Month: February 2016

  • Cost of a Carwash

    I started to go into a car-wash, today. In fact, I'd paid for it and the door was open with an electronic voice inviting me in.

    I remembered that my moonroof sometimes leaks, so I stepped out and pressed down on the corner so that it would seal.

    I've done it before.

    Today ....

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    :-(

    The body shop says it's a custom job, so they can't fix it. They referred me to a business that does custom work.

    The custom business says that they don't do sun/moon roofs because they're complicated and there isn't enough demand. They referred me to the yellow pages of South Bend or Kalamazoo or Grand Rapids.

    Meanwhile - we don't have a garage and I have a an 8ft square hole in the top of my truck.

    So ... off to Lowes I go with a Red Green/Ozark Hillbilly solution in mind.

    engineering

    Here's what I did:

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    Duct tape, styrofoam, plexiglass, and glue.

    Now to find out if it can survive highway speed wind/aerodynamics and weather.