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ddewhurst
09-06-2005, 02:54 PM
Ok folks, I knew the car had a sun roof when I bought it. I had never looked at one previously. There is a bunch of steel associated with the sun roof :blink: I understand that a person can bolt the roof in & forget about it.
After eliminating the sun roof & supporting steel how have you closed the hole ?
Make up a piece of sheet metal to overlap the hole.
Weld or rivets--your choice.
If you weld, butt it and be careful about warp.
A good source of sheet metal is a section of roof from a non-sunroof model car, or a flat hood, etc.
Finish to your heart's content (bondo, etc.), but if you just rivet, think about sealing it.
Chris Wire
09-06-2005, 10:03 PM
Originally posted by ddewhurst@Sep 6 2005, 02:54 PM
Ok folks, I knew the car had a sun roof when I bought it. I had never looked at one previously. There is a bunch of steel associated with the sun roof :blink: I understand that a person can bolt the roof in & forget about it.
After eliminating the sun roof & supporting steel how have you closed the hole ?
59721
After removing all of the mechanisms, I simply made up two straps of 1.5" steel and them permanently welded in place across the opening by bodyshop.com.
Simply drill 3 holes in each strap to accomodate the 3 studs on the OEM steel panel and bolt in accordingly.
benracin
09-08-2005, 04:25 PM
My beauty has two bolts in the back corners that just go through the panel and then through the top of the car. I went around and put silicon in all the drain holes because water was coming in. Easy peasy.
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