Bazza J

Ive had a long think about it and ive decided ill remove the vinyl next year and get the roof resprayed and a few other things done when i save up, in the mean time I'm just going to try and look after the vinyl to try and minimize any damage underneath

the c pillars feel really good in this one, the only part that is worrying me is the gutter, the other parts car i have sitting at my parents place, u could feel patches under the vinyl and when it was pulled there was rust but it was only minor compared to what i was expecting, the roof gutters were rot to shit though, the roof was not painted on it as it was a factory vinyl roof that was ripping and cracked. the only bit of rust i have to fix is the bit in the gutter, and that tiny bubble on the rear pillar below where the vinyl ends, the rest was done when it was stripped back and repainted by the previous owner before he died.

ok ill give it a try, i just dont really want to get half way and find that i need to repaint it as i don't have the money for that yet

i do relise it is a big job, and my main idea of removing it was to stop any rust getting worse or forming in the first place, as it had the full paint treatment 6 years ago by the previous owner, the small bit on the gutter is only about half inch long if that, and the rest of it feels solid exept for 1 small dint that was caused by a hail storm in january, i can see glue on the pillar that is lifting abit but i can also wipe that off with abit of effort, here is a pic of the pillar lifting at the front, and 1 of the rear after i removed the trim as the colour of the car was changed in the respray and it wasn't a closed door job as when i remove the carpet and trims i can see the new colour painted on abit of the floor pan and behind the kick panels, that's why i was hoping and assuming that the roof would be painted like the rest of the car

hi everyone, i have decided i want to remove my vinyl roof on my ZH, but i am abit worried, i cannot feel any rust spots arpund anywhere exept on the top of the gutter on the drivers side, and its only a small bubble at the moment, i know the car has been resprayed 6 years ago and the vinyl roof is only about 4 years old, has any one had any experience removing the vinyl without damaging the paint underneath? i assume the roof is painted as the paint is only 6 years old and the vinyl on the pillar has started to lift abit and i can see that it is painted there so im hoping the rest of the roof is done too.