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Old 12-26-2019, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by sechsgang
actually agree here.
Me too. I don't like the look of a panoramic style glass roof, plus two of our cars have them (a Mercedes and VW) and the shade doesn't stop all the UV. I still get a bit of sunburn on a longish drive even with it closed.
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Old 12-26-2019, 08:57 PM
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To get a concept of how much weight is saved by not having a sunroof, go tap your knuckle on the roof of a GT3 and listen to the sound it makes.
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Old 12-26-2019, 09:04 PM
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Can you spec your car without a sunroof?
I didn't see a sunroof delete on the build your own feature.
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Old 12-26-2019, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by chance6
To get a concept of how much weight is saved by not having a sunroof, go tap your knuckle on the roof of a GT3 and listen to the sound it makes.
IMHO, I wouldn’t call that a fair comparison... the GT3 also deletes sound insulation... where a standard 992s including GTS would have insulation with the sunroof delete.
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Old 12-26-2019, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by yemenmocha
Can you spec your car without a sunroof?
I didn't see a sunroof delete on the build your own feature.
Yes, you can spec any 992 now without a sunroof (metal) or moonroof (aka glass sunroof).
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Old 12-27-2019, 07:41 AM
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carbon fiber roof too
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Old 12-27-2019, 09:02 AM
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I really love my all metal sunroof... the perfect compromise .. and it's practically dead quiet at lower speed when open...
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Old 12-27-2019, 09:37 AM
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I don’t have any sunroof on my 992. My 10 yo boy was present when I purchased -
I said : hey, this one doesn’t have a sun roof. (Coupe was always desired ).
he said ad, you don’t need it and it’s a lot of extra weight anyway.
I said : I love you son.
LOL - proud daddy. In the end , do what makes you happy. I certainly can’t feel any weight savings up there. Maybe someone can , not me !
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When buying used or building a new 911 do you really need a sun roof?

When you find the 911 that you’ve been looking for does a sun roof matter?
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Old 12-27-2019, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 992Sam
I really love my all metal sunroof... the perfect compromise .. and it's practically dead quiet at lower speed when open...
Yeah, but what if it had a sunshade? Might you not love it even more then?
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Old 12-27-2019, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Mercyhealth
When buying used or building a new 911 do you really need a sun roof?

When you find the 911 that you’ve been looking for does a sun roof matter?
To me, yes. Car could be perfect in all other respects...sunroof (especially glass) would be a deal killer. YMMV.
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Originally Posted by 992Sam
I know it's popular and I know taste is purely subjective, but on light color cars like mine, I find the glass to be way too distracting from the car... especially with the body color strip removed .. I like the clean look of the metal sunroof and the weight loss is an added bonus... I wish Porsche was able to squeeze in a more traditional glasswork sunroof but it is wha it is.





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Old 12-28-2019, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by AKSteve
Yeah, but what if it had a sunshade? Might you not love it even more then?
if they could pull off the exact same design I have but add that, heck ya... bummer they weren't able to... but I wouldn't want the sunshade if it came with a black /dark glass roof on the car.
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Old 12-29-2019, 02:32 AM
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I also am in the camp that loves the look of the alcantara headliner and would spec it. Solid sunroof keeps alcantara above while allowing open air
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Old 12-29-2019, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by slc4s
I also am in the camp that loves the look of the alcantara headliner and would spec it. Solid sunroof keeps alcantara above while allowing open air
I'm so glad I did.. to my eyes the standard material doesn't look nice enough fro that car... I still prefer the black liner on my BMW 540 the best, but that's no available as far as I know.
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