Sunroof tray removal ?

[BATTS91]

Ive had a look in the wiki and search but cant find anything .

Has anyone got experiance , tips , hints , easy hard .
Isit just a case of drilling spot welds out ?? . I need mine out due to rust issues as can been seen in Photo Gallery

[Jimbob]

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75091

I thought it was a bitch of a job to be honest, the biggest issue is taking your time with the glue, e.g. when you have finished drilling out the spot welds and cut through the corner tabs there's a shit load of glue still on it and you've got to be patient so you don't kink the roof.

[Grrrmachine]

Open the Wiki
Click "Bodywork"
Click "Roof"
Click "Sunroof"

and it's in there:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... nroof_Tray

[BATTS91]

Thanks Jimbob thats an interesting read , just the confidence i needed on page two for welding and bonding in the sunroof.

Thanks Grrr , I've been using the search bar in the wiki not click click like you say . cheers

[Grrrmachine]

It's much better to go to "All Wiki Pages" at the top and hit Ctrl + F on your keyboard if you want a "search" feature. The Wiki one really is useless.

[BATTS91]

Cheers grr

Right guys another quick one . Whats best to use out of these two spot weld removers ? Or no difference ? Cheers

[jimbom30cab]

The bottom ones look better. Wish you all the best and take my hat off to you doing this, I need to do the same so will be reading this with great interest , cheers jim

[BATTS91]

I was thinking the bottom too , appears like it will be able to locate into a centre punch indent .

Thanks i shall be doing this as soo as i have got a heat gun and remover , i have a thread in Photo Gallery i shall be updateing as i go along .

[powelly]

Top ones, the bottom ones are crap, from memory you have to centre punch the spot before you drill,not good on a roof skin. proper sharp spot weld drill is just the job, no need to re invent the wheel, go for an 8mm.

[DanThe]

/\ what he said

[BATTS91]

Cherrs guys ill grab one tomorrow and start work .

So best not get an automatic centre punch ? Like you say if i get a sharp drill bit it will be ok , i have a decent Ryobi cordless drill so that wont be a problem .