SJVWC Forums

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Roof  (Read 13328 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

VWPANZER1

  • Member SJVWC ------- Charter Member-------Past Presidant------- Club Co-Founder
  • Club Vice President
  • PLATINUM Member
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 2432
  • Member SJVWC
    • SJVWC Charter Member
Roof
« on: June 25, 2020, 05:24:08 pm »
     Need a roof for a friend that's chopping a top.
                   I think any year will do.
Logged

6T5 square

  • PLATINUM Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5795
Re: Roof
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2020, 08:53:57 am »
makes you wonder what happened to the one he cut off?
Logged
John
60 Beetle- Ned
65 1500S Squareback-Weezer gone but not forgotten
2014 Jetta
Dont know everything but I'll try and learn
Friends don't let friends drive 6 volts
Obnoxious objector??

VWPANZER1

  • Member SJVWC ------- Charter Member-------Past Presidant------- Club Co-Founder
  • Club Vice President
  • PLATINUM Member
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 2432
  • Member SJVWC
    • SJVWC Charter Member
Re: Roof
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2020, 12:19:41 pm »
  While there are a couple of ways to chop a top, the classic way is to cut the roof so that the A, B pillars, and back window alien.

   That means slicing pieces out of the roof to make this alignment happen.

   To fill the empty spaces, the best way is to use an original roof. With its similar metal and the correct contours.

Logged

Gunterwagen (Nick C.)

  • PLATINUM Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 247
Re: Roof
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2020, 06:17:16 am »
Quote from: 6T5 square on June 26, 2020, 08:53:57 am
makes you wonder what happened to the one he cut off?

Maybe they were trying to make it into a convertible?
Logged
Could be better, could be worse, could be in a hearse.

VWPANZER1

  • Member SJVWC ------- Charter Member-------Past Presidant------- Club Co-Founder
  • Club Vice President
  • PLATINUM Member
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 2432
  • Member SJVWC
    • SJVWC Charter Member
Re: Roof
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2020, 07:38:58 pm »
  No, he wasn't trying to make a convertible.

  You still use the original roof. You're removing 3,4 or more inches from the A and B posts and the side window. Some customizers also chop the back window. when the pieces are removed, and you place the roof back on, nothing lines up.

   Think of it this way; take an ice cream cone and cut an inch out of the middle and try and put it together.  Got it?

Like I said there are a number of ways to do this, none is for the faint of heart.








https://www.google.com/search?q=chopping+a+vw+beetle+top&sxsrf=ALeKk00YXKS4yYPgXEOOB34PtcCp8Xnxxw:1593300078159&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid8bapkaPqAhV3oHIEHQeWCy8Q_AUoA3oECAsQBQ&biw=1018&bih=664
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »