Sunroof removal/re-sheetmetal- Any advice????

[protocolski]

  Sorry to start a new thread, but i posted last week about opinions on removing a crappy after market sunroof on my 72 SE.  Overall consensus seemed to be take it out, and I have gotten some feedback about it messing up the roof curvature, ect.  So does anyone gave advice how to do the job?  How not to mess it up??? Merry Christmas!!!!

[SFbullitt]

If you take out the runroof, the CORRECT thing to do is replace the entire roof. 

[Charger-Bodie]

If you take out the runroof, the CORRECT thing to do is replace the entire roof. 

it can be done with a piece of sheet metal but if youre are not a VERY good welder id have pro do it ..maybe you could go back it time and get the piece they cut out!! just kiddin....in a case like this you would be best off useing a used piecs from a similer car ,reason being the similer alloys will weld better than some of the newer alloys but if you cant get a used piece get mild steel.....and one last thing sfbullit is right the set way is to replace the roof skin

[Daytona R/T SE]

Replace the roof SKIN do not mess with the underlying braces - just replace the skin...It's not hard, I just did one on my 69...there's just a whole lot of spotwelds to grind away in the drip rail area Both the front and rear glass have to come out to access the spotwelds there.