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Anyone done a roof raise on an MCI and kept the original OEM windows? Wondering what it might look. Got pictures?
Kenny

Mine isn't an MCI, but if it helps my roof raise was done above the windows, which were left in place and undisturbed.

Jeremy

Jeremy, got pictures?

Hi Kenny

I don't have any good pictures of the roof raise, but these two might be of some help:

From the outside: The blue plastic is covering the gap where the roof raise was inserted (later moulded fibreglass panels were fitted here - only someone very familiar with my type of bus would ever realise it wasn't standard - although my roof raise is comparatively mild anyway at only 7"):

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.payhost.net%2FCompleted_Slide_1_smaller.jpg&hash=969bae1015ebab56dd0979d7ce7fa0e14c3f2f07)

From the inside: There's all sorts of slide-out stuff to distract you here, but you can see the vertical bits of metal (most obvious on the left of the photo) which are the extensions on each window column which form the roof raise. Although these extensions are vertical on the inside, they are angled on the outside so that the roof raise follows the curve of the body sides. The extensions are covered by moulded fibreglass trim panels, with small lockers built into them. One of these panels can be seen in the photo (the panel with the curved bottom on the right-hand side). The whole job would be far easier on a bus with vertical sides like an MCI.

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.payhost.net%2FUpper-Beams_in_place.jpg&hash=e8d9b872ec9961364cebff5b26d373d54e8ec53c)

Hope that helps

Jeremy