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Old 07-09-2024, 03:20 PM
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I have a carbon fiber roof and it looks spectacular. I would recommend applying PPF over it for protection. If you get a rock chip hitting the front of the roof it would be an expensive fix or may not be easily fixable.
It’s fixable. The BMW guys have successfully had such issues fixed for many years.
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Old 07-11-2024, 05:26 PM
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Absolutely love my CF roof and mirrors while acknowledging it's purely aesthetic.

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Have you never seen early 2000's ricers with carbon hoods / trunks? That roof is doing to delaminate eventually and look awful. Not to mention the insane expense to replace it. Porsche carbon interior trim has never been great either and delaminates as well.
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Have you never seen early 2000's ricers with carbon hoods / trunks? That roof is doing to delaminate eventually and look awful. Not to mention the insane expense to replace it. Porsche carbon interior trim has never been great either and delaminates as well.
What a Debbie downer.

Im sure 99% of people here keep their cars in a garage. That along with ppf and ceramic its a non issue.

Welcome to 2024.
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Have you never seen early 2000's ricers with carbon hoods / trunks? That roof is doing to delaminate eventually and look awful. Not to mention the insane expense to replace it. Porsche carbon interior trim has never been great either and delaminates as well.
The 911 Carbon Roof ain't your grandma's old BMW carbon roof
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Have you never seen early 2000's ricers with carbon hoods / trunks? That roof is doing to delaminate eventually and look awful. Not to mention the insane expense to replace it. Porsche carbon interior trim has never been great either and delaminates as well.
Things have advanced in 30 years Karen.
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Originally Posted by HdS
Hi everyone, was curious to know if any one of you has a carbon roof and if so how are you liking it. Thank you.
Could not be happier with my decision... It breaks up the rubystar perfectly and is super unique. I think it is one of the options that rarely gets picked, but looks really nice on certain colors... I had the glass sunroof before and realized how little I used it, so for me the unique look was worth it... plus its a nice weight reduction (even though small), it still makes a difference



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Things have advanced in 30 years Karen.
Carbon really hasnt and as much as yall whine about soft touch trim, carbon trim, and piano black trim all being garbage I'm surprised of your naive optimism about these carbon roofs.
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Originally Posted by Arione
Carbon really hasnt and as much as yall whine about soft touch trim, carbon trim, and piano black trim all being garbage I'm surprised of your naive optimism about these carbon roofs.
Carbon hasn't but the technology to cover and protect yes. Today's clear coats alone are leaps and bounds superior than years ago.
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Old 07-12-2024, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Arione
Carbon really hasnt and as much as yall whine about soft touch trim, carbon trim, and piano black trim all being garbage I'm surprised of your naive optimism about these carbon roofs.
Bless your heart. My middle name is Naive Optimism.
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Anyone know if it's possible to spec the 911 S/T carbon roof with the double humps by special request? The normal shaped CF roof is kind of bland but I think the double bump look gives it some good character.
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Anyone know if it's possible to spec the 911 S/T carbon roof with the double humps by special request? The normal shaped CF roof is kind of bland but I think the double bump look gives it some good character.
Yes. It's the same as the RS roof. I know exactly what you're saying. See bimmers and mustangs with a similar design and cant stand it.

f4bones has installed one on one of his crazy projects and IIRC it was 11k. If that hasn't stopped you, from the very preliminary research I've done it's most likely a windshield and rear window off install.
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Originally Posted by zerix
Anyone know if it's possible to spec the 911 S/T carbon roof with the double humps by special request? The normal shaped CF roof is kind of bland but I think the double bump look gives it some good character.
Spec it on a regular S or GT car? I’d say your chances of that are slim to none unless you know someone at Porsche that could pull some strings.
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