how to remove ROOF on 2010 yaris sedan? (hail damage)

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Originally Posted by 2010yaristoyota

Thanks for the reply. I assumed the roof I actually see on top of car was just a panel that was far more simply replaced, drilling out welds and the like sounds like overkill work. Dunno. Will have to do more reading.

The ins adjuster actually recommended the roof replacement, thats the only reason I asked. Dunno.

most agents and adjusters know jack about cars and assume everything is a replaceable part

a roof is a structural member so much so its easier to replace an entire floor of a car than it is a roof as the floor is "sectioned" and any heat warping in the welding will never be seen, a lil too much heat in any 1 spot weld in the roof and youll be doing more body work than youd need for the hail damage

lets put it another way..unless the cars exceptionaly valuable TO YOU or is something that cant be easily replaced..id NEVER do a roof on a car

now with all that said, there are a small handfull of cars where the roof is glued in....like the tesla