Roof replacement - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

slyphen · 10-23-2015, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

are you on reddit too? I think I saw this on r/ft86

yep. thats me.

ryoma · 10-23-2015, 07:44 PM

how would they even install the CF roof securely? don't they have to spot weld the roof on? I don't think you can do that with CF lol

ichitaka05 · 10-23-2015, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ryoma

how would they even install the CF roof securely? don't they have to spot weld the roof on? I don't think you can do that with CF lol

Body shop uses special glue to glue the roof and chassis together. Same concept as BMW M series & other sports cars with cf roof

FRSBRZGT86FAN · 10-23-2015, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ryoma

how would they even install the CF roof securely? don't they have to spot weld the roof on? I don't think you can do that with CF lol

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Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Body shop uses special glue to glue the roof and chassis together. Same concept as BMW M series & other sports cars with cf roof

So the roof in our cars isn't actually a stressed member of the chassis like other sports cars? It's that metal part that runs down the center in between the two humps?

ichitaka05 · 10-23-2015, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

So the roof in our cars isn't actually a stressed member of the chassis like other sports cars? It's that metal part that runs down the center in between the two humps?

It help a bit, but roof isn't doing anything other than covering you (& airflow). Major sports car nowdays worry bout bottom chassis stiffness than the roof... but that doesn't mean it's okay to cut the roof to make a vert. lol

STZ · 10-23-2015, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by slyphen

yah people were telling me about replacing it with CF roof. but OEM is $350 while CF roof is $1700... provided they don't break your windshield, the entire job was $3800 with OEM roof.

Think of it this way.

Going from just purely on the price of the part, it's a 385% price increase, but with the cost of the job factored in, you can get a sick ass CF roof for a small increase of only 35%!

But yeah, that really sucks that it ends up costing so much just due to the nature of the repair.

Tcoat · 10-23-2015, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by STZ

Think of it this way.

Going from just purely on the price of the part, it's a 385% price increase, but with the cost of the job factored in, you can get a sick ass CF roof for a small increase of only 35%!

But yeah, that really sucks that it ends up costing so much just due to the nature of the repair.

Ever change a roof skin? There are really valid reasons why they cost so much in labour.

slyphen · 10-23-2015, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

So the roof in our cars isn't actually a stressed member of the chassis like other sports cars? It's that metal part that runs down the center in between the two humps?

the major stress bearing structure is the 3 horizontal and 1 vertical brace you see in the video/pic. The roof panel itself is responsible to protect you from the elements and aerodynamics, albeit a tiny bit of rigidity support.

xtral · 10-26-2015, 12:04 AM

I got rattles exactly in this part, the white horizontal frame,
The dealer pinpoint it and tried fix it by loosing something, the noise changed from low frequency, high volume -------->to high frequency low volume.

How shall I repair it ?

BD7 · 10-26-2015, 04:13 PM

Some workers have the ability to "suck" the dent up, and make it likes nothing happens, without handling the paint.
Not perfect but very cheap.

Vincenttam · 10-27-2015, 04:43 AM

You could of been the first to have a convertible. God gave you a sign and you threw that away. smh lol jk good luck with the repairs, i know mines after the insurance wasn't the best and im still finding imperfections that the shop skimped around with.

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xtral Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: Ford Focus 09' Location: China,TsingTao Posts: 57 Thanks: 59 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I got rattles exactly in this part, the white horizontal frame, The dealer pinpoint it and tried fix it by loosing something, the noise changed from low frequency, high volume -------->to high frequency low volume. How shall I repair it ? Attached Images

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