advice needed

[94vrcaprice]

i have hail damage on my roof ive been offerd a whole roof just need to drill out the spot welds or would i be better off to get the dents filled in or get the new roof welded on? im geting a full respray and have all the other panels i need

 

[Zeussy]

:hmmm: Probly a matter of personal opinion. How bad is your roof? Are you any good with a hammer and dolly? lol

IMO, I'd fix the roof thats on there, after changing a rear quarter panel on my VY I found that its better to repair what you've got instead of replacing. Its just a heap of mucking around that could be spent on fixing/panel beating the roof thats on there. That way its still all sealed, (reasonably) rust proof, and you don't have to muck around lining things up.

I wouldn't just bog over the dents, definately try and panel beat them out some, then a thing skim over the whole roof.

But, thats all just my opinion, I'm not a panel beater and am not going to be spending hour after hour panel beating your roof lol,
They can remove all the dents in the roof paintless dent removal/rub them out, so it shouldn't be too hard to fix up for a panel beater.

 

[customvlcommy]

hail dents in the roof is a pain spent a few days at my old work on one roof because the metal is so light its easy to heat it up just by sanding it and it makes uppy dents haha around the bog but its upp to you if i had the moeny to put a new roof on my VR i would i just left my hail dmage CBF fixing it

 

[94vrcaprice]

im getting full respray ive been offerd a full roof just have to remove it i want the car to look **** hot i plan to spend a bit of coin on it. its allready dumped on its ass looking to chuck a supercharger on at a later date

 

[customvlcommy]

id say replace the roof mate if you want it to look hot

 

[Andrew426]

im getting full respray ive been offerd a full roof just have to remove it i want the car to look **** hot i plan to spend a bit of coin on it. its allready dumped on its ass looking to chuck a supercharger on at a later date

Buy another body perhaps, and rebody it? sounds a hell of a lot less pissing about than replacing all these panels

 

[admir87]

repair the dents mate... slowly but surely you will get there, they might need a light skim of bodyfill, then after highfill it will look sweet....

cutting the roof out would be a pain mate, matching up all the gaps between 4 doors and roof, and front part, too much mucking around

 

[illusionalvr]

get a window lifter and try and pull the dints out if they arent that bad. someone needs to create something that creates a vaccum and sucks the metal til its flush with the other surfaces of metal.

oh by the way zeussy, why didnt you take the car back to holden when you realised they forgot door handles?

 

[Zeussy]

lmao illusionalvr

I wish they came without doorhandles, was seriously thinking of getting new skins made up with out the cutouts for them, but realised by the time I do all that its wayyy cheaper and easier to plate them
I think they stuffed up my paint job though :rofl2: its all primered up two tone style!

 

[illusionalvr]

haha. black with dark blue pearl would look sick push button to open doors?

on topic, ive heard from people that once a panel is bent out of shape, it finds it a lot easier once repaired to go back to that shape. if you decide to have a go yourself, try not to crease or stretch the metal, because there isnt no coming back from there.