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How to chop a roof on a truck.
It takes a month to finish weld the chop.
This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up.
Use the electric grinder with the cut off wheel and start a cut on top.
By pete sanchez aka 49flatty.
How to chop a top page 1 want to chop a top.
Any fool can do this.
Read this before you chop.
Sep 18 2019 explore jeremy hall s board roof chop on pinterest.
It takes one weekend to chop the top and tack weld it back on.
Finish cutting the bottom metal from the t cut.
Make a small t with another cut.
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.
It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car.
Continue toward the front of the car and be careful not to cut through to the upper overlapping.
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.
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.
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