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04-20-2009, 04:58 PM | #1 |
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*FINALLY* Carbon Fiber Roof & Hood ARRIVE
My long awaited carbon fiber parts started arriving. The Hood & Roof are here. The CSL trunk, hopefully later this week, as well as the fenders. The thing that sucks is all these parts are made to order, so generally they tell you 6-8 weeks, and that doesn't include the shipping.
Figure freight shipping is anywhere from 4-8 weeks, depending where you are located. There is NO way i could wait another 2 months. Some people might not think its worth it, but i paid the $1400 to have it in 5 days. Here are some teeeeeezzzzzers enjoy And by the way, i ordered (2) roofs just incase one got damaged in shipping. So if anyone is interested in a 110% Prepreg Dry Carbon Rood panel, keep your eyes open and your piggy backs FULL |
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04-20-2009, 05:07 PM | #2 |
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Wait, is that a full replacement roof or just an overlay? Either way I want
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Also, what you planning to do about the finish? It looks like you need to put some clear coat or something on those pieces.
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04-20-2009, 06:02 PM | #7 |
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Any reason you didn't go with a seibon OEM style hood and you had that one made? The pics I've seen of the seibon looks like it had pretty good fitment.
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Had a SEIBON CSL trunk lid on my 3 series. The thing didn't seal the trunk correctly and my car wouldn't start one day. I went back to check the battery and water filled the battery cove and actually completely covered it. |
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04-20-2009, 06:34 PM | #11 |
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i want to see the trunk
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That is the only thing, they dont finish them. They brought up a good point about damage and shipping. If carbon fiber parts get damaged in shipping, usually it's the clear coat that cracks easy. So they shipped everything to me unfinished. |
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Anyway, can't wait to see these installed.
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04-20-2009, 07:52 PM | #16 | |
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I know this will probably be expensive as hell but I would be down for replacing my entire roof with a lighter CF roof.
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First you've to remove your front and rear windshield (not too hard, but troublesome, just make sure you don't crack those hehe) Then, comes the fun part, drilling out all the spot wield that attach the roof to the car. Fix all the holes you drilled out, probably wield a new piece on top of them or something. Glue the new roof in. Attach the sharkfin and other things from your oem roof. reinstall windshield Start Bragging being the first 1er to have a CF roof I can only dream of having a CF Roof... OverBoostinBimmers: have you thought about wielding a metal cross bar on your roof, much like a stock M3? that would give the car a bit more structural strength, probably help the roof to stay there since it won't twist as much. Good luck with the install. Take LOTS of pictures please! |
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04-20-2009, 09:37 PM | #20 |
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Ahh good. So we do not need to speak of the one of whom we do not speak.
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What kind of weight savings are you looking at with the whole CF package?
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