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I've talked to more than a dozen shops. The shops that have enough knowledge/skill to actually understand the issue won't touch it. The shops that have no idea what's going on will gladly/blindly accept the challenge. I made decent acquaintance with one shop owner and he finally agreed to do it but quoted $1,000 and it came with the mutual agreement that there was a small possibility that attempting the repair might damage the roof. There may be a few shops out there that can handle it, but I'm guessing 99% of shops won't touch it unless you have a repertoire with them. Surprisingly BMW only charges $2,000 for a new roof
https://www.getbmwparts.com/oem-part...10-54108045327 I ended up never getting mine fixed by the shop because it's become a track car. I've been thinking about lightly sanding or shaving away with a razor blade the trouble area, spraying it with plastidip to smooth it out and wrapping it in gloss black or carbon fiber vinyl |
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The Florida sun finally took its toll on my roof as well. Looks like something got underneath the clear coat through a crack and has just gotten progressively worse.
Contemplating a new roof or just a complete recoat. The clearcoat is just flaking off and I cannot stress how yellowed it is. |
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Perfect time to tear off that gel coat!!!! Yes replacing the roof panel would be a lot of work. Cover or removal of interior pieces for sure the headliner, both rear and front windshields and the cut and grid of prep to remove the old and apply the new. It's a one day job also. 😬 I could do it in 1-2 days. |
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I'll post more pics as soon as I have them. Let me know if you guys have any questions or if there's anything I should look out for when I inspect the car. |
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Mine is having the same problem.
Previous owner said a rock chip hit the roof, then the coat began to crack. So, E92friendly, How is your roof doing? Did it crack again? |
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My roof never cracked again never bubbles or peeled. No issues occurred. Looking at the pics I am clueless as to why they removed the quarter panel glass on your car. I find it unnecessary for a roof panel job. I've been a Atech for 5 years and a roof job would only require both from and back glass only. And just some interior pieces. Weird. Unless the quarter panels were painted hmm
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I thought the same thing in the beginning, but i think the shop who performed this job went above and beyond to do it correctly. Whether that equals a high price tag is TBD.
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Wow, what a nice option to have, full roof replacement! It looks incredible.
I'm looking to buy an '09 that is in superb cosmetic condition all around, but the roof is looking a little yellow while seen under direct sunlight...but no chips or peeling that I can see. Is this something that is just inevitable and probably shouldn't worry about? If it does continue to a very bold yellow in the future will there exist options for getting a new roof? GM |
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I had the same thing happen to my 2009 E92 M3. This thread helped guide me on what to do. THANKS TO THE OP
Unfortunately it sits outside for most of its life. I had it under bmw car cover, xpel clear bra on roof, and ceramic coating on xpel. Still with all that the gel coat failed. The good news is I was able to save it. I think my saving grace was the xpel. The clear started to bubble under the xpel. When I started to peal off the xpel the gel coat came off with it. I got lucky and literally all of the gel coat came off with the xpel. Just came out like in sheets. I then had a body shop just spray clear over it with the OPs instructions. Here is pics of the whole process: When I first started pealing it: This is after all of it pealed off. It was extremely easy it just came off in sheets. At body shop before they started to work on it. Lines on roof are just from the blue tape I put on it for trip there. During the process of clear coating. The close up pic is before any last wet sanding. Final Results
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