964/993 Sunroof Delete

964/993 Sunroof Delete

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Retept

Original Poster:

173 posts

134 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Hi,

Has anyone here performed a carbon fibre panel or a steel insert sunroof delete on their 964/994. If so, what was the outcome?

avaF1

293 posts

119 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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do it properly.........................................







Edited by avaF1 on Wednesday 17th February 20:39

Orangecurry

7,397 posts

205 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Jackal did.

trantorman

88 posts

206 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Fit a full steel porsche panel every time. you can just weld in an insert panel, but thats alway going to have the risk of the filler cracking latter on.

Carbon is fine till you land on your roof..

Retept

Original Poster:

173 posts

134 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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[quote=avaF1]do it properly.........................................



Thank you for your reply. This is an interesting photo, do you know who completed this carbon roof?

Retept

Original Poster:

173 posts

134 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Orangecurry said:
Jackal did.
Yes, Richard had the whole roof done...... http://www.jackals-forge.com/lotus/993/m003_2.html

avaF1

293 posts

119 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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same as Jackal.................................. https://rennlist.com/forums/964-forum/1147511-964-...
Retept said:
Thank you for your reply. This is an interesting photo, do you know who completed this carbon roof?

LPAK

87 posts

41 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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avaF1 said:
do it properly.........................................







Edited by avaF1 on Wednesday 17th February 20:39
Is it possible to stick a moonroof in there? redface

Retept

Original Poster:

173 posts

134 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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avaF1 said:
same as Jackal.................................. https://rennlist.com/forums/964-forum/1147511-964-...
Retept said:
Thank you for your reply. This is an interesting photo, do you know who completed this carbon roof?
Thank you for the link..... Oh no, this is going to cost me.....

ChrisDT

1,863 posts

189 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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Wozy68

5,387 posts

169 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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I could never afford to replace mine with a CF roof but I'd be interested to find out just how much a weight saving there is by replacing the original.

Orangecurry

7,397 posts

205 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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Wouldn't just opening the sunroof save even more weight?

deadslow

7,960 posts

222 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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Orangecurry said:
Wouldn't just opening the sunroof save even more weight?
yep, and wind the windows down for instant RS derivative

Retept

Original Poster:

173 posts

134 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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ChrisDT said:
Thank you for the heads-up

Retept

Original Poster:

173 posts

134 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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Wozy68 said:
I could never afford to replace mine with a CF roof but I'd be interested to find out just how much a weight saving there is by replacing the original.
Here's a link that may be of interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUa4MTX9Qt0&t=...

stichill99

1,040 posts

180 months

Thursday 18th February 2021
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I really don't get the anguish over sunroofs. 99% of joe public wouldn't even notice if a car had one. 99% of porsche drivers wouldn't go any quicker with or without one! If it's the weight go on a diet for a month!

Orangecurry

7,397 posts

205 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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... sure, but it depends what you are doing it for.

If you've stripped-out everything else, it's a final step to remove the weight that's in the wrongest place.

g7jhp

6,958 posts

237 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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It might remove weight, but it's marginal gains in terms of cost for gain and it's mlre likely to remove value as a car becomes less original.

Fine for a track car which is purpose built, noisy and risky for a road car.

stichill99

1,040 posts

180 months

Saturday 20th February 2021
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I do a fair bit of welding and know how difficult it is not to warp a large panel like a roof. You can cover it with filler but I think I would rather just keep the sunroof!

Ocho

604 posts

236 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Retept said:
Here's a link that may be of interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUa4MTX9Qt0&t=...
Thanks - I just lost my entire morning watching 911 weight-loss videos... laugh