How To Chop A Car Roof

Material was removed from the c pillars until the rear of the top dropped to the desired profile.

How to chop a car roof.

Use the electric grinder with the cut off wheel and start a cut on top. By chopping just the front of the a pillars and the cap of the roof on these trucks one can actually end up with a 4 inch chop without ever touching the doors side glass back glass or jambs. Finally it can take up to a year to finish the bodywork on a bad roof chop. While every type of car is different the lessons here can be used on any car from technical points things to look for and things to take into consideration.

Read this before you chop. Seriously if the doors don t fit right before you cut the roof off a car i can assure you that they won t fit after you weld it back on and the results could be permanent. Next the a pillars were cut along the bottom tape mark and the roof panel was lifted onto the car and aligned at the a pillars. Make a small t with another cut.

It takes a month to finish weld the chop. How to chop a top page 1 want to chop a top. Pay special attention to the way they handle the rear window trent chopping a 1947 ford club coupe. This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up.

Basically here it was quite of a raw way to cut the roof do it when you are falling short on the budget but you still would want to do something new to the. After this the parcel tray needs to be cut away from the window lip. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The previous cuts will allow you to see where the metal needs to cut from inside the vehicle.

By pete sanchez aka 49flatty. Ben cuts along the beltline swage line. As much as i love a good chop it s not always what the car needs and that s the key in my opinion to a perfect build. Cutting away the roof skin for many chopping the top is the pinnacle of coolness and proof that you ve built a real hotrod or kustom.

It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car. This resulted in the top being slid forward in compensation for the 3 inch drop in elevation. Finish cutting the bottom metal from the t cut. The a b and c pillars were cut most of the way through from the outside leaving just the inside to cut with the air saw when the time came to lift the roof this ensures the car stay contiguous.