How To Chop The Roof Off Of A Toyota Truck

I ve had the roof cut off this thing for 14 years but don t drive it much.

How to chop the roof off of a toyota truck.

I was expecting it to be pretty spendy but labor and materials was only 500. Photo 15 33 toyota pickup chop top progress replacement roof skin 14. A pack of harbor freight cut off discs a sazall blade a couple beers and 500 for a top. The person who did the 2nd chop replaced the roof panel with one from the 53 chev and then ran 1 inch beads every 6 inches to minimize the heat and then hammer welded the panel back to shape.

Redneck convertible cut roof off 4 door gmc jimmy suv truck duration. Did we go a little overboard. The roof is reattachable but is not finished. Brand x used a 73 to 87 chevy fullsize pickup replacement roof skin to fill over the roof and make it solid.

I finished off the roof welds using a 120v mig welder and it was very difficult to do. Not bad it buttons on the sides and back and has a metal rail that a rubber seam fits in on the roof the keep the water out. When i bought my truck the dealer had the oem roof rack installed on it. The drip channels when you install the rack you remove the drip channels and the holes are under a layer of tape you cut the tape to expose the holes and the front plastic clips that retain the drip channel are snapped off with a screwdriver my thought is that when you.

I haven t done any extra bracing. Brand x customs shows us how to chop the roof an a 1989 1995 toyota truck. The roof line above the windshield is angle stock cut in from each side towards the middle bent to fit and welded back solid then capped at the bottom with a 1 2 inch square tubing.