Carbon fiber roof?
Carbon fiber roof?
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From: greensboro, nc, usa
Re: Carbon fiber roof?
i have one for my hatchback...i got it off ebay, that went through another company, and ended up being somebody on here. quality is ok, some rips in the weave, and they didnt put hardly any bubble wrap around it when they shipped it and it slid around and got all scratched up and cracked. i tried talking to them but they just ignored me...so, if you get one be careful. find out how reputable the company is.
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From: Manahawkin, NJ, Ocean Country
Re: Carbon fiber roof?
i have one for my hatchback...i got it off ebay, that went through another company, and ended up being somebody on here. quality is ok, some rips in the weave, and they didnt put hardly any bubble wrap around it when they shipped it and it slid around and got all scratched up and cracked. i tried talking to them but they just ignored me...so, if you get one be careful. find out how reputable the company is.
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From: GTA Canada
Re: Carbon fiber roof?
I've had one for years.
Fitment is awful. I spent hours and several hundred dollars just to make it fir like OEM.
The weave was okay-ish.
The panel was crooked/warped. (I exchanged it several times until I found a decent one)
The clearcoat is just horrid.
Bolt locations are WAY off.
I ended up having the roof shaved, re-cleared to fix the clearcoat. Then blocked down to make it nice and straight, then re-finished.
I ended up drilling out and re-tapping most of the bolt locations. Those were either off-center, or crooked.
I ended up fabbing my own brackets, because even after a lot of work, the OEM ones wouldn't sit right.
I'm a fervent DIY'er. But this ended up costing me almost as much as an OEM replacement panel. Even still.... it'll never rust again.
...or, you can ghettofabulously just ploink the damned panel in, if you don't care about panel gaps and leakage.
Fitment is awful. I spent hours and several hundred dollars just to make it fir like OEM.
The weave was okay-ish.
The panel was crooked/warped. (I exchanged it several times until I found a decent one)
The clearcoat is just horrid.
Bolt locations are WAY off.
I ended up having the roof shaved, re-cleared to fix the clearcoat. Then blocked down to make it nice and straight, then re-finished.
I ended up drilling out and re-tapping most of the bolt locations. Those were either off-center, or crooked.
I ended up fabbing my own brackets, because even after a lot of work, the OEM ones wouldn't sit right.
I'm a fervent DIY'er. But this ended up costing me almost as much as an OEM replacement panel. Even still.... it'll never rust again.
...or, you can ghettofabulously just ploink the damned panel in, if you don't care about panel gaps and leakage.
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From: Vienna, WV, US
Re: Carbon fiber roof?
I've had one for years.
Fitment is awful. I spent hours and several hundred dollars just to make it fir like OEM.
The weave was okay-ish.
The panel was crooked/warped. (I exchanged it several times until I found a decent one)
The clearcoat is just horrid.
Bolt locations are WAY off.
I ended up having the roof shaved, re-cleared to fix the clearcoat. Then blocked down to make it nice and straight, then re-finished.
I ended up drilling out and re-tapping most of the bolt locations. Those were either off-center, or crooked.
I ended up fabbing my own brackets, because even after a lot of work, the OEM ones wouldn't sit right.
I'm a fervent DIY'er. But this ended up costing me almost as much as an OEM replacement panel. Even still.... it'll never rust again.
...or, you can ghettofabulously just ploink the damned panel in, if you don't care about panel gaps and leakage.
Fitment is awful. I spent hours and several hundred dollars just to make it fir like OEM.
The weave was okay-ish.
The panel was crooked/warped. (I exchanged it several times until I found a decent one)
The clearcoat is just horrid.
Bolt locations are WAY off.
I ended up having the roof shaved, re-cleared to fix the clearcoat. Then blocked down to make it nice and straight, then re-finished.
I ended up drilling out and re-tapping most of the bolt locations. Those were either off-center, or crooked.
I ended up fabbing my own brackets, because even after a lot of work, the OEM ones wouldn't sit right.
I'm a fervent DIY'er. But this ended up costing me almost as much as an OEM replacement panel. Even still.... it'll never rust again.
...or, you can ghettofabulously just ploink the damned panel in, if you don't care about panel gaps and leakage.
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From: CA, USA
Re: Carbon fiber roof?
I've had one for years.
Fitment is awful. I spent hours and several hundred dollars just to make it fir like OEM.
The weave was okay-ish.
The panel was crooked/warped. (I exchanged it several times until I found a decent one)
The clearcoat is just horrid.
Bolt locations are WAY of...
Fitment is awful. I spent hours and several hundred dollars just to make it fir like OEM.
The weave was okay-ish.
The panel was crooked/warped. (I exchanged it several times until I found a decent one)
The clearcoat is just horrid.
Bolt locations are WAY of...
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