closing sunroof

[cataloney]

i have 70 240z. the previous owner open sunroof in top of it.

i want to close it before i paint the car.

can you help me do it in the correct way so in the future won't be visible.

[nix240z]

new roof skin from a donor 240, 260 or 280z coupe.

[grannyknot]

I think you are asking, how do you go about having a solid roof again with no sunroof at all and have the roof look like it was never cut up, yes?

If that is what you want to know, then you need to find a very good auto bodyshop, it is not the kind of job you want to give to an inexperienced shop. The hole in the roof needs to have sheet metal welded into place then ground smooth without warping the existing metal, then the imperfections will then be smoothed out with filler, lots of sanding and then paint.

As nix240z says, you could also have the whole skin of the roof replaced.

Find a good body shop first and see what they recommend.

good luck

 

[Patcon]

nix240z has done this on his own Z, and he knows what it takes. You could try to patch the hole but it is hard to do with out warping the roof. The best method is re-skinning the whole roof about 150 spot welds...