ROOF OFF?!

[Poochimama]

Poochi Question to da buggers: Ive never liked my box camper roof and only see use IF the insides decked out like warrens,sink,stove when u need to stand up in it,i dont have that!
Lucky as i have a brothers whos an A class Welder and was thinkn of removing it the roof,and replacing the hole.
QUESTION: Who has a  roof cut out,that i can replace it with,dont need entire roof...How do i go about it?
Is there anyone in Melb that may of converted thr roof to a camper and kept there cut out roof,i want to buy it..lol!!
Any other suggestions,please do tell!
Steve said it cant be replaced with just another bit of metal as i thought,lol..a beddy roof has a bend in it,spewn..everythings got to be the hard way with a beddy huh?
Cheers
Poochi

[Warren]

Poochie

If I were you I would keep it, but if you do want to replace it, most of the curve in the roof is around the gutters so a roof of a eightys wagon or van may be used.

Warren

[BusyKiwi]

Easy, just deck out the insides ;0)

[Bas / NZ]

put one of Ben's fibre glass roofs on, well get him to lay up the part you need.....

[rizzo]

Hi Shelly i have done the same replaced pop up top to std van i replaced the whole roof with a glass one from Ben fitted new gutters you will have to make extra roof braces where the hole is i also glassed the inside of the hole for extra strength  mine has taken time for the lack of income but when done looks great you cant tell   remove all the paint and use sikaflex 227 auto adhesive check out the sikaflex web site  when my daughter gets back i will get her to post some photos  good luck rizzo

[aka5000]

Hey Shell I could help ya out with a full roof, I was gonna do the same with my camper but sold it instead.
Alex

[hotrod]

Shell, if you get a steel roof why not consider glueing it on.  NO DISTORTION, no grinding
I used the 3M panelbond stuff  to replace a  side window and to put a panel across the top of the back doors, cost $90 but magic stuff.
 

[Poochimama]

Hey Shell I could help ya out with a full roof, I was gonna do the same with my camper but sold it instead.
Alex

Hey Hun, Dont need a full roof, the gutters just been done on mine,My brother put alot of hours in fixing that so i couldnt tare the entire roof of to replace it,but THANKYOU for thinkn of me!
Benno just showed me a different version of a pop top he has,look into that?
Thanks again for yr suggestion!

Shell, if you get a steel roof why not consider glueing it on.  NO DISTORTION, no grinding
I used the 3M panelbond stuff  to replace a  side window and to put a panel across the top of the back doors, cost $90 but magic stuff.
 

Rodman...ill ask steve about yr suggestions,thats out of my league considering im not putting it in,tell steve yr idea tonite,THANKYOU aswell..all these great ideas,yay!

Thanks everyone,appreciate it!

[Poochimama]

Hi Shelly i have done the same replaced pop up top to std van i replaced the whole roof with a glass one from Ben fitted new gutters you will have to make extra roof braces where the hole is i also glassed the inside of the hole for extra strength  mine has taken time for the lack of income but when done looks great you cant tell   remove all the paint and use sikaflex 227 auto adhesive check out the sikaflex web site  when my daughter gets back i will get her to post some photos  good luck rizzo

Lookn forward to the photos Rizz,interested to see what you have done??

[ben]

Shell, if you get a steel roof why not consider glueing it on.  NO DISTORTION, no grinding
I used the 3M panelbond stuff  to replace a  side window and to put a panel across the top of the back doors, cost $90 but magic stuff.
 

agreed!  make sure you pull the screws out before it fully cures.. or yu'll be grinding them off!!