It takes a month to finish weld the chop.
How to chop a roof on a truck.
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Use the electric grinder with the cut off wheel and start a cut on top.
Pay special attention to the way they handle the rear window trent chopping a 1947 ford club coupe.
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Finish cutting the bottom metal from the t cut.
Finally it can take up to a year to finish the bodywork on a bad roof chop.
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It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car.
Make a small t with another cut.
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Any fool can do this.
The previous cuts will allow you to see where the metal needs to cut from inside the vehicle.
Seriously if the doors don t fit right before you cut the roof off a car i can assure you that they won t fit after you weld it back on and the results could be permanent.
Continue toward the front of the car and be careful not to cut through to the upper overlapping.
By chopping just the front of the a pillars and the cap of the roof on these trucks one can actually end up with a 4 inch chop without ever touching the doors side glass back glass or jambs.
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This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up.