BMW I3 roof chop

[John_S4x4]

Is it possible to perform a roof chop on a BMW I3 ?
As in make the roof line lower on the carbon reinforced fibre plastic passenger cell ?

[Chris32345]

Anything is possible with enough time and money
Not really practice however
And you would likely find I very hard to insure after at least in the UK

[PaulKemp]

You would be cutting through the weave which is where the strength is and just glueing/patching the 2 halves together.
IMHO you have no real strength left

[anonymous-user]

John_S4x4 said:

Is it possible to perform a roof chop on a BMW I3 ?
As in make the roof line lower on the carbon reinforced fibre plastic passenger cell ?

simple answer. no

The composite unibody of the i3 is not amenable to any alterations (realistically, no modern uni-body car is, no matter what it's made from)

You'd be far better simply rebody-ing the skateboard chassis underneath

[John_S4x4]

I was thinking about using the CRFP passenger cell on top of a bespoke chassis and drivetrain with a small ice engine ???