Proton Roof Rust

[Danny]

Darn, my proton's roof got rust bubbles. I sent it for spraying but the bubbles came out again only after 2 weeks! How can this be solved in the most cost effective manner? Any recommendations on what to do and where to go?

 

[Charles]

Change roof...hahaha...only way.I changed mine liao.

 

[Danny]

change roof? How much did it cost u? any place to recommend?

I guess I'll have to respray the whole car already, since fitting in a lot of promote parts.

 

[Charles]

Eh...Sabah price different la.But the whole roof + respray cost me rm800.I repair it bout 3 years ago when the workshop grind off the rusted portion and applied with fiber resins but it didn't last.
Changing the centre part of the roof is no easy task as the guys have to dismantle it(its spark weld in the 1st place),refit the new one and re-spot weld.
I think most rusted wira roofs are pre-96 ones.

 

[Danny]

ohh u are from sabah... yea u ar right mine is Dec 95 model. Guess no choice already, have to replace the roof with a new one.

 

[Charles]

oh...forgot to tell you....it involves taking out the front and rear windscreens too....make sure get windscreen sealant ready...you dun want leaky ones during a thunderstorm.

 

[soulfly]

if the rusty is a bit to the front... just cut the roof and put sunroof .... cool isn't it B) :lol:

 

[g88]

Originally posted by Danny@Mar 7 2004, 12:57 PM
Darn, my proton's roof got rust bubbles. I sent it for spraying but the bubbles came out again only after 2 weeks! How can this be solved in the most cost effective manner? Any recommendations on what to do and where to go?

Check this out brader :)

http://www.autoworld.com.my/forum/allposts...ct=Rust+on+Roof

 

[S1997]

charles..when u changed ur roof..did u cut the whole thing out and seal it back? just like those ppl changing to sunroof?

 

[g88]

front and rear windscreen will need to take out. Cut from pillar.

 

[LAWRENCE_Q]

my iswara oso same,rust bubbles on roof n front bonnet, front bonnet too serious, so front bonnet changed, for the root, my case,i do welding, ask the mechanic remove inside, weld from inside, after tat polish outer surface till smooth smooth lah!!! welding tahan lama, (dun do fiber), i spray whole car tat time, so do it sekali go!!! for the welding, i pay extra 50 bucks if i not remember wrongly...

 

[g88]

Originally posted by LAWRENCE_Q@Mar 10 2004, 10:31 AM
my iswara oso same,rust bubbles on roof n front bonnet, front bonnet too serious, so front bonnet changed, for the root, my case,i do welding, ask the mechanic remove inside, weld from inside, after tat polish outer surface till smooth smooth lah!!! welding tahan lama, (dun do fiber), i spray whole car tat time, so do it sekali go!!! for the welding, i pay extra 50 bucks if i not remember wrongly...

all i can say is good luck.

 

[Danny]

thanks man. Decided to respray the whole car and change roof, since I'm doing up the full promote kit set. Don't know why the prices for spraying bodykit is more expensive than spraying the whole car.

Whole car - RM1000+
Body kit - RM2000+

Why? Doesn't make sense although one shop said that matching the bodykit colour to the existing colour is harder than a full respray.

 

[S1997]

Originally posted by g88@Mar 10 2004, 09:16 AM
front and rear windscreen will need to take out. Cut from pillar.

cut out isnt it illegal? ei? so taht means sunroof or no sunroof...when u change the roof that means its already illegal? then what are we supposed to do when the roof gets rusty?

 

[g88]

officially i think it's illegal for Iswara/Saga to do that since you are cutting the pillar but what to do ??

As for Wira Putra so on i think Ok since you can just remove the roof skin

 

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[huakenny]

if the rust is serious.....u hv to change the roof...

if minor, then use fibre to cover it. and the spray....

plz dun use 'red simen' to cover....rust will appear again in very fast time.

 

[Doink]

you have to change the roof...any spot of rust will not stop there only...it will continue to spread...

 

[kumar22mostwanted]

you have to change the roof...any spot of rust will not stop there only...it will continue to spread...

where can change roof bro???

 

[ACQ2305]

just had mine done recently,coz from lots of his customers rides and his,d rust problem doest seem to appear even after 3-5 years..his wira he did it 5 years ago,till now still looks new..another iswara,3 years n still looking fine..fingers cross,mine will last..
The problem he said is d gam that is use 2 stick between the bone/crossmember of d roof..so if u get d top resprayed but did not treat d bottom half of d roof,it will definitely appear again..a good body repair shop sud knw how 2 do this..scrap off d old gam/glue and use a better non corrosive gam/glue..