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This Wheeler Dealers Toyota Celica project had one of the dreaded aftermarket sunroofs, so they went with Plan B to fix it - filling the hole with a piece of sheet metal rather than replacing the entire roof. The extensive weld-and-fill process was left off, but the video does show cutting and tacking the panel beginning at 22:30

 

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1 hour ago, Patcon said:

So they had 11 something in it and sold it for 12k which didn't include the 54 manhours...

The english wheel is a must for making a good patch, but I suspect it takes some practice to get it right

Totally agree.  Tacking on a panel that large and matching the roof curvature is probably not something  easily accomplished by a beginner out behind the garage.  Lots of grinding, smoothing, shaping, and hoping nothing warps from the welding heat would be quite a task.  The Celica roof panel Ant worked on looked perfect when finished.  I don't remember them saying, "Your results may vary.".

Dennis

 

 

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Apparently never heard of 3m panel bonding adhesives (or one of several other brands). Welding is SO yesterday..... (said the man who thinks EFI is something new and cool....)

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3 hours ago, zKars said:

Apparently never heard of 3m panel bonding adhesives (or one of several other brands). Welding is SO yesterday..... (said the man who thinks EFI is something new and cool....)

I thought about panel bond too. Since he didn't do a butt weld and had the nice lap it would have been easy to panel bond that in and move on

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