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Old 02-27-2024, 01:10 PM
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I have a 2020 3LT with a painted roof and the problem is with my helmet on for track events my head barely hits the top. That is of course with me reclined and getting the seat as low as possible. I think I only need like half an inch to make it work so I hope that if I take the suede liner out it'll fit.

Has anyone removed the liner? I though about getting transparent but I don't want to shell out north of 2000k to have it maybe work.
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I found out that it was pretty much glued up there. Does anyone know how thick the 3LT pad is? Will I get much room out of it?
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Take a thin pin and see how far it penetrates.


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Can't you just buy the standard roof instead of ripping that one apart
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Awesome. Thanks for the great idea. I tried it and it's only like 5mm thick... Maybe. Looks like I need to put in my race buckets so I can get lower.
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There was a very tall guy at Spring Mountain racing, All the instructors said the transparent top gave more headroom and traded his top for a transparent one, He did not complain. We all wore helmets.
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Originally Posted by Jstyle007
I have a 2020 3LT with a painted roof and the problem is with my helmet on for track events my head barely hits the top. That is of course with me reclined and getting the seat as low as possible. I think I only need like half an inch to make it work so I hope that if I take the suede liner out it'll fit.

Has anyone removed the liner? I though about getting transparent but I don't want to shell out north of 2000k to have it maybe work.
Try a transparent if you can. Go to a dealer, etc. to see. I don't have a C8 yet but I can tell you on my C4 the headroom in the Transparent is significantly better when we are shooting for just a few millimeters or less than an inch
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Yeah, the transparent roof should give you a little more headroom.

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