2012 Baja
500 Roll Over Repairs
The Damage
The Repairs Begin
Damaged Roof Removal 1
Damaged Roof Removal 2
Engine/Transaxle Mount Repairs
Installing the New Roof
Repairing the Bumpers
On the Wheels Again
Body Work and Paint
Damaged roof removal and replacement
Making templates of the undamaged windows so we can use
them to help fit the new roof correctly.
Left rear window.
Rear window template
Marking the rear window template with the new roof's cut
lines. We do this to make sure we
cut the old roof off while leaving enough of the pillars on the car to mate
up to the new roof.
Marking the new roof cut line on the left rear window
template
Transferring the cut lines to the car.
We're careful to mark and cut so that we leave enough
material to trim back for a perfect fit. You can
see that we marked the cut a little generously. We don't want to have to
"fill gaps", but if necessary
we'll tack some filler plates behind the surface gaps to close them up.......
Trevor cutting off the old roof.
Hope the new roof fits this well!
The "Old" and the "New"
The easy part is done, now for the tricky part!
The Damage
The Repairs Begin
Damaged Roof Removal 1
Damaged Roof Removal 2
Engine/Transaxle Mount Repairs
Installing the New Roof
Repairing the Bumpers
On the Wheels Again
Body Work and Paint
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