Hi DJTurbo,

You win ! It does look better this way and it is centered a little better to boot.

Thanks for pointing it out.

 

Np man it just looked better that way and flowes with the trucks lines

 

What is the cargo/brake light off of?

 

Well......Some may get mad !!! But the cargo light brake lite combo is for a 2011 Chvrolet Colorado.

 

Well I had to go back to the drawing board for the rear section removable roof panel. The 2 front skins for the rear just didnt have the correct contour to work.

So this is what I did. I made a flange.









This flange lip will be attached to the back side of the skin to hold the kin in place. I attached it to the outside first so all the screw holes would line up perfectly befor any cutting was done.

 

Next I cut the rear skin out. Carefully of course. No surprise I found another moisture absorbing fiberboard under the skin. Nice of dodge huh ???



Now the boards out you can see our friend the surface rust monster !!!



Here's the skin I cut out and the flange.





Here's the backside of the skin showning more of the surface rust monster !!!!!




Now I can sleep at night knowing I've addressed the commy rust pig that was eating at my truck.

Now I'll be able to add dynamatt and some jute padding to stop any oil canning as well.

Hope you all enjoyed my little roof panel making cutting adventure ??

 

Nice write up Bud funny thing thou I just cut a 81 crewcab up and it didn't have anything in roof maybe a west coast thing ? not having it ?

 

Who cares it looks good thats all that matters we put ford mags on our trucks so if anyone gets mad then they are way to much of a *I'll leave it to your imagination* and I thought I recognized the gm style of backup light I was gonna ask but hadn't yet thanks for the answer haha

 

Thanks DJ.

She is a west coast truck. 27 years in Phoenix, Arizona 1 owner. This minor surface rust is from condensation, I'm sure.

 

Ron,
You are doing a AWESOME job on your crew cab!!!
Jim

 

I'm drooling............

 

Thanks Guys. I'll be posting todays progress pics in just a few. Have to resize em.

 

Here's a pic showing the removable panel sectin of the roof.

All of the bare metal on the whole cab has been treated with the metal prep pickle X 20 so it won't rust. Every nook and cranny.



Here's the passenger side cowl where it cracked. It's hard to see but it cracked at the weld.




Here you cab see the crack better after I ground down the factory weld.



My batteries died. But I did reweld the factory welds before I added the reinforcement metal patch.





A little hard to grind it down perfect. But I think it turned out pretty good. Shouldn't crack again. Fingers crossed.

 

Here's the driver's side cowl area. This factory weld hadn't cracked at all.



Here's the reinforcement patch I cut out.



Here it is mostly welded in.



Here it is cleaned up.








She is now completely officially ready for primer. The cab is all sanded, repaired and cleaned. Took awhile but I wanted everything perfect. A little nutty but I didn't want to have to do it again for along time.

 

Can't wait to see the finished project and I just wish I could get started on mine!