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How do you remove the back deck? I'm planning some custom painting around the back window and need to take off the deck lid.
Obviously there are two hinges and the bolts are hidden under the fixed roof panel.
The big question: How do I remove the fixed roof panel?? There are little screws along the back edge. What about the front? There is the seal on the front that does not come off. No access to bolts. Anybody try this? How do you get access to the rear deck lid hinge bolts?
How do you remove the back deck? I'm planning some custom painting around the back window and need to take off the deck lid.
Obviously there are two hinges and the bolts are hidden under the fixed roof panel.
The big question: How do I remove the fixed roof panel?? There are little screws along the back edge. What about the front? There is the seal on the front that does not come off. No access to bolts. Anybody try this? How do you get access to the rear deck lid hinge bolts?
Thanks sTz. That might be the same on C8. Everything looks the same. I was trying to pull forward on the front seal and made no progress. I can see that it just takes a pull up, and the seal pops.
How to remove the fixed part of the roof on a coupe. There are 6 little hex head bolts across the back. How is the front attached. If it is like the C7 in the video, the seal is removed by pulling up, then the screws in the front are exposed.
That panel has to come off for access to the rear deck hinge bolts. That's what I am after. I have to remove the solid roof panel to get to the rear deck hinge bolts. It looks like you have been there, done that.
I am impressed with your skill. I cut my C5 in half at the firewall, and welded on new frame rails, then built a roll cage. That is but nothing like what you did. C5 are simple compared to C8.
Last edited by C5racecar; Oct 9, 2023 at 03:54 AM.
How do you remove the back deck? I'm planning some custom painting around the back window and need to take off the deck lid.
Obviously there are two hinges and the bolts are hidden under the fixed roof panel.
The big question: How do I remove the fixed roof panel?? There are little screws along the back edge. What about the front? There is the seal on the front that does not come off. No access to bolts. Anybody try this? How do you get access to the rear deck lid hinge bolts?
If you're talking about the back hatch on the Stingray there are the two gas structs and 4 bolts on the front edge of the rear hatch. Have some help to hold the hatch...
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Remove the back deck?
