The carbon slicktop thread

[bavarian3]

dynamat makes a few different products including a roofliner. that being said, went with the oe stuff. makes a big difference even just tapping on the roof. would definitely not run it without something to dampen the noise

OEM is what I went with. If I were going to skip it due to price or availability, I'd go with an adhesive backed melamine foam made for cars. I'd rather absorb the sound than dampen it from above, simply because of the weight.

Noted. Went ahead and ordered it while it's still around.

[bavarian3]

Another couple question.

1. Why do body shops contract out the glass(front and rear windshield) work? What's the limiting factor that makes it need a specialist.
2. Has anyone tried saving some dough by DIY'ing the windshield removal? It seems like a mild pain, but pretty easy. My front glass will need replacement anyways (rear is in good shape).

[Casa de Mesa]

Another couple question.

1. Why do body shops contract out the glass(front and rear windshield) work? What's the limiting factor that makes it need a specialist.
2. Has anyone tried saving some dough by DIY'ing the windshield removal? It seems like a mild pain, but pretty easy. My front glass will need replacement anyways (rear is in good shape).

Removing glass is significantly harder than you'd imagine, especially on older adhesive. My bet is body shops don't want the hassle.

When I had my front glass removed to spray the car, the glass installer (not the body shop) installed the incorrect weather strip that frames the windshield. But I didn't realize it until the rolling chassis was back at my house. So I had a mobile vendor come to pull the glass and install the correct BMW trim / weatherstrip. The vendor that came was 1) very detail oriented 2) NOT from Safelite 3) an independent glass guy with fantastic tools and 25 years in the biz. He warned me that there was a 50/50 chance that the brand new fancy IR windshield that was just installed a week earlier would crack upon removal, as the original windshield did that was removed from the car to do the paintwork.

It didn't crack, but even with his pro-quality tools, there is no way I'd want to try that job. You just can't fake experience with some jobs.

[oceansize]

Worked in a body shop. Hassle isn’t wanted and glass sitting around is getting broken. Dem boys ain’t gentle.