Kingabe

Hello,

So to get straight to the point. I have a rust bubble on the roof and the whole roof is getting sprayed in the next week or two. The whole car had a respay a few years back but apparantly this bubble appeared a few month after. Is there anything anyone would suggest to slow this down now its being sprayed again? Or if the whole roof is fucked, what route to take?

Cheers
Stuart

Kingabe

sorry for the bad language

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iTrader: (1)

The reality is, I'm afraid, the only way to get rid permanently is to cut it out and replace with fresh metal. How easy that is depends on where and how big it is!!

Kingabe

i was affraid that was the only choice! What about a carbon roof replacement? are these road legal?

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iTrader: (1)

How bad is it?

Yes carbon roof skins are legal!

Kingabe

There was a bubble infront of the sunroof. im getting the whole roof sprayed this week anyway for now. I was just worried about the rest of it because i cant see! Some of the paint bubbling by the gutter on the drivers side to. if its that bad i will just cut it all out and re-do with out the sunroof. has anyone already done this?

XR2

As long as there are only "rust bubbles" there usually is no need of replacing the whole roof!? Get rid of the paint to check how big the problem really is. When it's just surface rust it can be cured easily and won't come back (grinding, sanding, tinning, filling, painting). When it goes deeper you can just replace small pieces of the roof by cutting them out and welding new metal sheets in. And when the old paint gets sanded down, additional rust problems will be revealed.

Kingabe

Thanks for the replies. I will have a look next week.

Stuart

escortmk3rwd

ive got 2 fiestas in yard ones 950 a reg other f reg xr2

Kingabe

So, the roof does have abit of rot, nothing major. we dented it in abit, treated what we could and then fiberglassed and fillied over it. Should be ok for a few years