The roof on my Patrol had at some point a roof-rack, but not the type that goes on the rain gutters, but rather, the one where the roof is drilled. Rack was no longer there, but the 8 holes were... Also, the back left corner was dented towards the inside of the trunk, most possibly due to carrying too much weight on the roof, or maybe due to someone standing on top of it.
First, I took all the roof inside parts apart. The roof lining is completely stained of iron ore dust. I saved it for now, to be used as a template for a new one when the time comes.
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From the inside the roof had surprisingly nothing to deaden the sheet metal sound other then very few patches of cotton/wool blanket. Tapping on the roof would make drum-like noises.
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Here the roof dent had been roughly beaten back in place and the holes were welded shut. The roof panel was later softly beaten to a better finish.
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Some more gently beating, light coat of bondo, lots of sanding and some protection primer.
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All the parts are being primed with a multifill primer tinted with blue paint for the final sanding phase. Here the roof is ready for final paint and can be seen in such light blue primer.
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After the bodywork was complete, we used SILOC 44 rubberized PU adhesive to fill the gap between the roof sheet metal and the roof cross-member supports I don't have a good picture of it now, but the same was done on the hood/bonnet and for that I have pictures that I will post here later. Now, tapping at the roof makes a solid thud. Very good already but proper sound deadening will be addressed at reassembly.
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And the final result after 6 layers of Seeker Blue paint and 4 layers of clearcoat:
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