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[bigrob]

hi guys and girls,

firstly, a very belated happy new year to everyone :)

secondly, i have a small rust hole in the o/s corner of the roof above the a pillar.

i was wondering whether corner repair panels were available or whether i should just knock up a small patch and weld it in?

also, if anyone has done this before (i'm somehow expecting a few) is there anything i should watch out for or any special tips to follow?

cheers fellas and fellesses,

B R

[Harryracinggreen1990]

gaffa tape?

[Andrew O]

I have done these repairs on my Mini.
I made a patch up for each corner and welded it in, Then gave it a skim of filler.
The filler is the hard bit as its very difficult to get it to look how it should.

Andrew.

[sonikk4]

Unless you can get your hands on a second hand roof then no you will need to make your own sections as they are not available.

[bigrob]

cheers for your replies guys, im pretty handy with knocking up panels and using filler so i'll do it that way. thanks again

[minimk1]

can you put up pictures when you do this as i have a simular repair that i will need to do

[steven]

can you put up pictures when you do this as i have a simular repair that i will need to do

i also have this to do

[bigrob]

yeah i will post up a few as i'm going of the different stage, it wont be for a few weeks though

[richw911]

Chop it out and use Second hand roof parts.

[bigrob]

thats probably a much better way of doing there ^^^

will there not be problems of warping the roof when seeming the top edge? or have i got this wrong?

[richw911]

thats probably a much better way of doing there ^^^

will there not be problems of warping the roof when seeming the top edge? or have i got this wrong?

Stitch weld it? Im no expert though lol

[rotherham]

I've also got to do this,can't it be filled with weld etc...it looks like a smiley face

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[bigrob]

Stitch weld it? Im no expert though lol

yeah makes sense :)


rotherham mine is the same as that but the holes all join together...

[benjy_18]

I did a repair to the o/s/f roof corner on mine, here's a few photos of how I did it...







Came out virtually invisible and will only need a light skim of filler

Ben

[sonikk4]

I've also got to do this,can't it be filled with weld etc...it looks like a smiley face

There is more rust there than just those holes so you will need to cut that out. If it was just the holes then yes you could fill with weld.