e30 sunroof delete cars...?

[240zs30]

Ok, so should I go to the junkyard and hack the roof off this 91 318is to save it from being crushed? I have a cabrio, so it's useless to me- but if someone wants it I am more than happy to help out...

I wish I could find one of those in the junkyard down here. I am going to weld up that annoying roof on my E30. Slicktop FTW!
By the way iirc the slick top was an option on the E46 M3 "sport option" or something like that. So that helmets would fit.
I would have loved to have that option on my E46 330ci as well.

[CHIF8008]

anyone ever cut the sunroof longer and make it a rag top??

[Quadrajet]

Me second 318iS is a slick top. Didn't notice till I got it home. Funny thing is, it was originally from Hawaii and I thought it odd that it didn't have the sunroof.

[lbreevesii]

My first 318(85') had a manual sunroof. It was ok but I didn't really care about it either way.

My 91' 318is is a slicktop. I like it.

[kishg]

yeah not worth grafting the roof but if the entire shell can be saved, it'd be a nice platform for a track car.

[rThor432]

Ok, so should I go to the junkyard and hack the roof off this 91 318is to save it from being crushed? I have a cabrio, so it's useless to me- but if someone wants it I am more than happy to help out...

Sounds like a lot of work, I would personally not worry about it. It's easy enough to get rid of the sunroof with a sheet of metal. I wouldn't want to go through the trouble of cutting off the entire roof and sectioning in the non-sunroof section. To do that right would be a lot of work-- more than just a simple panel welded in place of the stock one. Lots of E30 racer guys around here do that. Other guys just gut the roof of the sunroof stuff and make simple brackets to fasten the bare sunroof panel in the hole and seal it on the top.

^My opinion.

[ChrisM]

And uhh is it a sunroof delete if it is just not an opted for option?


A sunroof is an option. No sunroof is a lack of an option, not a delete.

[Balleristic31]

slicktops are stupid

[KrautRocket]

Ok, so should I go to the junkyard and hack the roof off this 91 318is to save it from being crushed? I have a cabrio, so it's useless to me- but if someone wants it I am more than happy to help out...

[bimmer_E30]

I don't get it.

the sunroof is the one of best parts about my e30. especially the "pop up". Love that.

[dirty30]

slicktop :p

shenanigans!

[kishg]

slicktop :P

[dirty30]

I'll pistol whip the next motherfucker that says slicktop. My car has a sunroof and the roof is plenty slick.

[craig4ie]

how much does it really stiffen up the chassis though? surely the sunroof panel helps with some of the deflection?

It mostly helps with torsional strength. Cars with sunroofs have reduced polar monents of inertia and are more likely to yield when subjected to torsional forces.

Get a beer can, hold at both ends and try to twist it lightly. It won't crumple unless you apply alot of force.

Now cut a hole in the side of the can and try to twist it using the same force. It will crumple much easier.

I love my slicktop!:p

[Lyrred]

my 325is is slicktop but i sometimes wish i had sunroof