Time to delete the sunroof! Here's the tray with the replacement skin sitting on top:
The first cut:
Removing the glue:
Removing more glue after cutting through the edge of the sunroof hole:
Garbage:
Much better:
Buddy helped clean up some of the bracket leftovers:
Then it was time to attach the skin:
Let's just wheel that over next to the welder...
And lay down some tacks in the corners:
To be continued tomorrow.
edit: "Tomorrow". Right. So the plan has changed, and I'm now talking to FVD about a carbon fiber roof skin.
edit2: Order placed. Over a grand in shipping costs for the combination of the new roof and the rear seat sheet metal. Ouch.