Sunroof bag

[swright]

Can anyone tell me if the sunroof bags are still available from the opc's? And if so how much? i had bids on one on fleabay but i bowed out when the bidding went past my £40 limit. I know many parts go for more on the bay than the dealers ask so im just interested how much one would be from an opc.

Cheers,
Stu

 

[zcacogp]

Can't help with the OPC cost, but I made a much-better-than-standard one for £20 with some heavy-duty canvas and some smart denim from my local haberdashers', and a long strip of velcro for the closure. A fun evening's amusement with the sewing machine for me, and I also made a matching tool roll at the same time. Oli.

 

[appletonn]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp Can't help with the OPC cost, but I made a much-better-than-standard one for £20 with some heavy-duty canvas and some smart denim from my local haberdashers', and a long strip of velcro for the closure. A fun evening's amusement with the sewing machine for me, and I also made a matching tool roll at the same time. Oli.

OK, hands up who has an image in their head..?!!! Did you also make yourself a matching outfit...??!!!

 

[zcacogp]

Git. I hate you. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your underpants, and the rust of a million AlfaSuds take up residence in your cills. ( [] ) Oli.

 

[appletonn]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp Git. I hate you. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your underpants, and the rust of a million AlfaSuds take up residence in your cills. ( [] ) Oli.

I can see the labels now... "Oli's Overalls", complete with fitted toolroll and matching saddlebags..... Note to self - need to get out more......[8|] []

 

[Tam Lin]

Let me know if you want an original one. I have a black Porsche sunroof bag in VGC for which I wouldn't want much more than £40.. Having a non-removable glassfibre sunroof panel does rather make this item surplus to requirements for me []

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Can't help with the OPC cost, but I made a much-better-than-standard one for £20 with some heavy-duty canvas and some smart denim from my local haberdashers', and a long strip of velcro for the closure. A fun evening's amusement with the sewing machine for me, and I also made a matching tool roll at the same time.

We sooooo need an emoticon for "rolled on floor laughing until I wet myself".....[][]

 

[swright]

ORIGINAL: Tam Lin Let me know if you want an original one. I have a black Porsche sunroof bag in VGC for which I wouldn't want much more than £40.. Having a non-removable glassfibre sunroof panel does rather make this item surplus to requirements for me []

Il have it. il pm you for details etc mate. Cheers, Stu

 

[zcacogp]

I won't honour that comment by responding to it. Oh bugger, I just did. Please join Appletonn on the naughty step. And stay there. Forever. (Normal service will be resumed in a few minutes when I have got over the hurt.) Oli.

 

[944Turbo]

Erm not sure I should be admitting this but, I had a sunrrof bag and wasnt happy with the finish of the interior as it seemed a bit rough. I went to a fabric shop and purchased a length of some nice soft tactile fabric. After a couple of hours with the sewing machine I had a nice 'pocket' to slip the roof into first before securing it in the bag. Tony PS sustained high speed driving with the roof out destroys the panel at the rear of the roof liner- I am about to fit my third.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

ORIGINAL: sc0tty

ORIGINAL: 944Turbo PS sustained high speed driving with the roof out destroys the panel at the rear of the roof liner- I am about to fit my third.

How so?

The wind coming through the great big hole in the roof does tend to tear the already pretty losely attached roof lining....I guess Tony and I are the only ones to have both a working sunroof and a disregard for motorway limits? [8|][]

 

[zcacogp]

You're not alone Paul (and indeed the personal vMax I mentioned on the 'Top Speed' thread was done with the roof out), but I have never noticed any damage to the back of the roof aperture. I imagine that the position of the wind deflector at the front has quite an impact on the amount of buffeting - it certainly makes a huge difference to the turbulence in the car at 60mph+. Oli.

 

[944Turbo]

Its the panel just in front of the hatch - It buffets and delaminates even when the flap is adjusted as to minimise the buffeting on the driver /passenger. It is very difficult to get the vinyl to stick back into place. Tony

 

[zcacogp]

... the one that runs the width of the car, and is held on with 7 screws? Funny, I had mine off the other day to fit some new sunroof gears and it seemed absolutely fine. Oli.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

... the one that runs the width of the car, and is held on with 7 screws?

That's not the area that is detatched on mine, but the lining itself. I think the sunroof holds it in place nicely, but without that it has come loose along the rear edge of the "hole" and flaps around with the roof out. I need to do some serious glueing back in place before it detatches itself completely....[]

 

[944Turbo]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp ... the one that runs the width of the car, and is held on with 7 screws? Funny, I had mine off the other day to fit some new sunroof gears and it seemed absolutely fine. Oli.

Yes thats the one I was refering too, on my current one the vinyl is halfway off the 'card' It had started a while back but got significantly worse when running with a caymanS at speed, I recall seeing an indicated 165 briefly, still remarkably buffet free on the driver if a little noisy. (In the environs of Germany of course []) Tony Glad to be back in my normal time zone / hemisphere

 

[Wigeon Incognito]

Which edge of it is the problem, front or rear? (I'm thinking if the wind flows 'through' it it may affect the rear edge by peeling the vinyl up.) Mine was untidy on the rear edge and I was having trouble sticking the vinyl back down successfully even with decent contact adhesive so for the time being I've but a U shaped trim piece on the edge of the panel. It looks far tidier now, and blends in with the trim around it at the top of the rear screen so I doubt anybody would notice unless I pointed it out.

 

[944Turbo]

Yes rear, and once it starts it acclerates quite quickly forwards, clips or trim would probably do the trick though and stop it starting, was it just a trim like the edge of the sunroof 'hole' ?

 

[Wigeon Incognito]

Yeah that kind of thing. I measured the surface with my calipers and realised the maximum width the trim would have to clip to was circa 6mm so I just bought 2m of the most appropriate edge trim size wise. This is the one: [link=http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/large-edge-trim-trmpvl-13-p.asp]http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/large-edge-trim-trmpvl-13-p.asp[/link] I was a bit worried it would look too 'big' (there is a marginally smaller one that may fit) but neatly cut to length and installed flat it really wouldn't be noticed unless pointed out as I mentioned previously. As it sits against the top seal for the rear hatch it just blends in, and certainly looks far better than the tatty vinyl I had before.

 

[944Turbo]

great thanks, Tony