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Offline liva2704

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carbon fibre sunroof?
« on: 18 April 2012, 18:31 »
Hey guys i was thinking of replacing the glass in my  sunroof with carbon fibre and still make it operable,anybody done this?What you think about it? :undecided:
« Last Edit: 18 April 2012, 18:49 by liva2704 »

Offline shelaghmk3gti

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Re: carbon fibre sunroof
« Reply #1 on: 18 April 2012, 18:37 »
then its  not a sun roof is its another window lol.

be tricky to get it to fit tho wont it?

Offline liva2704

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Re: carbon fibre sunroof
« Reply #2 on: 18 April 2012, 18:48 »
Yeah ok i guess it would be a roof window then.I dont think it would be that difficult.

Offline CJA321

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Re: carbon fibre sunroof?
« Reply #3 on: 18 April 2012, 19:17 »
Difficult to get it to seal. If you want to do that get it vynl rapped or something

Offline liva2704

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Re: carbon fibre sunroof?
« Reply #4 on: 18 April 2012, 20:00 »
Vinyl is ok yes but its not just the look i want, it also gets rid of unwanted weight.

Offline Wayne

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Re: carbon fibre sunroof?
« Reply #5 on: 18 April 2012, 21:31 »
it also gets rid of unwanted weight.

With respect it is not going to save much plus you have a mk3 which is not light to start with.