Anybody replaced a roof on 3rd gen? How did it turn out?

 

how would you replace the roof when it's part of the unibody??? and bigger picture please

 

i swear this guy is just trying to make his post count go up by posting random threads...use the search button please and stop making useless threads.

- Pull and fix the roof
- Leatherseats.com
- go to dealership get the gasket
- Your pictures suck! Take larger ones next time
- stop posting stupid threads
- use the search button

 

Hard to tell with that picture why you need the roof replaced. What happened?

 

I feel like I'm looking at that photo from outer space.

 

There is a shop in OK I've seen swap roof, quarter panel, etc etc..
In fact, I saw one car with an entire rear passenger side cut out (including part of the roof) and reattached with zero wheel alignment issues - really is impressive stuff to watch;

 

There's the usual rows of spot welds on the roof. Other than several sharp drill bits, (or a good spot weld drill) supporting the shell during the procedure and persistence, nothing much else needed. Looks quite repairable without that effort though.

 

Looks like you decided to put your RX into another vehicle. Maybe next time you can take a picture of your full roof rather than some MySpace angle of it.

 

It's obvious your the one trying to up your post count by posting twice in a row and not editing your own post? The thread topic is valid. There is a seam weld on the roof that separates the roof from the body.

 

But then you could see if his car was fat or not.

 

You may not even need to replace the roof skin. A body shop can repair it by welding a bunch of little studs to the skin and then they pull the dent out slowly with a slide hammer. Whenever this is done the metal is weakened because it has been stretched. So the next time it is hit with something it may not hold up as well as a new panel. Once the dent is pulled, the skin gets sanded, body filler is applied to smooth out the surface and then it is painted.

If the structure of the roof is damaged, then like others have said, the seam welds will need to be drilled out, roof removed and any structural damaged repaired. Any competent body shop can do this.

 

I replaced my roof because of a fire that occured throughout the vehicle. The fire warped the metal and i guess compromised the dexterity of the metal. besides it was rusted up pretty bad when I picked it up from the junk yard. check out the photos on my flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/3723516...7615827642166/

 

Projects like this always amazes me. Great job on bringing one back from the dead.

 

excuse me sir, was I talking to you? excuse me if i'm wrong about it being part of the unibody, but that "picture" he posted can easily be pulled. Also he could have combined the 5 thread he started within 30 mins of each other into one.

 

That could be repaired easy, But i would not want any filler in my car. No matter how small of a amount it was. Buy a new roof skin and have a good bodyshop fit it. And have the seams lead worked not filler. Do it the right way

 

Just have it repaired, its not that much damage, easy fix for a good body shop...