Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 10:38 AM |
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Advice on a custom glass roof window for the tintop
Hi guys
Was looking over the old tintop last night and thinking how nice it would be to replace the old electric glass sunroof with a large fix glass window
covering virtually the whole roof section (it’s very close to being a flat roof anyway), it would make the car soooooo much nicer inside.
Anyone have any recommendations for the glass type I should order. At first I was going to go for toughened glass but then thought if I was involved
in a crash then the glass would simply explode and the strength the glass gives the roof would vanish. So now I’m thinking of using laminated glass
instead, maybe a heavy grade. Is this what modern cars are using for their roofs? Not sure
Also the black edging on windscreens, sometimes in dots. Is that possible to buy and DIY fit?
Really looking forward to doing this conversion and have decided to make a frame out of stainless steel to hold the glass that’s then bolted (nicely)
to the hole cut in the roof 
Any ideas, suggestions or links to cars that already have such a conversion would be nice.
Oh and no, a fabric sunroof is definitely not what I want.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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tegwin
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 10:44 AM |
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Some of the guys who modify T4 transporters for surf/day buses fit big sunroofs in their vans....
They appear to go to the local scrappy, find a car with a suitable sunroof and then pinch the glass and frame..
I saw pictures of one the other day that was really nice, fixed glass with a decent frame.... sorry, cant remeber what it was from, but something
french springs to mind!
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mark chandler
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 11:35 AM |
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Peugoet have huge glass roofs, years ago fitted a granada sunroof into an alfa, much better chopping an old roof out than trying to make something
custom as you get the headling rubbers and bits and bobs.
Regards Mark
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/6/09 at 12:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mark chandler
Peugoet have huge glass roofs, years ago fitted a granada sunroof into an alfa, much better chopping an old roof out than trying to make something
custom as you get the headling rubbers and bits and bobs.
Regards Mark
cheers guys for the advice 
thing is its already has a glass sunroof but its not what I want.
I want a huge glass roof
also definitely don't want to weld in frames of other cars. Must be a bolt in thing and to get it as big as possible I can only see a custom
thing fitting exactly. Actually now thinking I would make it out of mild steel and simply get it powdercoated in black.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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