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[STREET TWEAKS]

ok here we go and i hope this help someone lol, got the new roof today but not cut the way i asked them to . i asked for 6 to 8 inch left on all 6 post's and it's only bin cut at 5 inch all round , so it made the job a little harder but i can work with it .

so i started preping the new roof and what iam going to do is by cutting out the inside of the a and b post's i can offset all the weld's and will look alot better when it's put on and with alot less weld's and it will still be strong . after cutting out the inside off the a post's iam keeping the inside corners and will put them back in later. and what iam going to do is keep all the inside post's of the car in one peace and weld them back into the new roof frame and then cut the post's on the outside by 4and a half inch so thay over lap by half an inch and weld it back up .

here sum pics as started today .

[minimuk]

Like the action and a god plan, amazin they did not understand 6-8inces,... all prepped measure the windies again

[STREET TWEAKS]

Like the action and a god plan, amazin they did not understand 6-8inces,... all prepped measure the windies again

downloaded a blue print of the car to so going to work out the measureing from there will post that 2moza if i get time .

[minimuk]

Like the action and a god plan, amazin they did not understand 6-8inces,... all prepped measure the windies again

downloaded a blue print of the car to so going to work out the measureing from there will post that 2moza if i get time .

blue-print is good, but most mini's are slightly different from each other, compare blue-print measurements with exsisting measurment on the car.

[SAL 821X]

Some really good work going on here Street-Tweaks.

What sort of filler do you use and paper to sand it down just out of interest?

[STREET TWEAKS]

man what a day lol.

with the roof cut off now and the all the post preped up for the new roof to go on here's sum pics of my work day.

cut the out side of the a and b post's but left the inside's in one peace so thay can be welded back to the inside of the roof frame so that way all the weld's will be offset by 5 inch from inside to outside and iam over laping the outside frame by a quarter of an inch so i can allso drill 4mm hole's and plug weld the overlap to ( just to be on the safe side ) as it is a roof after all.

The last pic is just a test fit not bad at all for a 1st go but more tweaking 2moza before welding .

[STREET TWEAKS]

Some really good work going on here Street-Tweaks.

What sort of filler do you use and paper to sand it down just out of interest?

i ues a filler called upol easysand 1 it's great it's about £15 a tin then i sand it with 80 grit 1st then finnish with a 180 or 240 grit .

hope this helps . wayne

[minimuk]

no messing there Wayne, well done

[STREET TWEAKS]

no messing there Wayne, well done

thanks still a long way to go yet lol

[STREET TWEAKS]

got most of the roof welded today inside and outside here's sum pics tell me what you think .

wayne

[lulu85ritz]

That is some bloody fantastic work there very impressive! It's coming on very nicely!

[sonikk4]

Looking good Wayne. Nothing wrong with the welding.

[minimuk]

had a few cuppa's while doing it,.....looking great Wayne, some of us would take a bit more time doing that kinda job,.. hat of to you sir...

[ToM 2012]

looking good wayne how come you have changed the roof tho? cheers tom

[STREET TWEAKS]

HA HA it got jumped on mate , i was well peaed off .

thanks fellas it getting there slowley , it just looks fast work but iam putting in 9 hour days on it to get it right .