OK, help us out. We were having a discussion the autoX forum about chassis durability and it seems that quite a few of us are developing depressions or dimples in the roof around the sunroof, but no one seems to know what causes it. So we're asking the whole forum to help us out.
IF YOU HAVE SUNROOF DIMPLES, THEN PLEASE POST:
-The Year of the Car
-The body style
-All suspension mods
-Any canyon running, autocross, track days, etc.... you may have done, we don't think this is a straight line issue, but if you drag race and have the problem, we want to know.
-Picture if possible

There doesn't seem to be rhyme or reason as to why they happen or why people get them I hope getting a big enough sample of people together might help get to the bottom of this, at least giving us an idea of what years might be most at risk or something for it.
Thanks,
Your neighborhood friendly racers

2003
EX Sedan
Neuspeed front sway poly bushings, Neuspeed upper strut bar, RSX 19mm rear sway.
Some canyon running
-Only noticed body flex noises while driving over rough pavement

02 EX Coupe
19mm RSX sway bar, 15X7s w/ Falken Azenis.

I noticed the roof dimpling within 2 - 3 autocross events running with the Azenies.

Um, it hasent happened to myself, but to my friend... it seems to be because the body was flexing aroudn the sunroof area, and since it's not 1 solid piece it twists around the frame rails. I read this is a magazine once also. Sorry if it wasen't much help but I thought maybe it might shed light =)

02 ex coupe
tanabe lowering springs, blown shocks
I never canyon run and have never autox'ed

I used to have a turbo ... dunno if that means anything. my dimples are not noticable until you are up and close and you actually know what you're looking for

Eibach sportlines, 40 series tires.

I got the dimples after I ran over a piece of wood on the freeway. Insurance fixed them, but I notice a lot of squeaking when the vehicle is going up a driveway at a slant.

2001 Civic sedan
eibach pro kit
koni yellows
eibach sway bars
nuespeed upper strut bar

Noticed them after I hadn't even raced the car.

2002 Civic EX Coupe. Noticed dimples also, but BEFORE I added a Neuspeed front strut bar and X-brace, and an RSX-X rear sway bar. I like to take a good twisty road now and then, but it has not gotten worse since the bars. Have Michelin 16" MXM tires, (freebies from RSX-S) on light alloy rims. No other mods.

2001 2dr
Ground Control sleeved coilovers
Koni Yellow struts
Neuspeed front strut bar
RSX 19mm rear sway bar
OEM performance cross bar
SPC camber kits front and rear
DC polished rear lower tie bar
generic rear upper strut bar
I have a dimple in the left right corner.
no auto x just some hard cornering . I think that the dimple came from angling up drive ways. My car is pretty low. It has not gotten worse.

2001
2dr EX
Nuespeed Race
Tokico HPs
SPC Cambers

I got dimples almost in ever corner, ill post some pics later today.
I do drive my car hard, but I dont auto-x or any legit racing...
My case might be diffrent since I bought the car 2nd hand and it was involved in a fender bender before I got it.
Dimples have been present since day 1.

whats this thread about in simple language? someone going on with peoples sunroofs or something?

Does anyone have a picture of these dimples. I am curious to know what they look like.

Dimples are little dents or impressions that are believed to be created around the roof area from the whole car twisting or buckling during hard cornering. I remember a long time ago seeing a thread about it here with pics. This was before the site was redone.

Here ya go.. a post with some pics:

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...ghlight=dimple

Here's another:

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...t=61217&page=1

That thread may explain why my car has not gotten worse after I added all the bars.
It dimpled while stock, actually. My car has to twist quite a bit when I drive into my driveway.

Oh that's nice. Almost exactly what I have.

02 Ex Sedan
Eibach Sportlines
19mm Rear Sway Bar
Bfg Traction T/a's
Noname Strutbar

Canyon Runs And Coast Runs

If I Had Never Read This Sticky I Would Always Thought That The Roof On My Car Was Just Crap But This Really Help Me Figure Out The Problem My Roof Has

01 EX Coupe
Eibach Prokit w/ Tokico Blues
SPC Camber kit
Enkei 18's w/ Nankang Rubber
2 track Days

Great post i never knew why i had fin dents like that in my roof!

Well this is concerning. I don't have any dents and I've been driving normal for the most part, but lately I've been taking corners faster so I hope they don't start forming. I mean, what should we do, the dealer will just say some stuff fell on it and made the dents.

I have a 03 and before I dropped or auto x-ed my car I got the dimples

2001 sedan
tein basic
driving hard on curvey roads (sort of like canyon running?)

i don't have dimples or i can't see them.

02 ex coupe
I had 17's before and noticed the dimples around the sunroof. Someone had told that since there is less rubber than the 15's, the body flexing does not get absorbed by the tires and a possible solution is to install strut tower bars and rear sway bars.

Am I reading correctly here that the Coupes seem to be more dimple prone than the sedans?

2002 ex coupe
sunroof
tein ss (lowered all the way)
neuspeed upper front

no dimples...

I drive like an *******

Ok... i have dimples as well, we won't get into the story of how i got them....but it sounds like a few of you have gotten them fixed...how much money did u have to fork out to get it fixed? a simple dent place could fix it???...or do i have to take it somewhere where they do more then paintless dent removal?

But the problem is they'll just come back again.

To fix mine, they did the actual body work and repainted my roof, trunk, and hood. At least my car is super shiney once again.

About 800 dollars to do all this. Seems the sun roof area flexes a lot.

why did they paint all that???...and 800 bucks, u go to macco for the paint or???

04 civic vp coupe (no sunroof)
nuespeed race springs
obx front strut bar
absoluty no sways bars on front or rear (angry)
hawk hps brake pads
power slot rotors

canyon driving the hell out of my car and cruising on coastal roads

no dimples.