roof skin..

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:31 pm

how much work would it be for a garage to replace the roof skin on an e30 roughly with/ without paint? has anybody had it done on here?..

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:40 pm

Only person on here I can think of is royalratch.

have a look for his resto thread as i'm sure he had that done at some point.

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:49 pm

ok thanks mate

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:54 pm

Please Lord, not another quattroporte with a rotten roof that will end up being fragged

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:01 pm

how did i know id get a post from you..

thanks for the sympathy

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:01 pm

Didn't Fiddler's moredoor have a new roof?

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:02 pm

might cut tho roof off and have a 4 door converible

Post Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:14 pm

il see if i can find out about royalratch and fiddlers roofs. i have two small blisters next to the sunroof and its been bugging me for ages.

Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:15 am

x-works put a new roof skin in...

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=108356

Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:47 pm

Diddlers roof is original.

There was a Lachs silver 4dr C2 2.7 on here not so long ago that had a new roof skin.

Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:02 pm

A friend of mine had a new roof fitted to his 4 door. £1,700 with paint, and it is a perfect job. That excludes the cost of the roof. I'd be surprised if anybody will do a proper job for less than £1k sadly - not a cheap area to fix!

Post Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:11 pm

that is more than i expected. my dads mate has got a bodyshop so ill see what he thinks hopfully will just be able to treat and repare it as its hardly noticable at the moment

Post Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:43 am

The least you'll need to do is remove the headlining, remove the sunroof cassette and clean up the rust- guaranteed it'll be pretty horrific. Attacking it with a wire brush in a grinder before painting with Kurust will hold it back for a while.

Post Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:47 am

Luckily the Chinese do not mind a bubble or three

Post Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:59 am

Andyboy wrote:The least you'll need to do is remove the headlining, remove the sunroof cassette and clean up the rust- guaranteed it'll be pretty horrific. Attacking it with a wire brush in a grinder before painting with Kurust will hold it back for a while.

This, I recently broke a moredoor with a few bubbles in the roof, when I peeled back part of the head lining, it was as though someone had emptied a box of cornflakes at the top of the B pillars.

@Pacer, Pete I'm going to call you this afternoon please pick up

Post Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:42 pm

thanks any ill have a look under headlining when i get a chance to see how bad it is

Post Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:02 pm

Yeah It was my 4 door c2 that had that thread on a while back. What do you want to know?

Post Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:39 pm

£400 for the roofskin (back in 2007!) and that was heavily discounted. £1000 labour / paint etc.

Its because the drainage channels get blocked with crap and back up with moisture / water and it sits there. You only know when you get bubbles on the paint.

Prevent it by blowing out the channels every 6 months with an airline.

Mine is now waxoiled and seamsealed up to the max.

A great time to do a solid roof conversion or fir power sunroof etc.

Post Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:50 pm

fiddler on the roof lol

i have a good 4dr roof here .

i'd courier it for you if needed.

Post Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:41 pm

Fiddler on the youth , more like it !

Keep up the good work Mick , between us we should get a medal / award for our good work !

Post Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:51 pm

Royalratch wrote:Its because the drainage channels get blocked with crap and back up with moisture / water and it sits there. You only know when you get bubbles on the paint.

Prevent it by blowing out the channels every 6 months with an airline.

Roof rot only really effects E30's with sunroofs.

The common cause isnt so much the drains blocking, its the lack of protection in the area where the sun roof tray is bonded to the roof skin.

Water gets past the sunroof seal and flows through the tray and out of the drains. Moisture still lingers here and gets between the tray and skin.

Post Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:53 pm

pacerpete wrote:Fiddler on the youth , more like it !

Keep up the good work Mick , between us we should get a medal / award for our good work !

i only bought that black one so i can test my new purchase out .....

a stihl saw

Post Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:58 pm

magpie wrote:
pacerpete wrote:Fiddler on the youth , more like it !

Keep up the good work Mick , between us we should get a medal / award for our good work !
i only bought that black one so i can test my new purchase out .....

a stihl saw

You foooking executive ! I 'restore' my moredoors with a 9" grinder !