How To Chop A Roof On A Truck

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How to chop a roof on a truck.

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. How to chop a top page 1 want to chop a top. Read this before you chop. While every type of car is different the lessons here can be used on any car from technical points things to look for and things to take into consideration.

It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car. Finally it can take up to a year to finish the bodywork on a bad roof chop. It takes one weekend to chop the top and tack weld it back on. It takes a month to finish weld the chop.

By pete sanchez aka 49flatty. Sep 18 2019 explore jeremy hall s board roof chop on pinterest. Continue toward the front of the car and be careful not to cut through to the upper overlapping. Pay special attention to the way they handle the rear window trent chopping a 1947 ford club coupe.

See more ideas about rat rods truck rat rod pickup hot rod pickup. The previous cuts will allow you to see where the metal needs to cut from inside the vehicle. Use the electric grinder with the cut off wheel and start a cut on top. This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up.

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.