Track day corsa turbo build

[Rick Draper]

It was a right pain stripping all the inside out of my one.....O wait lmao

HAHAHA, thats almost funny

[Fow16v]

rick with the sunroof, what is it that stop the cage being fitted? is it where all the mech goes for the roof to drop down? if so would it be posible to fit one of the old type aftermarket sunroofs that just tilt maybe from a scrappy?

any good?

[Rick Draper]

any good?

Sorry missed that. iirc is that style of sunroof not smaller? Sure it was on a nova at least.

[Fow16v]

not sure on the size just thought it may be worth looking into as a cheaper alternative as it shouldnt get in the way of the cage then.

[DaveB]

It was a right pain stripping all the inside out of my one.....O wait lmao

lmao lmao

[MattJ]

Problem with a heat gun though is that it melts the tar mat so then you have to get all the residue off. My way is the clean way lmao

[DaveB]

I used wire wheel on a drill bit, then vac it up afterwards

edit. wire wool on a grinder. my bad

[MattJ]

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[sbd16vastra]

im nearly in tear here

so you got rid of a perfectly good shell because it needed a few hunderd quids worth of paint, to buy a shell that your now going to spend LOADS on a carbon roof FPMSL.

[Rick Draper]

im nearly in tear here

so you got rid of a perfectly good shell because it needed a few hunderd quids worth of paint, to buy a shell that your now going to spend LOADS on a carbon roof FPMSL.

The old shell needed £1k's worth of paint. This one needs a panle in to cover the sunroof or a £400 roof, £600 difference last time i checked....

[fennyLET]

The old shell needed £1k's worth of paint. This one needs a panle in to cover the sunroof or a £400 roof, £600 difference last time i checked....

I dont know but i cant see that Gav has spent £1k on paint?

[turbo gav]

The old shell needed £1k's worth of paint. This one needs a panle in to cover the sunroof or a £400 roof, £600 difference last time i checked....

£182 of paint lmao

[fennyLET]

£182 of paint lmao

More money than sence

[lee303]

i think its pretty obvious rick means to compare the two with him paying for the paint to be done professionally, rather than being able to do it himself, like gav can

[The Simps]

do we have to go over this old ground again and again......

[Rick Draper]

I cannot prep to the levels of gav and i would not want to tackle painting the whole outside of a car. My parents would not be that impressed with me painting a whole car in there garage either. Spraying the inside of the car would be fine, whole outside is a different ball game.

[chip]

Are you confident you can fit a carbon fibre roof to the standard you want?

And where have you found one for 400 quid, as that is very reasonable IMHO

[rc]

is that the performacetrim carbon roofs, im looking at getting one also mk3 astras are 400quid too

[fennyLET]

Were do you stand with being road leagle when you have a Carbon roof?

[DaveB]

Why would it not be road legal? new m3 and m6s have a carbon roof

[namkeaps]

Were do you stand with being road leagle when you have a Carbon roof?

speak to BMW about the CSL

[fennyLET]

Why would it not be road legal? new m3 and m6s have a carbon roof

I dont know. Hence the question

[rc]

I dont know. Hence the question

your question suggests it would not be for some reason?

[fennyLET]

your question suggests it would not be for some reason?

Ok...

[Rick Draper]

is that the performacetrim carbon roofs, im looking at getting one also mk3 astras are 400quid too

They need a minimum order of 5 to do them unless you fancy footing the bill for the mould. I am currently trying to sort a group buy on corsasport. If i fail i have a backup plan i think, will let you know how i get on though.