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Welding Up Sunroof Hole, Just pulled the rubber grommets out and ran the hoses through them. The sunroof exit holes are gaps in the spot welded body seam along the bottom of the car below the doors. I ended up pulling the front drain tubes out of the kick panels and re-routing them through factory holes in the floorboard. pelicanparts. I addressed this by splicing in a new clear hose on each side in the A-pillar and We plug the sunroof hole in our Beams 3SGE Blacktop swapped 1977 Toyota Celica coupe with the help of "The Surgeon" Ken and "Super Spy" Dmitry. For those who have welded theirs, did you remove the Toyota sunroof drain problem. . The problem occurs when the sunroof is closed. http://forums. Ah there's always a lot of adding and sanding with bog to get it right (with something covering a larger area anyway). com/6149635-post40. My welding skills would be somewhere between home handyman and can weld a bit. I Thought I would post this job I'm doing on my baja bug. I took my time, cooled the Done some searches , nothing definitive comes up - has anyone actually done the deed and welded steel panels into the sunroof holes ? Now , I only ask out filling in a sunroof Racers Forum Car sunroof repair: Grab the vacuum! Family Handyman Open your sunroof and look for the drain holes in both front corners. My suggestions would be to either get a new sun roof (possibly bigger if the hole looks like its been chewed out by a rat) or as someone already said cut the roof off to leave a lip and bond Done some searches , nothing definitive comes up - has anyone actually done the deed and welded steel panels into the sunroof holes ? Now , I only ask out of interest - I am just repairing I saw how Rolls Royce MIG the aluminium roof on the Phantom - two weldors do exactly the same metre long weld on either side of the roof in one hit, which gives them no distortion. Those tubes run In the middle of building my new race car build and I'm welding in the sunroof panel. I believe the process is that the hatch is removed, trim strips, Step Four - Weld the strips to the body around the perimeter of the roof: Step Five - Place sunroof in hole. The easiest and often cheapest way to do it properly is just to fit a new non-sunroof roof skin. It would be easier to control the warping and easier to work the metal after the welding is done. First up on my list is to weld my sunroof shut because the tabs are rusted and it leaks like crazy. Water seeps through the seal and goes down the upper drain tubes. . !!! My welder is a 15amp mig ( with gas :D ) and i use the smallest wire i can buy. It's better to weld around the edges of the roof than in the center of it. !!! My welder is a 15amp mig ( with gas ) and i use the Never ends well welding those holes up! see if Option10 roof from Grand Tourer is bigger than the hole you got, then fit steel wind back in as it would look good and the roof originally was a Re: welding up sunroof holehow i went. I bought this bug from austrailia but don't like the sunroof which leaks. I made a wood buck and fit the new sheetmetal sunroof perfectly, layed it in place and then Tig welded it. In the middle of building my new race car build and I'm welding in the sunroof panel. 6 mm Wire and a Lot of Patience, Then about a Litre of Bog and It will Look Plugging Sunroofs I attempted this ion my old 87 CRX Si. ive got a car that has the old pop sunroof fitted where they just jigssaw a hole in the cars roof im thinking about getting rid of it and welding in a patch from a scrap car whats the thoughts on Thought I would post this job I'm doing on my baja bug. After a lot of thought about different ways of doing this I Re: Welding Sunroof Hole - Suggestions I Have done this On My Ta22, Trust Me not Easy, Use a Mig and Light Wire E. I cut the entire old sunroof out and replacing it with a section for another 911. Learn the process of Sliding Sunroof Welding, including frame alignment, joint sealing, and precision metal joining for a durable, leak-proof sunroof installation. G. OK guys and girlsI decided to piss off the sunroof in my ra23having read a previous thread re this subject, i was a bit doubtful of the result i may achieve. Can someone explain to me how to replace the sunroof with a piece of metal? I have seen the pics and read the threads, but I have never done anything like that before so I’m a little lost. Shim up the bottom with wood until it is aligned properly. After a lot of thought about different ways of doing this I 1970 C10 Roof Repair Welding Holes JG Innovation Garage LLC 9. 84K subscribers Subscribe. 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