nikogio38

Has anyone removed the sunroof from there car? How much does it weigh? Has anyone welded the hole?

WylieKylie

iTrader: (2)

Why not go all-out and replace the whole roof with a carbon panel? Or the next best idea would be to order a roof and headliner from a Canadian market car without a sunroof.

I'm not a sunroof fan, so have toyed with the idea of replacing the glass itself with a carbon panel. Maybe down the road when I finish some other projects.

PAVGR

iTrader: (2)

It doesn't weight that much.I removed it from a totaled IS I bought in summer and it was not that hard.Of course I had the seats out first .

Gville350

iTrader: (10)

^Is that because it is aluminum? I forget if the roof on the 2IS is aluminum, like the hood.

WylieKylie

iTrader: (2)

Are you talking about the glass itself, or the glass, + motors + track, etc not weighing much?

I would bet that the weight of the whole mechanism is significant (30lbs+?)

Jeff Lange

iTrader: (1)

The hood is aluminum, the roof is steel.

Jeff

nikogio38

IM on the same page i never use the sun roof and am trying to save some weight

nikogio38

im talking about everything total removal of all sun roof peices

jdmSW20

iTrader: (12)

youre not going to "save weight" by removing the sunroof itself lol. your roof is steel becasue you have a sunroof.

im sure lexus is the same way, but when i had a wrx, it was the same thing. the standard wrx with no sunroof had an aluminum roof vs the ones with sunroof it was steel. so the wrx with sunroofs in turned weighed more..

PAVGR

iTrader: (2)

I removed everything by my self and actually the only help was my head.Its not so heavy.

skyshadow

Even if it only 15-20lbs, that would be nice to add to a list of over weight reducing mods.
Are there Carbon glass replacements out there for sale or are you guys being hypothetical?