Re: To remove Westfalia Hightop or not to remove?
Posted: 09 Aug 2017, 14:26
Thanks for both replies - really helpful.
So it sounds as if the problem with the panel at the back can be resolved without lifting the roof? And the damage to that panel hasn't probably come from leaks from inside the vehicle but from the odd attachment of the panel above the rear hatch? It looks like the PO may have had a problem with leaks in this area as the fibre glass roof seems to have been actually separated from the panel that is attached with the rivets.
That just seems to leave the front corners inside as the reason for lifting the roof, and I'm scratching my head how to fix them with such difficult access without lifting the roof?
I'm reckoning on being off the road for a few weeks or longer because I've a big list of things to do including at least a partial respray after I've done them.
If I did take the roof off I could drive it inside the barn I use for a garage and work in the warm and dry also.
But I still only want to take it off if I really have to, perhaps mostly because it's going to be a stretch doing as good a job as Westfalia putting it back on again.
But on the other hand I don't want to do a half hearted half baked job.
John
So it sounds as if the problem with the panel at the back can be resolved without lifting the roof? And the damage to that panel hasn't probably come from leaks from inside the vehicle but from the odd attachment of the panel above the rear hatch? It looks like the PO may have had a problem with leaks in this area as the fibre glass roof seems to have been actually separated from the panel that is attached with the rivets.
That just seems to leave the front corners inside as the reason for lifting the roof, and I'm scratching my head how to fix them with such difficult access without lifting the roof?
I'm reckoning on being off the road for a few weeks or longer because I've a big list of things to do including at least a partial respray after I've done them.
If I did take the roof off I could drive it inside the barn I use for a garage and work in the warm and dry also.
But I still only want to take it off if I really have to, perhaps mostly because it's going to be a stretch doing as good a job as Westfalia putting it back on again.
But on the other hand I don't want to do a half hearted half baked job.
John