New W204 c63 carbon roof group buy - Page 4

Jan 23, 2023 | 11:43 AM

#76

Jasonoff

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From: Kitchener, ON

2010 C63 AMG

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadlyvt

I'm pretty sure there is already a middle cross over brace on the w204. Been a while since I've taken any interiors apart, but judging from the one dads c63 did it appears as it does as well.

There's tons of bracing in a sedan with a regular sunroof. I replaced mine with polycarbonate. I forget the weight savings, it's in a thread here somewhere.

Mar 28, 2023 | 05:34 AM

#77

Cozy

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C63

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLKROKT

Wonder why? Have you looked around at the forum lately? There are exceedingly few of us left that want to build something cool anymore. Most of the new owners are buying these all banged up and putting the bare minimum into them to keep running for donuts, burnout competitions, street takeovers, or driving like morons and wrapping them around trees. It’s over. Nobody is going to make anything nice for this ever shrinking community anymore, there’s no profit in it. We missed our window.

I’ve been away a while from here, but have been building my car in that time away from the internet public (you know, cutting it up and that

). The thread title piqued my interest for lack of other functional mods to cover but, this comment rang true for me, and is a huge reason why I stepped out. I think it’s fair to say American’s are more adventurous with your customisation than us Brits on the whole (myself excluded), but it’s frankly embarrassing over here now, with people budget modifying and getting excited when someone murders out ANOTHER black car to make it look cheap for some reason…or fits 507 style wheels for the 4782nd time…or chrome deletes. Then we’ve got the internet mechanics, shovelling out horrifying advice on how to fix broken parts, discrediting actual sensible guidance because it costs too much, meaning the second hand pool of these cars is basically a frickin’ Russian Roulette, only that 5 bullets are loaded and one is empty.

I ran a small run of styling parts to see if I could get it off the ground, black instead of carbon, robust and capable of some abuse. I even started on a Wagon diffuser but, it never took off because I was just unable to recoup the material then R&D costs on it, the market wants everything for nothing. I have some nice parts on my car, but I make them myself now, and I would openly encourage anyone to do the same, to learn a skill and be individual that way. If someone sees what you’ve done and they like it, they can work a deal for a reproduction that way.

I hope someone is able to get this off the ground again, but I’m not brave enough to pioneer another major modification

Last edited by Cozy; Mar 28, 2023 at 06:00 AM.