Plating Sunroof

[swordfish210 20]

mmmmmmm i prefer the non rivet look myself, i think rivets only look cool on an old WW2 fighter plane

[johnrobertgordon 0]

One removed sunroof......

 

One ally plate.......

 

A rather large smothering of tiger bond........

 

And lots of rivets....

 

Was painted over when the car was resprayed. The car was fully caged (OMP 10pt Fitted properly). After a while the paint cracked around the plate, and when braking hard you could hear the roof "pinging".

I would say that quite a lot of the chassis stress go's through the roof.

[ashley peddle 3]

mmmmmmm i prefer the non rivet look myself, i think rivets only look cool on an old WW2 fighter plane

 

 

have to disagree im affraid - the rivets give it that "ready for business" kind of look (well - mine are smallish bolts )

 

[Jrod 7]

If you are sticking a plate on the roof it's always going to look 'crap' I mean what car comes with a big plate on it's roof.

 

May aswell rivet it so it's gonna stay on there and will look purposeful.

 

Either that or get a non sunny!

[IanG Dorset 0]

what are you meant to do in the unlikely event that you want to take it of if it is stuck on with tape!

[Martin W 0]

This thread makes for interesting reading, I'm planning to use a sheet of aluminium, with rivets in the existing holes in the roof (from the factory sunroof) to join it. Probabakly going to lay it on a layer of silicon to make it water tight and stop the vibrations. If bonding it also makes it water tight then thats not a bad idea.

 

Just spray the sheet off the car and leave the ritets exposed in their natural colour otherwise the paint around them is likely to crack over time from a few that I have seen.

[jackherer 543]

I recently fitted one of Ashley Peddles plates using allen head bolts and washers which I think looks OK.

[Martin W 0]

I recently fitted one of Ashley Peddles plates using allen head bolts and washers which I think looks OK.

I take it you had to use large (ish) washers? If you have a pic that would be useful for this thread (and me).

[Trick 1]

I take it you had to use large (ish) washers? If you have a pic that would be useful for this thread (and me).

 

and useful for me too...as this is what im planning on doing.

[jackherer 543]

I take it you had to use large (ish) washers? If you have a pic that would be useful for this thread (and me).

 

They weren't that large, 10mm IIRC, I might have got slightly better results with larger ones as it goes, but it doesn't leak and the roof isn't distorted so I'm happy.

 

I don't have any pics and I'm not in the same town as the car at the moment, I think some people took pics at the south meet on sunday though... If not I'll post some in the next few days.

[ashley peddle 3]

I recently fitted one of Ashley Peddles plates using allen head bolts and washers which I think looks OK.

 

cool i havnt actualy had ANY feedback from them (bit worrying since 20 people bought them )

 

was the fit ok? i used nuts and bolts on mine - i think it looks pretty cool

[jackherer 543]

Fit was fine, a couple of the holes didnt quite line up but I was opening them up for larger bolts anyway so it worked out ok.

[ashley peddle 3]

good good

 

from memory i had to open a couple of the front ones up... but then i decided to use bigger bolts anyways so opened them all up

[Trick 1]

Ashley, do you have pics of your roof up close?

[ashley peddle 3]

i did on my old computer

 

will take some when im next up the workshop