With the cage removed, putting on the skin goes really smoothly. I still need to do some fitting but here is a peek at the car with the roof sitting on the cage of the vehicle. Coming along, as they say!

In the next week or so, it will be welded and epoxied down. I am going to try a product 3M has to "glue" in the window frames and the drain troughs. I will weld the tabs on the inside of the roof.

If anyone has experience with the glue for this application, give me your feedback. I will share mine

Nov 15, 2015 Update

So, I put the roof on in September. Time to update this post.

You want to remove your roof skin. I really liked doing it this way. It made it really easy to make sure the position of the new skin was right. No weird welds in the pillars. Came together really clean. Note, use a grinder to get this off. The spot weld bit is not worth it for this job. Use a cut off wheel and a grinder.

I tried to upload a littler video capturing the process of removing the roof and the risks of a sunroof car. Didn't work so I will have to put that up on YouTube.

Tools used

-30 3" clamps

-3M 08115 panel bond (use this one, no other)

-Flex-E 6000 non sag sealer (P10491)

-Dual chamber caulking gun.

-A friend

Be sure to line up your roof, cut it so that the seams are close. You will need to tack it down with machine screws once you have positioned it and try your front and rear windshield out before you glue this bad boy down. Install the seal and the window. Make sure it is sitting in properly. Reposition if necessary.

Pull out the windshields and the rubber. Remove the screws. Mark, the ones you like. These will help you put it in the same place when you get out the glue.

Put in your drainage tubes if you are running a sunroof car! Make sure they are extra long so you can pull them up in case you burn them when you weld the corners.

NOTE: Even though this glue is super strong, you should weld in a few spots. Welds are more ductile than the glue and could help keep your roof on in case you are in an accident with your car!

Make sure that all the surfaces you are gluing are ground clean metal. Otherwise, the glue will not hold well.

Load up the 3M 08115 panel bond and install the mixing tube. Let it rip. Dispose of the first 1" or so of the mixture as the 2 compounds may not have mixed well.

-Run a bead all the way around the roof.

-With a friend ( you will need one for this), lay the roof skin on and use the machine screws with you like to make sure the roof is in the right place. Tighten through those holes again

-Get out your clamps and clamp the roof down.

Once you have all the clamps in place, run a bead of the Flex E6000 all the way around the interior of the roof to the cage of the car. Do this after, not before. It will interfere with the 3M08115 if you do it before.

Let everything sit for a day or so until everything is good and cured.

Weld the inner tabs and the corners. Do this carefully if you are dealing with a sunroof car. You don't want to burn your tubes.