sunroof restoration
- Dave Patten
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Re: sunroof restoration
Welding at mid span on sheet metal usually ends up with all kinds of distortion and warping.
If this were me I would take the whole roof skin and replace it. Drill out the spot welds at the wind shield and rear window. Maybe along the gutters place the weld just below the vertical to horizontal crease.
Tyson is the roof magician, maybe he can chime in.
If this were me I would take the whole roof skin and replace it. Drill out the spot welds at the wind shield and rear window. Maybe along the gutters place the weld just below the vertical to horizontal crease.
Tyson is the roof magician, maybe he can chime in.
Re: sunroof restoration
Wow, that's not going to be a fun project. I apologize for whomever cut the hole in the first place.
Perchance was your donor roof removed at the (leaded) seams?
Perchance was your donor roof removed at the (leaded) seams?
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- Mattndew76
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Re: sunroof restoration
What is the appeal of a sun roof? A place to leak water, or ruin the look of a car?
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Re: sunroof restoration
leaded seams??
i cant grasp?
i cant grasp?
- Mattndew76
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Re: sunroof restoration
the leaded seams are where the roof and pillars are spot welded to the chassis, then lead filler is used to smooth over the connection.
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Re: sunroof restoration
Yep, melt the lead out, drill the spot welds and it shouldn't be quite as much work to get the new piece back on relatively straight.
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- two_68_510s
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Re: sunroof restoration
the grey, not rusty part
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Re: sunroof restoration
There is a picture of the c-pillar seam somewhere here, but I can't find it. It is much lower down. I'd forgotten how high up the a-pillar seam is.
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Re: sunroof restoration
so in the end i am replacing the lead
with bondo?
with bondo?
Re: sunroof restoration
Weld. Bondo to smooth the finished product, but Bondo ain't structural.
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Re: sunroof restoration
No use Mar-Glas as it's much more flexable and stronger that bondo. I only use bondo for small easy pings and sealing both ends of a home made M80 for the 4th But if your good you could simply lead back over the area.dat5102dr wrote:so in the end i am replacing the lead
with bondo?
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Re: sunroof restoration
the C pillar joint is where the vents are located ,you can see the two leaded areas just below the vent opening but i see that your new roof has been cut above the factory joint
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Re: sunroof restoration
Yeah, I would use lead, its very easy to work with as long as you keep the heat at lead melt point, I did lots of lead on metal and for me at least it wasn't hard, I actually like it better than bondoThree B's Racing wrote:No use Mar-Glas as it's much more flexable and stronger that bondo. I only use bondo for small easy pings and sealing both ends of a home made M80 for the 4th But if your good you could simply lead back over the area.dat5102dr wrote:so in the end i am replacing the lead
with bondo?
Diego.
Re: sunroof restoration
Or you could use this. See below. By the time you purchase the proper tools to re lead you will be done and moved on to the next part of your build. Repairing with lead is cool and somewhat an art form that is not used by most shops because its time consuming and very few people really know how to properly use / install it anymore. Not to mention the health risks of using and being around lead. I am by now means a tree hugging safety monger but it is a consideration when choosing a product to use.
http://www.uschem.com/index.cfm?page=pr ... tail&id=54
http://www.uschem.com/index.cfm?page=pr ... tail&id=54