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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:14 PM
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Roof #1 lasted one year, #2 lasted one year, now on my 3rd.
Went into dealer today to order the new one hope this replacement
roof is the SMC.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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Your new roof will be a SMC....hopefully everything turns out OK.
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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Only SMC roofs are available. I have not seen any reports of problems with the SMC roofs. You should be OK once you get the new roof.

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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 12:18 AM
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You "...hope this replacement roof is the SMC..." I'd insist on it...vigorously!
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by blkc6z51
Roof #1 lasted one year, #2 lasted one year, now on my 3rd.
Went into dealer today to order the new one hope this replacement
roof is the SMC.
In CA I think if you get the car repaired for the same issue three times you can go for a lemon law claim.
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by blkc6z51
Roof #1 lasted one year, #2 lasted one year, now on my 3rd.
Went into dealer today to order the new one hope this replacement
roof is the SMC.
??what is a SMC
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by achilds
In CA I think if you get the car repaired for the same issue three times you can go for a lemon law claim.
I thought that too, but it appears that the lemon law kicks in after four times

http://autopedia.com/html/LemonLaw/CA_lemonlaw2.html

blkc6z51 - GL with your repair.

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The SMC top should do the trick. The others were just band-aids.
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Originally Posted by par34n5
??what is a SMC
SMC is sheet molding compound, a fiber glass reinforced thermoset compound in sheet form. The C5 roof panels were made of SMC. They switched the C6 panel initially to a polycarbonate to save weight (~3 lbs.). Differences of thermal expansion of the polycarbonate and the frame caused the adhesive to be put in shear during periods of high temperature which caused the panel to fail and delaminate. In August of 2006 for the 2007 model year cars the assembly plant finally was able to switch the manufacturing process back to SMC.

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I'm also on my 3rd top..Hope this one holds together..
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 09:53 AM
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I have never had aproblem with my SMC
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Had mine replaced with the SMC roof. No problems since.
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