How To Chop A Roof On A Truck

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.

How to chop a roof on a truck.

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. Make a small t with another cut. This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up. Finally it can take up to a year to finish the bodywork on a bad roof chop.

Use the electric grinder with the cut off wheel and start a cut on top. Any fool can do this. Sep 18 2019 explore jeremy hall s board roof chop on pinterest. Pay special attention to the way they handle the rear window trent chopping a 1947 ford club coupe.

Read this before you chop. How to chop a top page 1 want to chop a top. The previous cuts will allow you to see where the metal needs to cut from inside the vehicle. Continue toward the front of the car and be careful not to cut through to the upper overlapping.

By pete sanchez aka 49flatty. See more ideas about rat rods truck rat rod pickup hot rod pickup. Finish cutting the bottom metal from the t cut. 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.

It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car.