Soft/Loose Roof

[ATLspeed]

91 S13 hatch

so yea....i been thinking about painting my car and upon thoroughly checking out my car i noticed that the roof of the car is kind of soft and wrinkled. What i mean by soft/wrinkled is that i can push down on my roof and i bends, of course it will bend under pressure but i dont have to apply much force. Along the sides of the roof it has like dimples on it.

For example, when you put sheets on your bed and you tuck whats left hanging off the bed under the bed the sheet lies flat and smooth. If you dont tuck the sheet under the bed tight enough the sheets look loose. Well thats what my roof looks like!:tweak:

Anyone ever seen anything like that or know how i can get rid of that looseness? i would like to have a completely smooth car when i go for prepping for paint. Any help, inputs, advice is appriciated. thanks

[JRas]

s13 or s14?

I have a s14 slicktop... no problems like that

[Anto]

are you talking about your headliner?

Get a new one / reinforce the old one.
I sueded mine

it's sexy

[ryguy]

Maybe you inadvertently bought a convertible.

[Mlogue84]

I don't really get it... Can you take pics?

[BustedS13]

....do you have a convertible? wtf are you talking about?
if you ARE talking about a convertible, the tops get loose and shitty over time. my m30's top was loose and billowy. total piece.

[LA_phantom_240]

Maybe you inadvertently bought a convertible.

lmao. I was thinking the same thing. Ugh, nothing but troubles as a DD car IMHO.

[BobbyDigi]

I know what he is saying.

The metal top sheet seems flimsy.

I have a s14 slicktop, i do not have this problem.. i bet its an s13

[LA_phantom_240]

or an s14 se. Mine is gay like that.

[ATLspeed]

my bad...its a s13 hatch (i cant believe i forgot to include that)

[Mlogue84]

Ummm, It'll take some work, but you could heat shrink it with a torch... then repaint it... Here's a video:

http://www.youtube.com/v/mptiiRLEJs0&hl=en

[ATLspeed]

i laughed at the heat shrinking idea....but you shut me up when i looked at the video lol....now i just need a torch, i wonder if i build a barn fire on my roof and drink some beer (which i dont anyway lol) and watch the stars will it shrink over the night lol

[Mlogue84]

Haha, glad I could help.... There's probably another way, but that's the only thing I could thing of that is legit and permanent.

[ByeByeSti]

your description was prime man haha prob the best description that could have been for many different things and cars :) goodjob but ya sorry no help from me on this one

[LongGrain]

you would think heating it would make it expand though?

[BIZERK]

yeah, its the rapid cooling of the metal that will cause it to shrink up some

[BustedS13]

what the fuck?

[SW20Racer]

carbon fiber roof. do it. doooo iiiiiiitt....

[96Turbo]

this is the craziest sh!t i've heard all night...And believe me...I've already heard some sh!t!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dry ice has proved to have many uses in the Silvia world...what the hell. maybe it would provide the rapid cooling needed to tighten that bitch up

[Mlogue84]

Haha, I don't think that will work by itself, you need to make the metal pliable first.

[xxxjovaxxx]

hey i know what youre talking about because i have the same problem. check to make sure the sheetmetal didnt pull apart from the framing. youre gonna hafta pull the headliner down for that.

[Skeeg]

carbon fiber roof. do it. doooo iiiiiiitt....

x2:werd:

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