A to Z Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) I am one of the lucky ones who ended up with a 1972 240Z that received a large sunroof early in it's life. There are definitely positives to it....cross flow ventilation, but it does screw up the lines a tad. Well the other day I was looking at carbon fiber roofs,and the thought came to me, what if the carbon fiber roof was neatly trimmed around the edges and bonded on, thereby hiding the hole, and then clear coating the cabon fiber? On the inside it would be just replace the headliner center portion. Opinions/comments? Edited July 3, 2022 by A to Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zcardude Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Here's a company that makes a complete carbon fiber roof just for this: https://industrygarage.com/products/datsun-s30-carbon-fiber-roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z31sham Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Had the same sunroof on my 70 240Z. I have already cut out the majority of the old roof and I'm getting ready for final trim. The Industry Garage roof is sitting waiting to be installed. Been back and forth with Tim there about the best method to install. Those guys install the roof a couple of different ways on their YouTube channel. Either way its a top quality product that I'm very impressed with so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline240z Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 why don't you just cut the whole old roof out, its a little more work, but its a lots better looking and weight saving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z31sham Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 I'll add the finished pictures later tonight. Overall the process went great. Just needs some bodywork and it'll look pretty killer. This process was quite a bit easier than drilling out all the spot welds!! IMG_5770.MOV IMG_5773.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyline240z Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) Oh my, I see you cut the front side of the carbon roof. Nice work. Here is my carbon roof that I made myself, it’s vacuum infused. Edited December 10, 2022 by skyline240z Add more information to my post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 wow, you made your own roof! You are way beyond my capabilities. I bought a roof off of a Z. The plan is to heat up and rempve the lead, drill out the spot welds and just replace the skin. Do it once, do it right.....fire and forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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