fookin sunroof sucked out !!!!!!!!!!!!! now with pics
25-05-2005, 07:47 AM
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fookin sunroof sucked out !!!!!!!!!!!!! now with pics
nipped out last night to test the new clutch just to make sure everything is ok.
warmed the car up properly then found a nice empty bit of bypass and proceeded to "give it some".
not a clue about what speed was as my speedo cable is snapped but maybe someone could work it out standard diff, 215-40 17 tyres, standard t5 box ratio, any how got to 7k in 5th.
next news theres a bang, everything sounds loud i,me surrounded by more daylight than usual and the fookin sunroof has gone.
i didnt have any windows open so its not blown out its been sucked out what causes this.
warmed the car up properly then found a nice empty bit of bypass and proceeded to "give it some".
not a clue about what speed was as my speedo cable is snapped but maybe someone could work it out standard diff, 215-40 17 tyres, standard t5 box ratio, any how got to 7k in 5th.
next news theres a bang, everything sounds loud i,me surrounded by more daylight than usual and the fookin sunroof has gone.
i didnt have any windows open so its not blown out its been sucked out what causes this.
25-05-2005, 08:13 AM
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rot causes it..........they have little side brackets on them that locate as you shut the roof, the roof itself rots on these points as they are a dirt trap and when they finally give up the only thing holding the roof shut on the front edge is a bit of plastic.........which as you have just found out is not very strong!
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oh and the pressure sucking the roof out
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oh and the pressure sucking the roof out
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25-05-2005, 08:23 AM
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Holy s**t!! That must have takin you by surprise especially at the speed you were doing. Was there anyone behind you with a sunroof in their windscreen?
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had a good look round it when i got home and there is no damage apart from no sunroof.
there was no sign of any rust whatsoever anywhere so i,me at a bit of a loss as to why it happened.
luckily there was no one behind me just imagine that hitting a biker on the swede it would have killed him.
there was no sign of any rust whatsoever anywhere so i,me at a bit of a loss as to why it happened.
luckily there was no one behind me just imagine that hitting a biker on the swede it would have killed him.
25-05-2005, 10:58 AM
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there was no sign of any rust whatsoever anywhere so i,me at a bit of a loss as to why it happened.
25-05-2005, 11:10 AM
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that happened to smit i was behind him and all i saw was some fly off his car and come flying towards mine swerving out the way at 165mph aint good (on a private test track of course)
swerving out the way at 165mph aint good (on a private test track of course)
25-05-2005, 12:16 PM
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did you stop and pick the roof up ?as the part that corrodes is on the outer frame of the bit that went airborne
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yes i went to the roundabout turned round and went back down where i had been.
there it was two bits one in each carriageway so i put hazzards on and picked them up no rust on anything absolutely anywhere. i have some pics at home but i,ll have to get someone to show me how to put them on here.
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Originally Posted by ian m
a mate has told me that the saph sunroof is exactly the same as the 3dr one can anyone confirm this is the case.
25-05-2005, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by markk
fpmsl - !!!!
just weld it up - end of chat !
just weld it up - end of chat !
Sheet of 3x3 galvanised steel, 100 rivets and a couple of tubes of clear bathroon sealant!We don't all drive rally cars Mark!
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Happened to me aswell..... 130mph....boom.... Sunroof gone My mate was behind me and he said all he saw were sparks coming from the road
Then it started to rain
My mate was behind me and he said all he saw were sparks coming from the road Then it started to rain
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Originally Posted by markk
fpmsl - !!!!
just weld it up - end of chat !
just weld it up - end of chat !
Best idea
I thought about re skining my roof and as they dont do mk4 rst roof skins no more it'd have to be a non sun roofed one
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the lift is caused by the car acting like an aircraft wing, as you approach take off speed the pressure over the top of the car is much less than underneath it, (hence why you also have a big dirty tea tray on the back 
, to try and keep the thing on the floor ) and the sunroof is forced up by the higher pressure underneath it, and hence then catching the air and foooking off backwards 
, my saff one "pops" at about 120MPH, I really ought to sort it before that happens to me
the pressure over the top of the car is much less than underneath it, (hence why you also have a big dirty tea tray on the back , to try and keep the thing on the floor ) and the sunroof is forced up by the higher pressure underneath it, and hence then catching the air and foooking off backwards , my saff one "pops" at about 120MPH, I really ought to sort it before that happens to me
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