Jump to content

What's hiding under your 2+2 roof (2 Seater owners need not read)


Scoota G

Recommended Posts

Quite different at the rear of the roof huh? Interesting water trap. Thanks for sharing (2+0 owner).

It is a lot squarer. Every 2+2 owner should have this area cut out and redesigned to drain condensation in my opinion. Wonder if it could be done without major surgery.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 months later...

thanks for the heads up Mark, I've been looking at my roof and I've been so close t6o taking the skin off just so I can attack the hinge mounting points as their not to crash hot due to a previous owner fiberglassed them, think i'm just going to do it now, and see if there is a way of sorting some sort of drainage system in the problem areas....maybe even similar to the hose setup that's in the z32 300zx targa gutters, seemed to be fine when I stripped the green car for paint....something to think about anyway..

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

So I began to attack my upper rear hatch sill and I was thinking (as I defiantly don't have the time or resources to do anything like this) I could chuck stacks of bags of that Silica stuff that you get in food to get rid of moisture up there, or maybe a few bags of rice and leave it there for the next 5 years until I have more time and money to do things properly. Maybe then spray the hell out of it with a spray on rust converter and then some fish oil or WD-40.

 

post-103470-0-78465200-1441460432_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-73572200-1441460465_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-22895600-1441460495_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-82229800-1441460555_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-39462900-1441460589_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-59671400-1441460624_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-89631100-1441460652_thumb.jpg

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 years later...

So a few years later with far far more knowledge under my belt I decided to tackle this. I would imagine that just about every 2+2 with rust spots around the hatch hinge would look something like this, maybe not quite this bad but still!

post-103470-0-00537300-1521871240_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-37445400-1521871275_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-48283700-1521871325_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-23787900-1521871336_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-74064700-1521871348_thumb.jpg

post-103470-0-61214300-1521871361_thumb.jpg

 

I'm going to be looking for a donor cut to repair this. Failing that I will make something up which will no doubt take many many hours!

 

 

Andrew

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...