replacing the roof?
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Hello i did a search but couldnt find anything, is this really hard to do? I assume the car will need bracing etc? Any ideas, cheers, gav

This is certainly not a job to undertake lightly!

Benross is the best man to comment here as he has done this on his own car.

Sorry i should have mentioned i wont be doing it but the bodyshop as its in there now

Get ready for a large bill then........

ah thought you might say that, theres nothing wrong with the roof now apart from i hate the sunroof being there so i may leave it...

My minis had a new roof, its got one on top of the other

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

it is time consuming

i purchased my roof skin off of Rover 380 pounds when they were still going

firstley i cut the roof off with a slitting disk, leavng about 3" all around the sides

then you can get in the middle of the mini and start to clean ALL around the the edges using P40 production paper revealing all the spot welds and there are LOADS!

then once you have found them you need to drill these out and then start to peel the old roof skin back using a sharp bolster chizle

after you have removed it you can dress the job up

fitt the new roof on and clamp it all down using around 10 forked mole claps

then attack with a spot welder it should take you aroun 2 hours with the spot welder its bull work!

the problem is... getting hold of a new roof skin NOW!

i know you can get plastic or grp ones but they are not as strong

having said that if the guy is very skillfull he should be able to tig or mig a plate in the hole and then sort it that way

good luck!

i can get one new for £120 cheers for the info, very helpful thanks.

Edited by t3gav on 26th Jun, 2006.

NEW! ??? if so i got ripped off!

yeah plus minispares sell them for £140 plus vat new, not sure if genuine rover though.

sorry dude, where did you get yours from?

Team Racing

forgot to mention it will also have a full cage fitted, i have seen some just spot welded and then bonded on, is this a big no no?

i was going with a carbon one on my last car with it having a full cage. bit more weight saving! not on this car though but thats only because the roof isnt full of dings like the last one.

oh there £140 plus vat or summat like that and they're genuine!

Oh lord, dont go to the ballache of fitting a new roof just for the sake of a hole for a sunroof! Just chop a bit of roof out of another/scrapped mini and weld it in. I know fillers not ideal, but its a better option than a new roof. I've seen this done many many times, infact i have to do it on my van, as some nobber fited a hole to a 62 morris :-@

Jogg (sp) the edge and set the new roof in, it'll be far more cost effective.

Edited by andeh on 26th Jun, 2006.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

sorry feebs but i would be inclined to agree with jimster buddy

Worrying!

Do you think it might have been in an accident? Or just because whoever it was couldnt be bothered getting rid of all the dents? Ill track down the guy again and ask him.

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Have a look at this:

http://home.online.no/~lyngset/minebilder.cfm

now thats a cut and shut vegard

thats worrying feebs
yours is not in the same leauge