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smooth roof anyone??

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smooth roof anyone??

Post by shadrack » Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:15 pm

nice little smoothing of the roof mod i did today whilst bored without the rest of the car back.....
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Post by Sanj » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:01 pm

Nice, now get some decent pics of that. Standards slipping! One of the first to the mod, give it some justice!

Well done buddy, looks good. :thumbsup:

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Re: smooth roof anyone??

Post by tubs » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:05 pm

Can you take a picture of the roof please to see what is seen etc Cheers
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Post by X5Sport » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:06 pm

What did you fill the holes with in the end?
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Re: smooth roof anyone??

Post by Sanj » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:07 pm

Polyfilla? :D

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Post by Raj » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:17 pm

I think I like it.... :?

It looks good and certainly different. Not sure if I'd do it myself though...hmmm
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Post by Sanj » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:22 pm

[quote=""Raj""]Not sure if I'd do it myself though...hmmm[/quote]

Why? Not like you got any mates to carry up there like me???
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Re: smooth roof anyone??

Post by Raj » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:36 pm

[quote=""Sanj""][quote=""Raj""]Not sure if I'd do it myself though...hmmm[/quote]

Why? Not like you got any mates to carry up there like me???[/quote]

Lol. Only mate you got though is Jigs.... :thumbsup:
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Re: smooth roof anyone??

Post by Sanj » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:05 pm

Did you say mate!?!

Btw mate, you're exhausts are tucked up safe and sound! ;) :lol:

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Re: smooth roof anyone??

Post by Raj » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:17 pm

[quote=""Sanj""]Did you say mate!?!

Btw mate, you're exhausts are tucked up safe and sound! ;) :lol:

Touché I believe! ;)[/quote]

Lol. But I'm not a mate as I'm a paaji.... :poke: :D :thumbsup:
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Re: smooth roof anyone??

Post by shadrack » Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:23 pm

i will get some pics up but basically you remove the brackets for the roof rails which are a m6 bolt about 2" long your then left with a hollow hole and the 10mm of m6 threaded hole so i put a blob of sillicone into the treads and screwed in an m6 bolt with a washer on that was 10mm long (i had to slot the top of each bolt to put them in with a screwdriver as a socket doesnt fit) i then filled the rest of the hole with black silicone to flush with the roof, i then covered the silicone and the hole with clear stick back plastic, this way round it is reversable!! pics if ever it stops raining :(
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