zakzammit wrote:Can you show me how you nodded the D pillar to be able to weld straight to the c pillar?
How did you change the angle inwich the roof sat!! Cheers
Hello, Here's some picts and descriptions. It takes a lot of patience and slow trimming to get it right.
I started by cutting the inside of the pillars 20mm from the corner to allow space to weld to. The cut goes through the pillar vent which needs to be flattened with a hammer once the pillar is cut.
I cut the top of the pillar as shown to allow it to be tucked inside and welded.
The roof and outsides of the pillar are cut next. These need to be cut parallel to the inside cuts, e.g. if you were to lay it cut side down on a bench, all the cuts would sit flat on the bench. -With exception for the tops inside the pillar. Ignore the bits shown on the outside of the pillar, they need to be cut off.
The roof of the vehicle needs to be cut in line with corners on the back of the C-pillar where the panels meet. You need to leave a bit of gutter going out past this point which need to be trimmed to match the pict on page one.
The body is wider at the top of the C-pillars, so you need to section it out at the top slightly then tap it in with a hammer to meet up with the D-pillars. I also levered out the D-pillar to meet up with the tapped in C-pillars.
As shown on the first page, you basically need to slowly mark and trim the pillar section to go around the gutter. Also the angle of the wagon D-pillar is different to the C-pillar, but once cut for the dual cab, the D-pillar angle changes to run parallel to the rear of the C-pillar. The rear gutter aims slightly downward compared to a wagon but still looks neat. The curve of the roof take a bit to get it looking right, but isn't too hard to do.
Feel free to ask more questions
Just remember to take it slow and steady. If you cut too much, You're in serious shit.
