Interior roof peeling - how to fix?

[thesecretsanta]

Hi - my Z3 has had some leaky roof issues in its prior life and as a result some of the interior is peeling where the roof meets the windscreen. Anyone had this and come up with a good fix? It is just a sand and black paint job?
(The grotty roof itself is being replaced this week!)

 

[t-tony]

My Z3 suffered a bit of that. I did what you suggest, and sprayed it Satin Black ( several coats).

Tony.

 

[Zephyr]

You can lightly sand and then use plasti-dip. Its a sort of liquid plastic and has good adhesion. Smells like a rotten fish for some days, but lasts forever and you can peel it off easily if needed. Needs multiple light coats and some 15 to 20 minutes between them on a warm day.
i did a full respray on a dashboard and was extremely happy, until I realised that the stench needs up to three days to go away. After that, no issues at all.
before doing this I checked this video

View: https://youtu.be/VuG3YzMy4jw


and decided to go the plastidip route.

 

[Althulas]

Or you could remove it and have it powdered coated. If you decide to spray paint it the aluminium will need a etch coat first.

 

[DomiMik]

Or you could remove it and have it powdered coated. If you decide to spray paint it the aluminium will need a etch coat first.

Do you know if this part is easy to remove? I tried to remove it last summer and it looked as it is glued to the roof cloth so I didn't want to proceed without further knowledge.

Didn't want to mess around so I would appreciate if you have details on how easy or difficult this repair is!

 

[Althulas]

If your having a new roof I would remove it a few days before to tackle it or you could ask where your having it done if they could do it for you.

The job is a bit of thaff but I hope this link https://www.roadstersolutions.com/media/PDF/GAHH Install Instructions Z3 96-02.pdf
and video

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=uyxy50jfkhY&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE


Will give you some insight. If you don’t fancy going that far at least mask up well and your copit to avoid all the sanding dust and over spray.

 

[Althulas]

Just found another thread with photos that may be helpful http://www.bmwz3club.fr/site/faq/z3/demontage capote z3.pdf

 

[DomiMik]

Thanks a lot @Althulas , now I think I'll mask it and give it some layers of paint without removing anything