where can you get a e30 replacement roof from!?

General E30 related discussions -
Please put technical questions in E30 Tech Help forum below

Moderator: martauto

tregzybmw
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 209
Joined: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: plymouth

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:33 pm

is it main dealer only or can you buy them from other places...much help appriciated
kingcruizer
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 749
Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: m4 j17

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:45 pm

i got mine from www.eurotop.de had a custom roof made for £417 deliverd. fitted it myself in about 6 hours, looks great
cliffybabe
Powered by Nelly
Powered by Nelly
Posts: 10020
Joined: Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Croydon

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 pm

kingcruizer wrote:i got mine from www.eurotop.de had a custom roof made for £417 deliverd. fitted it myself in about 6 hours, looks great
how hard was it to fit??
Image
Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go
kingcruizer
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 749
Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: m4 j17

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:53 pm

not to bad. the instructions are great with plenty of pics so if you follow them you cant lose. like i said 6 hours for the old ond off and new one on. well worth every penny
bennyboy
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 218
Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: West Sussex

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:54 pm

i was gona get these people to do mine- http://www.hothoodsbmw.com/
think it was about £500 fitted. the rubber round the top of the screen and door glass was £90-100 from bmw.this is what is leaking on mine. hood is not too clever either. def wana know what the job was like though?
Image
16V IS engine!!!
cliffybabe
Powered by Nelly
Powered by Nelly
Posts: 10020
Joined: Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Croydon

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:56 pm

kingcruizer wrote:not to bad. the instructions are great with plenty of pics so if you follow them you cant lose. like i said 6 hours for the old ond off and new one on. well worth every penny
i may consider doiong it myself when it comes to replacing mine in the near future
Image
Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go
kingcruizer
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 749
Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: m4 j17

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:10 pm

just give it ago, its a good quality roof too, they can do pretty much any colour you want and it only took 4 days to arrive
bennyboy
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 218
Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: West Sussex

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:19 pm

like i said i need to replace the rubber round the doors and top of screen. do you reckon this is easy to do?
Image
16V IS engine!!!
kingcruizer
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 749
Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: m4 j17

Post Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:32 pm

if your getting new ones then yes its easy, the rubbers above the doors just slide into a channel with a little help from some fairy liquid and the front window slots on but you will need to bond it on with some sealer,