Hi All.
I'm in Australia and have embarked on SWB quattro project. There seems to be a heap of SWB projects on this forum and I am hoping for some guidance on one particular issue (for now ).
I'm up to the shortening stage and have cut the necessary 320mm out of the floor, rear arches and the roof. I intend to keep the standard metal roof and original UR windscreen angle.
What I have found is that after cutting the car, if I line up the front and rear parts of the roof correctly, the side window openings don't line up (at the lower edge of the opening). The rear part is about 8-10mm higher than the front.
Everyone I have seen post pictures of their projects seem to line up the roof as the first priority. This makes sense, as it would be the hardest part to adjust if you had to try and "bend"/cut and shut the roof panel itself (not too mention the rain gutters).
My question is, how do you then make the side panels line up with the door and ensure they aren't 10mm too high at the rear?
"Quattrobomb" has posted some great photos here https://www.s2forum.com/forum/member...-sport-quattro , but the work is already done and I can't see how he has made the window opening line up when the roof is lined up perfectly.
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
Ash
Moderators, sorry if I should have put this query into "projects" - please move if you think it should be.
I'm in Australia and have embarked on SWB quattro project. There seems to be a heap of SWB projects on this forum and I am hoping for some guidance on one particular issue (for now ).
I'm up to the shortening stage and have cut the necessary 320mm out of the floor, rear arches and the roof. I intend to keep the standard metal roof and original UR windscreen angle.
What I have found is that after cutting the car, if I line up the front and rear parts of the roof correctly, the side window openings don't line up (at the lower edge of the opening). The rear part is about 8-10mm higher than the front.
Everyone I have seen post pictures of their projects seem to line up the roof as the first priority. This makes sense, as it would be the hardest part to adjust if you had to try and "bend"/cut and shut the roof panel itself (not too mention the rain gutters).
My question is, how do you then make the side panels line up with the door and ensure they aren't 10mm too high at the rear?
"Quattrobomb" has posted some great photos here https://www.s2forum.com/forum/member...-sport-quattro , but the work is already done and I can't see how he has made the window opening line up when the roof is lined up perfectly.
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
Ash
Moderators, sorry if I should have put this query into "projects" - please move if you think it should be.
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