf of retro-spec, and i vouch we start a "got ripped off, BADLY" fund.
now, anyone want to pitch in? im broke at the moment.
lol

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Originally Posted by magus2222
for poor little KNONFS, we here at rx7club wish you offer an appology on behalf of retro-spec, and i vouch we start a "got ripped off, BADLY" fund.
now, anyone want to pitch in? im broke at the moment.
lol

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Maybe you should start a fund raiser for yourself, go ahead and buy a 19 inch monitor

Is UR butt hurt?
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wow - and i almost bought it the other day. sorry to hear about it man
Glad I was able to help
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