Carbon fiber roof no longer an option?

[NSXplosive]

I was playing around with the NSX configurator today, and it looks like you can no longer get a carbon fiber roof. Anyone know why they stopped offering it?

https://nsx.acura.com/build/roof

 

[DJ Iceman]

The supplier went out of business. Until they can source those roofs from someone else (at a reasonable price point despite such low volumes), all NSX roofs will be aluminum.

 

[RYU]

I believe early on in 2016 I had read it was just an overlay. Not quite a true, CF roof grafted to the chassis. Is this true? I never did follow-up on it.

 

[DJ Iceman]

I've read that about the CF steering wheel but never about the roof. I'm no expert, just relating what I read online (and you know what they say about what you read online), but when I was watching roofs get installed at the PMC they sure looked like full-on CF to me, not just a "wrap".

 

[Bricks and Bio]

The CF on the steering wheel is referred to as a garnish

My understanding is the roof is a CF panel

 

[nsx878]

Wow, supplier out of business? That sucks..... I have the CF roof and it really gives the car a great look. When I was searching for a car in 17', I wanted a car without a lot of CF trim as I felt it was way overpriced. Ended up with a CF roof and engine cover, both of which grew on me quickly, especially the roof, even though it cost $6K...... I now can't imagine my car without that roof..... It would be interesting to see the production #'s for cars with CF roof?

 

[Honcho]

Not a big fan of the roof myself (I feel like the A and B pillars also need to be CF to complete the look), but LOVE the CF engine cover.

 

[docjohn]

you'd think with that fancy pop up 4 wheel dyno they would have put in a nice large vacuum carbon bake oven....

 

[Honcho]

you'd think with that fancy pop up 4 wheel dyno they would have put in a nice large vacuum carbon bake oven....

Autoclave!! :biggrin:

 

[NSXplosive]

Not a big fan of the roof myself (I feel like the A and B pillars also need to be CF to complete the look), but LOVE the CF engine cover.

The CF engine cover really should be a stand alone option. I don't want expensive carbon bits on the outside of the car where they can get easily damaged, but I'd be willing to pay for a nice looking engine cover safely behind glass.

I really wish they would offer the roof in body color, too. I was never really a fan of the two-tone look...

 

[drmanny3]

As I understand from Acura the Carbon Fiber roof was real and dropped the weight of the car by about 28 lbs. It is not an overlay.

 

[docjohn]

Autoclave!! :biggrin:

HaHa my wife calls my golf club head covers....."fuzzy toppers"...:biggrin:

 

[B2FiNiTY]

So what years have the carbon roof?

 

[nsx878]

I'm guessing that cars pre covid had them available? So likely available as an option for MY 2019 and earlier? Supply problems happened sometime into 2020? My CF roof was a single option on my 17' Was the roof combined in the CF exterior pkg in the later years??

 

[DJ Iceman]

CF roof was offered all the way through the end of the 2020 MY. 2021 cars (and beyond?) will not have it as an option. And it has always been a stand-alone option, separate from the rest of the CF exterior package.

 

[RYU]

CF roof was offered all the way through the end of the 2020 MY. 2021 cars (and beyond?) will not have it as an option. And it has always been a stand-alone option, separate from the rest of the CF exterior package.

Man... that's a bummer.

 

[NbyNW]

That sucks... my carbon steering wheel is a garnish. At least my roof and engine covers are the read deal.