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[frostie]

looks very sleek but still a touch of genuine rs1800 there like it

[MarkRS2K]

looks good i reckon, kind of match the wheels

[Turboboy67]

Thanks guys;

Tiny update my new no plate is now legal went to DVLA Bournemouth today and
transfered the plate over

Tomorrow afternoon I'm fitting my launch control and tomorrow evening I'm collecting my Carbon roof.... oh yes

Pictures tomorrow evening when I've got it home

Hopefully I'm buying and 2l Zetec off of the For-Tune guys, more on that when it happens

[luca]

wooo hoooooo

[knuckles]

I hope you left off the foam gaskets for the rear lights shawn !

And dont forget to take out the fog light bulb.

[Turboboy67]

I hope you left off the foam gaskets for the rear lights shawn !

And dont forget to take out the fog light bulb.

I've made a note of both those suggestions Clark









and binned them

[knuckles]

every little helps

[Turboboy67]

every little helps

This is very true fella, I got lots still to come off it,

but theres only so many hours I can work on it atm.

So I'm concentrating on getting all the important bits done first,

before really getting stuck into it with the air saw

[Turboboy67]

Well, its home

First pictures of my Carbon roof

Thanks to Luke for letting me go first

It is stunning tbh




Think you get the idea
Fitting will hopefully be on Sunday, you should get a better idea then of how it looks

Oh and the most important thing the weight..........




just over 2kg

[FRSJON]

get it on there...

[purple_fiesta]

whats involved removing the roof? a big saw?

[Turboboy67]

whats involved removing the roof? a big saw?

Basically yes

I will post up pictures of the whole process for you

Jon, Its dark outside atm

[jayrs]

2kg! damn thats good mate, get th old one weighed and let us know what it comes in at.
i know its been said before but so much for a cheap track car

[Turboboy67]

Tell me about it mate

I blame the whole shrinking of my bank balance on Luke

But I must say, I think it will be all worth it

[luca]

Well Shaun i can only thankyou and Muz for having the nerves of taking my word that the company would make something that little bit special....

Today proved to you all those weeks whre you could not pay your bills or put food on the table because of the carbon have paid off.

Its the best thing i have ever purchased for the car its original its MINT and its going on your car before mine

Glad your happy mate, like i say thank you for beleiving me and showing the support

Here is a better picture from whin i collected the 001 roof.







P.s Jim called me, exhaust will be done by tomorrow end of play

[bakewell001]

Mmmmmmm... Sexual

[JamieFRST]

Very nice indeedy, look forward to seeing the fez minus the roof You have to take it for a drive

[muz]

Get it fitted Shaun. I wanna see how its done. I'd only end up taking too much material off, like with my MK5 dash conversion I've got a little twist I'm adding to my roof. All I'm saying is.....RA?

[xrsi]

Get it fitted Shaun. I wanna see how its done. I'd only end up taking too much material off, like with my MK5 dash conversion I've got a little twist I'm adding to my roof. All I'm saying is.....RA?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

Do not even think about fitting a roof vent to that carbon roof you numpty

No in all honesty it will ruin it fitting a vent/flap to it.

[muz]

got one in the shed so i can just lay it on and see how it looks first. I thought it just might set it apart from the rest.

[jonboisescort]

I love it i cant wait to see it fitted

i want one

[Excursion]

Love it. I'll wager its heavier than the paper thin Ford roof skin, but it certainly looks the part

I'll wait and see if you get any cracks at the edges but it's something I've wanted from the word go. Can you ask the chap to make a sunroof version? In fact I might buy one of these and cut it, then bond in the sunroof part from my roof and pain it black!

What's the mark up for one?

[Excursion]

Oh PS - does it retain the standard roof rails?

[muz]

yes mark they retain the standard roof rails so where the skin joins the roof its hidden. He could do a sunroof version i'm sure but if would have to make a new mold etc, would be easier to put the sun roof in yourself i should imagine. The price is £395 i beleive but worth every penny in my opinion.

[Excursion]

yes mark they retain the standard roof rails so where the skin joins the roof its hidden. He could do a sunroof version i'm sure but if would have to make a new mold etc, would be easier to put the sun roof in yourself i should imagine. The price is £395 i beleive but worth every penny in my opinion.

Cheers bud, will get one sorted when the shell is finished

[Andyfloss03]

probs would if i got it fitted

hmmm

[hb69]

it does look good that for sure, and it will be good to see it on the car but i cant help thinking that the £395 would be better invested on an engine conversion or something, to make the most of your money. thats just my thoughts though.

[luca]

£395 could have bought you a standard ford roof skin and paid for the bodyshop to paint it...

Which one is more suited to a track car though for both looks and function

[Turboboy67]

Another day closer to fitting it

Henry, I was going to have to do something about my roof anyway,
its quite rusty around the sunroof, and I also wanted to lose the sunroof due to its weight and the fact the gutters discharge into the sills which is the daftest idea Ford ever had
I didn't want to just rivot on a piece of alloy as its a part show car as well.

So my options were either buy a new non sunroof roof skin or go with Luke and get a Carbon one made, The roof skin was over £240 + fitting and spraying so near £500 all told.
Well I know which one I prefer for the money

I'm developing the car quickly, I'm picking up a 2.0 black top next week, so want to have that in place in the very near future, A full re-spray in Pacifica will also follow this year

Thanks for all your comment guys good/bad or negative,
we are the first to do this I believe, so its a learning curve for us all

[hb69]

Fair play sir

[MattPym]

Are you going ZT or lairy cam'd NA ?????

[Xr_Dub]

when are you going to get the car weighed?
also a bhp read out of your engine?

wanna see how much it is bhp per ton?

[Turboboy67]

Matt, the second option

Dub, once the car has had a bit more done to it I will have it weighed again,

currently approx 840 ish kg and hopefully near its standard 130bhp

Once roof, front electric windows plus other bits are dumped I will.

Well today it was mainly functional things done, new water pump and new cambelt kit was fitted by myself

Never done a Zetec cam-belt change before so it was a bit of a learning curve,
but its all done now and ready for my rolling road appointment on Saturday with the For-Tune guys

Took a few pictures because it was a nice day






I have 2 sets of Morettes coming hopefully at least one set will be here for the weekend

Sunday is Carbon roof day

[muz]

Do you need some Manual window winders Shaun or are you just fixing in the Polycarb? Just I've got some that will just be binned otherwise.

[jayrs]

looking nice mate