Sunroof removal

[andyleep]

Anyone ever removed their sunroof? I'm thinking of removing and getting a bodyshop to sort it (weld a plate, filler and paint). Anyone have any experience of doing this?

[16v_paddy]

It's something that's been discussed quite a lot. The general consensus is that it's not really possible to weld anything to the roof to fill the gap and for it to be smooth as the heat from the welding will distort the roof skin.

Those that have removed the sunroof have got a complete roof skin from renault & replaced the whole lot- not cheap.

Saying that though, to my knowledge no-one has actually tried to do what you're saying so it might not be impossible.
An idea/theory that I've had & discussed with those in the know but not had the balls to try, is to bond a sheet of metal to the underside of the roof and then weld in another sheet in the space left by the sunroof over the top.

[16v_paddy]

I've removed my sunroof & bonded a sheet of fibreglass on there, others have just bonded or riveted sheets of metal to the top as well

[stevie_b]

Why are you looking to remove it? Has it stopped working or do you just want a smoother look to the roof? If it is just weight saving you are after and don't care how it looks then, as paddy said above, you can just rivet an alu sheet over the top, like I have done, but it doesn't look pretty:

[andyleep]

Want to get rid of it as i have a Williams 2!?!

[Daz4567]

looks good that

[Coops]

daz back in the day, and am talking 2005 time, had his plated, fillered and painted.........it lasted 5 minutes before it warped and cracked

only way to do it neatly is complete roof skin

[VIPERONE]

back in the day, and am talking 2005 time, when this site was frequented by legends such as Gunner, 2 live, winston, flaming monkey,Martin and co the mod was carried out by Daz ... Daz had his plated, fillered and painted.........it lasted 5 minutes before it warped and cracked

only way to do it neatly is complete roof skin

Riveting and spraying will be fine, unless your a perfectionist .

[andyleep]

Any idea how much a new roof skin would cost?

[16v_paddy]

Any idea how much a new roof skin would cost?

Somewhere in the region of £400 iirc plus the massive labour cost to fit it