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DISCUSSION => Exterior => Topic started by: AlpineRob on September 15, 2011, 09:10:46 PM

Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: AlpineRob on September 15, 2011, 09:10:46 PM
So I recently got a 91 318is...almost the same car I sold a year ago and regretted..so i finally got myself back into one!

Except..this one does NOT have a sunroof..At first I thought wow that is rare, and liked the idea but its really a bummer not have a sunroof in a bimmer...I think a lot of the "experience" is lost without one...

So it was someone else who said, as a joke, "why not just have the roof cut off and swap for one with a sunroof in it...?"

Could it really be all the involved..? obviously not a diy but how long would it really take a shop to do..? a day?? Has anyone even thought of doing this or even better, had experience with this??

This could be something I'll really consider.. mainly because I got such a great example of a 318is...well under 200k on it, not a spot of rust..and not so much as a ding on the entire body..So I probably wont have any plans to sell this car.. but that sunroof delete is killing me..

Am I crazy? What do you think?
Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: willworkfore30s on September 16, 2011, 12:22:21 AM
DO NOT CUT THE ROOF OFF A SLICK TOP 318is!  Sell the car to someone who will appreciate it for what it is and buy one with a sunroof.  Non-sunroof cars are rare.
Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: AlpineRob on September 16, 2011, 03:28:26 PM
Yeah that is true..quite rare...despite its rarity I don't suppose its worth much more than one with a sunroof ?..(still not considering selling it)
Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: willworkfore30s on September 16, 2011, 11:02:34 PM
To KBB they may not be more valuable but to an enthusiast they are.
Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: lbreevesii on September 19, 2011, 01:54:24 PM
Seriously man,  people buy slicktop skins and weld in panels and stuff just to make their E30 a slicktop.  Enjoy the factory goodness or swap it out to someone who will enjoy it.
Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: Donkeyshins on September 22, 2011, 02:14:02 PM
Please leave the sunroof-delete alone and buy a new 318iS if you have to have a sunroof.  They're fairly rare (not to mention about 16 lbs lighter).

-D
Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: FL318is on September 22, 2011, 03:18:31 PM
I hate the sun roof (rust portal).
Title: A Wild Thought...Swap the roof for another one..
Post by: Donkeyshins on September 23, 2011, 09:40:20 PM
Quote from: FL318is;106845
I hate the sun roof (rust portal).


Well, there's that, too.

-D