I wonder if someone may be able to offer advice on the following situation:
Could somebody please explain in detail what would be involved in replacing the roof skin, of a Toyota Avensis Strata and explain the procedure that would have been carried out from start to finish?
Well the normal route is to give your car & your credit card to the body shop & then the car comes back the shape it's supposed to be & after you've seen the credit card bill you vow to never again buy a new car/ not buy comprehensive insurance.
I do have comprehensive insurance, and the body shop got paid.
They claimed they had to replace the roof skin, some months later after the roof trim came loose I had another panel beater inspect the roof and he is of the opinion that the roof skin was not replaced.
What I am trying to find out from someone with a knowledge of carrying out this type of repair is how would this job be done. If somebody could give details of this please I would much appreciate your comments.
Eamon ( snipped-for-privacy@eircom.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
All the interior and exterior trim above the waistline stripped out, windscreen removed, tailgate removed, sunroof tray (if it's got a sunroof) removed), all the spotwelds drilled/ground out, old skin removed, new one in place, spotwelded back in, whole upper half of car resprayed, all trim refitted, new windscreen (since it's bonded)....
Then marvel at all the new squeeks, rattles, leaks and gaps the interior's gained...
Thank you for your reply, and yes I wash the car myself now.
Adrian, could you please advise if I am correct with the following...
In order to know for sure if the roof skin was replaced the interior and exterior trim would have to me removed
2.To check if it is spotwelded
If the windscreen was removed could it have been replaced with a windscreen that has the same markings as the original ?i.e. "Toyota" "Pilkington" "Laminated" "E1" "43R-001585" "Dot 682-M1250-AS1" ".." "3"
Little known fact - if you don't wash a car for more than 4 years or so (depends on car + location) it sets up a self-cleaning system, and takes care of itself.
Is the gutter trim still off? yes There is some type of adhesive there I will try later to remove some of this adhesive so I can see... Will let you know later
To replace a roof skin would they have to remove both the bonded windscreen and the rear windscreen?
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