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dsraven · 01-30-2019, 12:52 AM

good thinking on the hood supports. did you get those pieces at home depot?
I may end up doing something like that for my ext cab roof. possibly using small square tubing withing 1/16" of the roof structure then a piece of firm rubber and some kind of material between those so the roof doesn't actually get bonded to the sub structure but will sit against it. that way there shouldn't be any noise or distortion as the roof expands on a sunny day or contracts on a cold day. I wonder if some of the sound deadening material may work in the back side and then some hard thin weatherstrip like material on the substructure. what have you used on the back of the hood, panel adhesive or seam sealer? I kind of liken it to a modern hood or trunk lid. the large steel skin has some foamy looking gobs of stuff, like a sealer or silicone but different, that keep it sort of stuck to the substructure but then if you push lightly from the back side it is not stuck, just spaced away from the inner panel.

01-30-2019, 12:52 AM	#58
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 7,837	Re: Morphing a 1956 Chevy 3200 onto a 2001 Tahoe Chassis good thinking on the hood supports. did you get those pieces at home depot? I may end up doing something like that for my ext cab roof. possibly using small square tubing withing 1/16" of the roof structure then a piece of firm rubber and some kind of material between those so the roof doesn't actually get bonded to the sub structure but will sit against it. that way there shouldn't be any noise or distortion as the roof expands on a sunny day or contracts on a cold day. I wonder if some of the sound deadening material may work in the back side and then some hard thin weatherstrip like material on the substructure. what have you used on the back of the hood, panel adhesive or seam sealer? I kind of liken it to a modern hood or trunk lid. the large steel skin has some foamy looking gobs of stuff, like a sealer or silicone but different, that keep it sort of stuck to the substructure but then if you push lightly from the back side it is not stuck, just spaced away from the inner panel.