Sunroof repairs
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Sunroof repairs
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what's the score with roof welding? would it be legal to just 'patch' if you remove the sunroof or do you need to get the whole roof and weld on seams?
You can do what you want in that department . Daisy {Darren} has had his roof welded shut and painted looks okay . In fact make that very good .
Any genuine steel roof especially where the tray has rotted is going to be a pig to repair . What ever you decide daniboy good luck with it . Just remember be carefull with welding and the like on the roof its a big expanse of metal and will distort easily . Changing the whole roof is not for the faint harted either , there was a Golf Gti on ebay recently sold as is due to making a mistake trying to change the roof over . It sold for peanuts and would have been good for spares only .
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Imitation Magic Tree - 'Black Ice' smell
Plenty of rust
Embarrasing fuel problem
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MK2 GTI 8v
Imitation Magic Tree - 'Black Ice' smell
Plenty of rust
Embarrasing fuel problem
Porous cooling system!
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Good luck with it,
Mark
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I'd take the roof mechanism out and sand / strip back as much paint and rust as possible from outside and inside (when headlining dropped of course). I'd then fibreglass from underneath and make good with filler on top side. New roof better of course, but you'll prob find some scabs in most factory sunroof roofs. And then there's the hassle of fitting it (!) If you pull off the door trim holding headlining to body of car, you can peak in and see what it looks like from the underside of the roof.
Good luck with it,
Mark
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Thats about the worst i`ve seen, another option would be to install a webasto full sliding roof - roofing the sunroof completely and you`d be cutting out most of the rust eaten metal that shown in the pics….
If you don`t fancy that a glass sunroof ( the biggest you could fit) may be an option although not the choice of most Mk1 owners - might be a lot easier than replacing the roof skin - its about the most difficult panel to weld on a Mk1 due to the chance of distorting it…..
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