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How do people cope with loud exhausts?

My back box dropped off my Micra on the way to work this morning and I made a temporary pipe just to hang what was left away from the axle and it sounds f**king horrific. Genuinely can't wait for my new one, or I'm welding my old one back on.

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Direction change with the sunroof idea.

It turns out that PAB off CGTI has a "spare" carbon roof which he is willing to sell me.

When he fitted his to his multiple best in show winning Mk2 he literally just dropped it on top of the original roof skin.

http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.php?196688-The-difficult-third-project&p=1915728&viewfull=1#post1915728

Awesome!

Cut out the sunroof shit from inside, remove the finishing trim from the roof and prime the hole to stop any rusting, flat the roof and clean the living day lights out of it, remove the gutter trim, apply a thin layer of tiger seal, drop the carbon roof on and tape it down.

Job done.

A much neater solution, if 10x as expensive as the Lexan.

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It was a very expensive roof, but has a chip in the corner of it from transit. But it's more than nice enough for me.

I haven't a clue how to get it home though.

It's probably too fragile to courier. And too much hassle to rent a van for the day...So I have a plan!!!

My plan is to drive the Golf to Mansfield where the roof is.

Place it on the roof of my Mk2, tape the shit out of it with masking tape. And drive home.

With a roof...taped to my roof.

Ridiculous or genius?

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If I use LOADS of it, tape it front to back, side to side, layer some marking tape across the front of the roof surround and across the front of the roof, wrap it through the doors, everything.

It'll be fine.

I've been offered such a good deal on the roof I've got to buy it.

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