R8Z51

Forgot to secure my roof and while I was headed to the gym, it flew off. Luckily nobody was behind me. It's all scratched up and I can't decide whether to have it re-painted or buy a transparent panel and have the stripe put on. My car is a GS w/ the Heritage Package.

Any suggestions?

joemessman

Sorry to hear that. If it was mine I would have it repainted. That's just me though. I don't think a transparent top with a stripe on it looks proper. Maybe your insurance will cover it. Some insurance companies won't raise your rates. Check into that first. Come to think of it, it also depends on your deductible.

Mister Big

Get it repainted.

JDSC8VETTE

That's why I stopped going to the gym.

dee zed

Welcome to the club you dont want to be a member of . Happened to me to 2015 Z06 - paint it

Vetteman Jack

I agree. Unless it is severely damaged, get it repaired. I do not think a transparent top with the stripe would look as good as what you currently have.

LuisZ51

Have it fixed for sure. Shouldn't be too bad.

wmupaprmkr

That sucks, one would think we can put a man on the moon but Chevy cannot design a system to alert one when the top is not secured.... I'd get it repaired/repainted.

Triplethefun

Exactly! Why can't it be like the trunk and doors? It should warn you that it is not latched or closed properly. This will continue to happen from time to time.

449er

Welcome the newest member of the flying roof club

Psychodo

Ah..bummer. Get it repainted

23/C8Z

It already has that motion alarm deactivation switch in there when top is off. you think it could have a "dismiss" icon in cluster when it sense that pins have been put back in the holes. like door hood orntrunk open.

So dumb. I bet C8 finally gets it.

dvilin

Definitely repaint/repair.

Bigredwing

Sorry to see that. Painted looks better to me too and also keeps the interior cooler.

Chevette!?!?

I'm not sure how this keeps happening? The sun visors would have to be in the down position for the front latches to be unhooked, They would be clearly open right in front of you face.

B-Myster

You fold down the visors to unlatch the top and after putting it in the trunk, you put the visors back up to drive. You can put the top back on with the visors up and if you get distracted, it's easy to forget to fold them back down and latch the top. It happened to me in my C5 as someone was talking to me as I was putting the top back on to go inside a restaurant.

OP - You're not the first to join the FRC club, and probably won't be the last.

plmmd

you didn't mention if there was any metal damage ie crunched corners? I would paint and if there a spat of good weather you don't even have to leave the whole car!

bbrown450

Repaint ...no brainer clear roof with stripe ..just odd to me

Gearhead Jim

I bought the Flying Roofs warning tag from a vendor, though you can easily make one yourself. The tag is invisible when tucked behind the handle, but hangs down in front of your face when the handle is not latched. After taking the pictures, I cut off the excess Velcro sticking up from the handle in the second picture.
I've never lost a roof or landed gear-up in an airplane or shot a hole in the wall with a firearm, but I understand that all of those things could happen and I give myself every opportunity to avoid them.

born2beS12

Why do we keep relying on the car to tell us what to do? Blind stop detectors, lane drift detectors, auto braking, auto headlights, door chimes, seatbelt chimes, TPMS, etc. This is why the corvette now weighs a whopping 3400lbs. My composite body, aluminum frame corvette should not weigh the same as my all steel unibody mustang. What ever happened to people actually paying attention to driving and their vehicle?