Goodbye sunroof!

[Rich1]

Now you see it, now you don't! No more leaky sunroof!

The first picture was taken a year ago... the others were taken today. Things are coming together....

Edited September 23, 2010 by Rich1

[Z train]

That musta been a pain in the arse.

[Carl Beck]

Looks great - was that a complete roof replacement?

Carl

[Mikes Z car]

The sunroof you took off looks exactly like the leaky one on my car. If you just filled in the hole and not the whole roof I would love details on how you did that though someone else might want the whole roof details.

Mike

[240Z-Fan]

It looks great sunroof free.

Congratulations!

Al

[Arne]

The sunroof you took off looks exactly like the leaky one on my car. If you just filled in the hole and not the whole roof I would love details on how you did that though someone else might want the whole roof details.

Mike

Seeing the donor roof sitting there in the first picture, I strongly suspect it was done as a roof skin replacement, same as mine documented in the thread linked below.

I gave a lot of thought to how to best do this. I don't know of many people doing the hole-patch job - all of the recent sunroof eliminations I've heard of have been using the entire skin.

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30409

[spitz17]

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/pts/1967541000.html

For anyone else interested in this project .

Don't know the seller, but saw it on CL.

[LeonV]

Beautiful, and I love the color!

[Rich1]

Hello everyone, thanks for your responses.

I meant to expand on this last night--but I had difficulty loading some pictures.

Yes, this was a complete roof replacement. Arne proved to me that it could be done. Thanks so much, Arne for the helpful pictures and advice!!

My suggestion to those who wish to attempt this is to make sure the donor roof is in good condition. The roof shown in my original post--did not work out, as it had too many 'waves' in it. The donor roof I used was acquired from Mike's Z Shop in Whittier--they do have more available.

Below is the donor roof--only the panel portion was actually needed (as can be seen in Arne's posts). In the other picture the panel is being tried for proper fitment. More photos to come....

Edited September 25, 2010 by Rich1

[Carl Beck]

Hi Rich1

Not that it is any of our business - but what should we expect to pay a body shop for a metal job like that? Arne's was done very reasonably - but there is a large difference in a shops overhead between his location and yours.

thanks,

Carl

[mossy]

Nice work, I must say you guys are lucky when it comes to having spare roofs lying around, its almost impossible to find one here in Australia!

[Rich1]

Not that it is any of our business - but what should we expect to pay a body shop for a metal job like that? Arne's was done very reasonably - but there is a large difference in a shops overhead between his location and yours.

Carl...that is a fair question to ask... however, it is hard to give an exact answer as the "roof" was included as part of the body work.

Here's how it reads on the invoice:

"remove and replace roof panel" (part supplied by customer)

"remove and replace rear hatch panel" (part supplied by customer)--via Banzai Motorworks!

"cutout any cancered metal and replace (parts supplied by customer or fabricated by shop)"--this included replacing partial floor panels, repairing rocker panel rust, and fixing hole beneath the battery

The total bill for the body work portion came to $1,500

Rich

Edited September 25, 2010 by Rich1