I tried to do a search but didnt really find much, i was just wondering about replacing the stock roof with a glass roof. I think that would be really cool to have a panoramic roof on a z. ive seen CF ones but this would be cool...

 

hmm....go to a body shop and get it priced out.

 

it would add hella weight to the car but that would be intresting probably would cost more than 4k

 

We both live in Arizona. Have you considered how hot its going to get in your car with that sun beating down? It would be like driving in a hothouse. You'd need ac all the time.

 

structural integrity compromised? How would this play out in the event of a roll-over or hard broadside accident? I understand the Roadster is built and tested for a roll-over scenario but in such an event, perhaps no roof would be better then shards of glass raining down on you? Just a thought. Definitely an interesting idea but who knows...

 

yea i was thinking of some of those things also, maybe not a glass roof but maybe a permanently closed sunroof, nothing too big...? i just really like having that.

 

a sunroof is def doable....but i dont think a complete replacement glass roof.

 

I had been thinking about this too, off and on. This or a REAL CF roof replacement. Would deff. be cool, either way. I think the structure would be fine, since you'd just be replacing the roof panel and leaving the pillars and supports intact. Wouldn't be any worse off in a rollover than any other car that comes with a panoramic roof.

 

if you get the glass cab, don't throw rocks.

 

i mean it doesnt have to be the whole roof just a big piece of roof cut out and replaced with a glass one, i mean the same concept of an aftermarket sunroof but just one that doesnt open...and obviously it would be tinted b/c of the heat...

 

HA! beat me to it.

 

hahaha.

 

interesting, but i'd probably not make it out of standard automotive glass. way too heavy. Make it out of something lighter. or, do a targa, and make the targa a glass piece (or other see through material that's lighter than glass).

 

^ Yeah, that'd be $$$$. First you gotta do a custon $8k targa mod, THEN get a vustom roof made. Could be done, though. I recall there was a company that made smoked transparent roof panels for the Honda Del Sol; you just had to swap over the liner trim and latch machanism from the stock targa roof.