Carbon Fiber Sunroof Plug

[Tr0uble]

I'm tired of water getting in the sunroof and draining down into my rocker panels, filling up and draining into my passenger side floorboard. I can't find the rocker drain hole under the car and I've seen some bad pics of the rocker panels rusting out. I've scoured the internet and these forums for a link to a company that sells a Carbon Fiber Plug for the Sunroof and all I could find was a company called Racepods.com. A car on superstreet used it from them, but the site doesn't exist? Anyone know how to reach this company or know of another one that has what I'm looking for?
Modified by Tr0uble at 1:00 AM 11/17/2006

[positron1]

I saw that car in Superstreet and I too searched for this carbon fiber sunroof and found nothing. They didn't even show what it looked like in the magazine which is all I wanted...was to see it.

[180fan]

it leaking at the seals or what?

[positron1]

Yeah, where is it leaking. We gotta help this guy get that fixed because that plain sucks.

[Tr0uble]

No its not leaking at the seals. Rainwater is supposed to flow into the sunroof, flow into the drain holes located at the 4 corners of the sunroof, then flow down the drain tubes and drain into the rocker panels.

1 driver side front drain tube, 1 driver side rear tube, 1 passenger side front tube, 1 passenger side rear tube.

After the water flows into the rocker panels it's "suppose to" go out the rocker panel drains. Driver side works as designed. If I pour water into the top of my sunroof on the driver side it drains in the tubes to the rocker panel and then can be seen flowing out from under the car.

My problem- when water enters the passenger side the water drains down the tubes into the rocker panel and stays there. The level in the rocker rises to the screw and drain holes and floods my passenger side floorboard. When i first noticed the problem I had 2+ gallons of water standing in the passenger floorboard. Hit the brakes when i heard water and it almost flooded my ecu (phew!).

I've looked under the car for the drain holes on the passenger side and can't seem to locate them. In my opinion designing sunroof drains with the ability to flood the floorboard for the 240 is one of the worst ideas I've ever seen. As i've said there are pics on the net of people with the same problem where they let it go to the point of their rocker panels rusting and rotting out the sideskirts and part of the fenderwell.

I could care less about my sunroof. If someone sold a carbon fiber piece (sunroof plug) I'd use it in a heartbeat. Superstreet featured a 240 with one from a place called Racepods.com, but the site seems to not exist? If someone knows of a place that makes and sells what I'm looking for please help me. If not for me for the sake of a 240.

[180fan]

dunno about anyone selling stuff like that, but it shouldn't be hard to make if you're interested. it's a relatively easy piece, low curvature and it's small enough to make in your garage...although winter isn't exactly the best time to be working with composites...

[Steve Lloyd]

http://www.macqc.com/raceplates/newProducts.htm

You're welcome

[crash n burn]

SWEEET

but we dont drive preludes

all the ones i've found are for hondas..i searched all last night

i may just go havea shop weld in a plate when i go paint my car in the future..

i'd rather than CF : )

[pr240sx]

Why not re-route the small tube?It passes behind the ECU and you can easily drain it outside using the AC evaporator port.Also, you will never find the drain hole unless you cut into the frame rails.

[RyanAwesome]

do what we did on my friends crx. go to a local body shop. find the roof of a car that was cut off. make a template and cut it out. lay it on the roof, seal up the edges with silicone and rivet it in. done and done. cost is free if you have rivets and and silicone sitting around.

[Steve Lloyd]

they make custom ones, look at the site. You said you wanted a link to a site that made them, so there you go. They tell you how to make the template and order one. This is why people never get help anymore, they don't appreciate it when someone does help them.........
Modified by Steve Lloyd at 2:36 PM 11/20/2006

[180fan]

hey steve, awesome detective work. I'm sure this will give plenty of 40 owners some help they need with stuff like this.

[Tr0uble]

they make custom ones, look at the site. You said you wanted a link to a site that made them, so there you go. They tell you how to make the template and order one. This is why people never get help anymore, they don't appreciate it when someone does help them.........

Modified by Steve Lloyd at 2:36 PM 11/20/2006

Thanks Steve. Today I went around and found a place that does the same thing. They make custom carbon fiber parts along with whole fiberglass shell bodys of cars. They had a corvette body sitting on a rack when i walked in. Price to make me a plug is gonna cost me $275. Will be finished next week and ready for pick up. I'm gonna have to make some brackets to rivet it to. After I install it I will post pics of it. If it comes out nice looking enough I may spend the time to put together a kit if anyone else wants to do the same thing. Will have to see how it goes though. big thanks for everyone who tried to help.

[180fan]

awesome. glad it worked out...but damn a full vette body, aren't those mostly fiberglass to begin with? btw I believe picts before and after are in order for this thread.

[Steve Lloyd]

did you ever get this done??????????

[kaizenveryfast]

I'm interested too. I so wish my car had a solid roof. My friend had tipped me off on the website above. I've had the rear interior panels off of mine and saw the drain tube run down to the bottom. I also thought it was weird that the tube was not really attached to anything. What happens is some crud blocks the drain hole, keeps water, and starts rusting. A way to clear it out might be to take an air hose from the top and bottom of the area to blow the junk out.

[Goldeneagle]

Kognition Design is making if not already makes carbon fiber sunroof plugs for the 240sx

[Defiant]

A way to clear it out might be to take an air hose from the top and bottom of the area to blow the junk out.

That's usually good for blowing the tubing off its drain. Better to chase it out with some heavy weed whacker line.