Carbon Fiber Roof Saved! dreadful gel-coat fix

E92friendly wrote

I AM HERE TO HELP WITH ANY QUESTIONS FOR THOSE IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR OWN EFFORTS!


So I myself have done countless hours of research trying to figure out who else saved their carbon fiber roof from the peeling gel-coat. The most i found was one guy with an M6 made a video talking about his roof and ended up painting it the same color as the car. Well folks, that does not satisfy me. I purchased the car for the car and its performance and aesthetics. Painting over the looks of the carbon the same color of the car would be nothing but an utter disappointment. So here I am now writing up on this experience and hoping i give a deep insight on my experience on recovering the roof without sacrifice. I am also conducting this write up to help give people the relief that they to can also salvage their roof from the horrifying gel-coat that becomes weaker over time from outside sittings. Not only have i taken plenty of pictures but i also made some video footage of my process for them DIY guys. I want to make this write up simple and fast because no one wants to read forever. haha.




Lets begin



remove the antenna cover, it is double back taped so you can get some sort of strong thin plastic to removed it cutting through the tape. once removed, use a T25 or T30 torque socket and pop the antenna off. I suggest taking a picture of the wiring plugs to ensure its plugged back into the same slots.

Peel from the beginning center of the roof

Work your way around until entire center is peeled

in my experience the 4 corners begin to become a challenge. that is because [...]

Ich_liebe_mein_Auto wrote

Hello there, I am not able to do such great fix. By any chance do you know what would be the cost for body shops to fix it?