37 replies to this topic

[Jammy]

Les, do yourselves, or do you know of any company that stocks CF rolls wider than 1m that will produce a roof?

[philly c]

i would be really interested if someone could produce a roof that only required a sigle roll of CF to manufacture it.


The CF roof that ABS make does it have the seam in the middle or does it have a 2inch gap all the way around. Am i right in thinking that curleys roof has a two in gap all the way round?


Many Thanks all


Phil

[Custom_Minis]

Jammy_basturd Posted Today, 08:28 AM
Les, do yourselves, or do you know of any company that stocks CF rolls wider than 1m that will produce a roof?

Yes and if you have deep pockets I was told we could get our hands on 1500mm+.

Although at the minute this means nothing as we only have a mould for our Clubman Estate roof not a saloon

Les.

[mini93]

Baaaa, mine must get used and abused too much then Anyways, i think you'll find the novelty soon wears off when you have to keep explaining to people who are non the wiser, why you havn't painted your roof/bonnet/boot/watever It instantly becomes un-cool if you have to explain to everyone why its cool!

mines used and abused quite abused indeed hence the gelcoat crack...mines actualy a custom mini's bonnet and can say the gel coat doesnt milk

and yes...highly annoying when you get people "thats not carbon fibre is it" ook just go look through the cracks in the coat or its "why havnt you painted it" bla bla bla...

[philly c]

Has anyone got an carbon fibre roof from ABS there is some sugnificant price differance so i was just wanting to know what the qaulity was like???

Many Thanks

PHIL

[PhotoguyUSA]

Phil,
The carbon roof on the ABS site is mine Im pretty sure, it was put up right after I got mine and it wasnt on the menu when I ordered my other items from them.

The fit and finish is good, perfect no. But for the price is is a nice roof. The one problem I do have with it is the edges are not finished very well. I am having to smooth it out a bit on the edges and having the edges painted black to cover up some of the filling we had to do (there were pits etc.. on the edges). As well its not flat. It has high and low spots in it (inherent to hand made carbon fiber) and because its the roof they show.

Would I buy the roof again? If it were a road car yes, if it was a show car (like mine) no. Dont get me wrong Im not knocking the roof its just not as good as it could be but for the price its a very good alternative to the Curly and some others. Hope this helps

[Amy]

I wouldn't go for the cheapest option. We bought Toad's FG rear doors from ABS and they were terrible.....

Look for quality rather than saving a few quid. Otherwise you may end up feeling a bit let down!

[miRon]

my roof's been on 1-2 years now and no sign of milking up.. depends how u treat them. I cover mine up when i don't use it. so the sun (when its out) doesn't ruin the look.

dave ,the amount you use your car i doubt it will even get dirty!
LOL

[philly c]

The car i am using the roof on willbe my race car and will be a zcars kit race spec so it may get a little diffed in the future. I quite like the look of the ABS roof as the curley has a 2 inch black band right around the bottom doesnt it????


Cheers

Phil

[miRon]

yes the curley one does

[Dave 1293]

my roof's been on 1-2 years now and no sign of milking up.. depends how u treat them. I cover mine up when i don't use it. so the sun (when its out) doesn't ruin the look.

dave ,the amount you use your car i doubt it will even get dirty!
LOL

HAHA... the birds poo on it!!!

yes the curley one does

You can ask for it not to come with the black gel coat, but it depends on how u fix the roof on.. i sikaflexed mine on. so the black blends in ok.

Edited by Dave 1293, 07 March 2008 - 07:27 PM.

[TDK Racing]

my roof's been on 1-2 years now and no sign of milking up.. depends how u treat them. I cover mine up when i don't use it. so the sun (when its out) doesn't ruin the look.

iv got a CF bonnet on my project mini, had it on there since 2005 and not milked...has chipped the gel coat off to the fibres bt thats because i forgot to do up my straps and it flipped

Baaaa, mine must get used and abused too much then Anyways, i think you'll find the novelty soon wears off when you have to keep explaining to people who are non the wiser, why you havn't painted your roof/bonnet/boot/watever It instantly becomes un-cool if you have to explain to everyone why its cool!

TDK Racing do a carbon Roof for £250 and a Fibreglass for £100 www.tdkracing.com

[TDK Racing]

my roof's been on 1-2 years now and no sign of milking up.. depends how u treat them. I cover mine up when i don't use it. so the sun (when its out) doesn't ruin the look.

iv got a CF bonnet on my project mini, had it on there since 2005 and not milked...has chipped the gel coat off to the fibres bt thats because i forgot to do up my straps and it flipped

Baaaa, mine must get used and abused too much then Anyways, i think you'll find the novelty soon wears off when you have to keep explaining to people who are non the wiser, why you havn't painted your roof/bonnet/boot/watever It instantly becomes un-cool if you have to explain to everyone why its cool!

TDK Racing do a carbon Roof for £250 and a Fibreglass for £100 www.tdkracing.com

[biggav]

TDK Racing do a carbon Roof for £250 and a Fibreglass for £100 www.tdkracing.com

Do you have a seam in the middle or a band round the edge though???

[stardude]

seam down the middle :