Csl roof no longer available!!!!!!

[Obioban]

Originally Posted by Neil M

You can still get a roof from Geoff Steel Racing, £550:
http://www.geoffsteelracing.co.uk/parts/details/8

Yeah, but... aftermarket roofs can be a disaster. Turing yellow over time, not fitting properly and leaking as a result, cracking due to chassis stress being transmitted through them, etc, etc.

What's acceptable for a race car doesn't always work for a street car. I suspect those are great for race cars... but I wouldn't put one on my street car.

[Obioban]

Any updates on this?

[chrisburns]

Originally Posted by Obioban

Any updates on this?

In what sense ?

[Obioban]

Originally Posted by chrisburns

In what sense ?

Well, they just changed the OE CSL rear diffuser situation. They now come unpainted and are cheaper than before.

Gave me some slight optimism that maybe the roof wasn't discontinued so much as being moved to a different style of production.

[Loaded]

Originally Posted by alexk

My brother was telling me yesterday that BMW (and others in EU) has a legal obligation to supply parts for 40 years from the production date of the car.
I will have a definitive answer in a few days, but again, I would be very surprised if you cannot have the roof even if it means to wait for 3,6,8 months.

As a side note, you can order pretty much anything for the E12 and E21.
Why not all parts for a special and quite expensive E46 ?

You catch me! I have a friend that he recently ordered a full Sport Evo body work for his M3 E30 (bigger front wings, real flap, front splitter, red seat belts etc) all OEM and of course for a lot of money BUT there are still available.!! Parts which were produced 21 years ago..!!!

[Mike R]

Sadly in the UK it is only a requirement to retain spares for 7 years after a model has ceased production. Ford are particularly bad at this and in recent years have discontinued manufacturing parts on small volume models almost immediately that the 7 years is up .

[0836whimper]

I don't think it's like that for BMW parts. I think some more niche parts (like CSL bits) show up as NLA in the system when they run out but it doesn't mean they won't be made again. Just depends on demand.

Flippers were supposedly NLA, but then got some first time of asking.
The roof is available again, albeit unlacquered, like the flippers. (That's alot of lacquering required for the roof !)
And I am pretty sure plaques are still being produced.

So my advice would be not to assume that once stocks deplete that's it.

[0836whimper]

Need to pin down a BMW suit whilst we are in Munchen and make them clarify policy. Or we won't move our cars off the drive

[portlandgrey]

If anyones in need, it looks like CA have managed to get hold of some:

http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showth...18#post1067518

£500 seems a bit cheap?

They also had a load of CSL bootlids for sale:
http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=74772

So much for needing a chassis number to get hold of the parts.

[Obioban]

Originally Posted by 0836whimper

I don't think it's like that for BMW parts. I think some more niche parts (like CSL bits) show up as NLA in the system when they run out but it doesn't mean they won't be made again. Just depends on demand.

Flippers were supposedly NLA, but then got some first time of asking.
The roof is available again, albeit unlacquered, like the flippers. (That's alot of lacquering required for the roof !)
And I am pretty sure plaques are still being produced.

So my advice would be not to assume that once stocks deplete that's it.

What does being unlacquered mean, exactly? And... how would one lacquer it?