Carbon Fiber Roof Help
 

Dear Nicholas


"Hello again. about Carbon roof, would you kindly give as your feeling and how much you would recommend?


We might change our prices on few carbon parts in near future including the roof. We don’t know yet and we don’t know how much we can go down, but would you please let us know how much is reasonable price?


Please note – this carbon roof is not just a cover. You have to chop your roof off and attach it with your own trust factory.


Thank you"

i need some opinions

i was going to get a CF roof cap but this is just better for my plans for the Z.

wait, what? a company's asking you how much they should market their roof replacement for?

...i've got a bad feeling about this...

then again, i'm not on the market for a carbon fiber roof replacement, so someone else can have their say.

that letter reads like spam to me? i wouldnt put my dollar on that one.......

its from Hiro Yoshimoto from ZELE Performance Co

...okay, now i'm amused, how/why is a Zele representative contacting you for pricing their components?

this was their first email

"
Dear Nicholas

Thank you for your inquiry.

Yes we do have R35 Carbon Fiber Roof. You will have to have somebody who can adhere it on the roof.

It is 720,000JPY excluding shipping.

Please feel confident and let me know for any more information.
"
that comes out to 7,827.12 USD which is fukin ridiculous :shakes head:

Is it a direct replacement, or just an overlay?

it's Zele...how did you not see this coming? their 370Z body kit is amazing, but holy #^!@ expensive.

i don't get it though, the first e-mail you're talking about is for an R35 CF roof, then you went to a Z...?!

hey lou, read:

^ apparently replace :icon14:

^^ Well that is why is 7K

it is a direct replacement. i plan to have a CF: hood, A-pillar, roof, trunk, and spoiler

i saw that ZELE had a CF roof on http://www.370zblog.com/wp-content/u...-zele-z-10.jpg but it wasnt on their website to be sold. so i contacted them

At that point I would just make a targa 370Z!

Just paint your roof, and save the money.

That does not look like carbon fiber on the Z in that picture (the roof).

if hes asking me then i have to give a num back. i was thinking along the lines of 3k.... sound resionable . im willing to go up to 4.

that's not CF, unless it's a new development, the Zele 370Z does not have a direct CF roof replacement.

R35 != Z34, my guess is someone got confused midway through that e-mail.

no offence i dont want to be like a honda owner and have fake CF or paint it black. i have to do the Z right

I would go back with a 1.5k - 2.5k offer. It is better to aim for a lower number and negotiate up from there. it is almost impossible to negotiate down.

Paint is fine, carbon fiber overlay is not.
Doing a solid paint job will look fantastic with other carbon fiber parts, what color is your Z?

I am not saying a cf paint. Just a matte black or gloss black paint job.

im in the united states air force and am stuck in england where they dont sell nismo and if they did it would be RHD. i will be coming back to the states with 30k. 16k-20K cash for down payment. i am just doing all the necessary research now. and the only color i will settle with is PW. i already found a company to powder coat the rims. along with the viper system.

lowballing a japanese company? ugh...

:iagree: It won't go well.

this is what i have planned so far

viper=$ 1258.91
CF hood=$ 729.99
CF roof=$ 650.00
CF Apillars=$ 510.00
CF trunk=$ 714.00
CF spoiler=$ 510.00
Escort-passport 9500ix laser detector-$ 499.99
tail light spray (night shade)=$ 11.00
oil cooler 19- $ 636
Rims=320

head lights= $ 955
(Housing)=( Black Obsidian/Gloss Black: $230
(Projector Shroud)=(Color-coded (White): $75
(Turn Signal)=(Color-coded (White): $50
(RF strip)=( Same Color as Housing: Free
(Iron-Man - $300
(Landing Strip - $300

total
$6794.89
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Pioneer - 50W x 4 Satellite Radio- $1,599.99
Alpine (x2)--$ 399.98
Alpine 1000w class d (x2)-- $ 799.98
Speaker box--$ 134.00

total
$ 3067.95
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TT kit - 8995.00
oil cooler 34- $ 676

total
9671.00
__________________________________________________ ______

exhaust
F.I. TDX Cat Back
18" Resonators: $1,260.00 (Recommended if stock cats are off of the car)
Carbon Fiber muffler option: + $175.00
High Flow Cats
$480.00 W/ Purchase of cat back
Resonated Test Pipes
$355.00 W/ Purchase of cat back

Total
2270.00

and the car should be done by 2014 or sooner

...okay...just from first glance, why are you purchasing HFCs AND RTPs? you are aware that only one of those goes on the car...right?

in fact...where are you getting these prices? 9k for a TT is pretty low (except the 7k dvd TT kit, which is one in a million chance)

CF roof for $650 better be for an overlay, you will not get a direct replacement for that money. you'll spend more cutting the poor Z apart than that. also A-Pillars, where you getting those?

not trying to bust a bubble, i'm just curious. some of those numbers, i'm pretty sure, will be much higher than you are calculating.

no its fine i need and like all the advice i can get.

the TT kit i was planning on getting it from
Turbo-Kits.com - 08+ Nissan 370Z Twin Turbo Kits - VQ37VHR

the A pillars

Fifa Racing

Where's the labor cost? Don't forget labor....unless you're doing all this yourself...which would be amazing!

and your right it is an overlay. i know you all might think it is stupid and a waist of money but i cant have a flow of carbon from hood to trunk with a gap on the roof just painted black. i would rather just have an over lay :shakes head:. that is why im trying to get the real thing instead of an overlay

most of it i can do my self. the USAF has auto hobby shops where i can pay to use a car lift and all their tools for under 50$

Wow...cool deal! :tup:

The issue you will run into is a carbon fiber roof is a lot of R&D, and no company has wanted to jump into other than just a wrap style overlay setup. So it is real carbon fiber but it just sits on top of the stock roof.

the only thing i would have with that is would anyone be able to tell. and another thing i got the price from the overlay from this guy
http://www.the370z.com/spawn-aerodyn...tml#post144264
i have asked numerous times and have waited 3 months for a good pic of the roof on the Z but i have gotten nothing so far.

Spawn.....uh oh! Who wants to explain that nightmare? :roflpuke2:

Yeah Spawn Aero = bad, he is gone from the board.
Not sure if anyone else is going to do a proper wrap setup for the roof, but if the carbon fiber is done properly no one will ever know.

:eekdance: -,- can i ask why and you guys just saved my ***.. if anyone knows of a overlay please let me know

lol Spawn...you never got pictures because it never existed in the first place. So...right now, I'm guessing you're aiming for all of the Seibon stuff.

FYI, Sunline Racing has a CF overlay. Sunline Racing - Carbon Roof Cover

I'd wait a bit...$900 is a bit much to stomach for an overlay. I'm sure that more overlays are coming soon.

I cant believe it would cost 7,000+ for a roof in carbon. Zele needs to be shot for even considering such a price. For Gods sakes its a Nissan!
Oh yeah stay away from spawn!

BTW 1.5k-2.5k is not lowballing... its double or triple the price of an overlay. Paying 7k for a product that honestly only costs less than a grand to make is ridiculous! CF is not that expensive and I know how the industry works you can buy a certain set of recaro seats for our cars for 3k for the set and that exact same set of seats for the GTR cost 10k...

now 1.5-2.5k is a fair price in my opinion. and like I said its easier to go up than it is to negotiate down.