Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights

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jmfox

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It seems to me that the roof sun shade and lights were an after thought and he machine would look better with it off. Has anyone tried removing this?

jmf
 
   / Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights #2  
jmf,

As I recall, the sun shade is welded to the cab. If you removed the sun shade and the lights the only thing left would be the wipers and wires/holes for the lights. I'm not coming up with a good mental picture.

dsb
 
   / Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights #3  
ROPS was not an afterthought. It looks a little stupid because there are government specified head room dimensions.
 
   / Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights #4  
I apologize for the above post....:( I read it as roof , hood and lights..duh..brain ain't always in gear in the am :eek:
 
   / Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights
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#5  
I think the one on the C-Series is plastic.

jmf

dsb5610 said:
jmf,

As I recall, the sun shade is welded to the cab. If you removed the sun shade and the lights the only thing left would be the wipers and wires/holes for the lights. I'm not coming up with a good mental picture.

dsb
 
   / Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights #6  
jmfox,

While cosmesis may be an issue for you, this cap protects the lights and wipers from falling debris, which has been minimized by the C series limited FEL roll back.
Overall, the toolcat is not a sexy beast, just a darn useful one, and it is for this last reason that I purchased mine. The aesthetics of it were not part of my purchase decision.
I doubt that you will find anyone that has permanently removed their work lights, especially for the aforementioned reason.
And you are correct, the C series shade is ABS plastic.

Cheers!
Steve
 
   / Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights #7  
So you are saying that the toolcat is not going to catch on in Hollywood???

TS
 
   / Has anyone removed the roof hood and lights
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#8  
Not only aesthetics, but the smooth line would remove places for branches to snag.

I didn't realize that the hood protects the wipers.

jmf
 
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