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BarryB · 11-19-2011, 09:57 PM

as for you sunroof, no it won't take any of the strength out of the cab. Some S10's came factory sunroof installed. As for the placement you need to keep to has close to center as possible. If you have to, cut the visor to clear the sunroof.
I used to have a toyota pickup long time ago. I put a sunroof in it, then installed a cab visor. I cut the visor to fit the sun roof. real easy to do. I wrecked the yota but still have the visor. LOL!

hipasschev94 · 11-20-2011, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BarryB

as for you sunroof, no it won't take any of the strength out of the cab. Some S10's came factory sunroof installed. As for the placement you need to keep to has close to center as possible. If you have to, cut the visor to clear the sunroof.
I used to have a toyota pickup long time ago. I put a sunroof in it, then installed a cab visor. I cut the visor to fit the sun roof. real easy to do. I wrecked the yota but still have the visor. LOL!

lol thats gotta be a good story at the campfire about totaling the truck but still having the visor, but ive been doing research on the sunroofs and i think im going to pass on it for now id love to have it but i havent heard anything good on a sunroof going into a vehicle that wasn't made to have one, ive heard of 8 out of 10 leaking even if they were professionally installed.. maybe sometime down the road i might do a roof swap with a s10 that had the factory sunroof

hipasschev94 · 11-20-2011, 09:37 PM

well made some progress today, got the old sheet metal cut out then started sanding off all the paint to bring it down to bare metal on the new sheet metal

tvblazer78 · 11-21-2011, 08:40 AM

Nice job!

hipasschev94 · 11-25-2011, 12:36 AM

just updating on some progress

yesterday i went and fixed most of the surface rust areas on the box then put a coat of paint over the bare metal for when i have the box sitting outside for a while then i scraped the flaking rust off of the inner wheel well and put some paint over that then finally started welding on the body patch, should have more progress pics up later tonight

hipasschev94 · 11-25-2011, 03:53 AM

alright here is the last for tonight got tac welds holding it then have the top weld grinded down and finishing welding tomorrow or before the weekands out

hipasschev94 · 11-27-2011, 11:51 PM

well heres some more.. im almost done with the patch panel and i finally talked my girlfriend into working on it with me

hopefuly this works out good and she learns some, then i started taking apart the dash just for somthing to do when i needed a small brake from welding and grinding. im having problems with burning through on the side though anyone have any welding tips for that? ive been putting the welder on the lowest setting and it will work sometimes but still most of the time it still burns through..

11-19-2011, 09:57 PM	#1
BarryB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Blountville, Tn. Posts: 3,904	Re: s10 v8 as for you sunroof, no it won't take any of the strength out of the cab. Some S10's came factory sunroof installed. As for the placement you need to keep to has close to center as possible. If you have to, cut the visor to clear the sunroof. I used to have a toyota pickup long time ago. I put a sunroof in it, then installed a cab visor. I cut the visor to fit the sun roof. real easy to do. I wrecked the yota but still have the visor. LOL! __________________ We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp; some are pretty;and some are dull. Some have weird names; and all are different colours;but they all have to live in the same box. You may be only one person in the world, But you may also be the world to one person. * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. Two rules in life. 1. Never sweat the small stuff! 2. Everything is small stuff!

11-20-2011, 09:37 PM	#3
hipasschev94 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: ramsey minnesota Posts: 217	Re: s10 v8 well made some progress today, got the old sheet metal cut out then started sanding off all the paint to bring it down to bare metal on the new sheet metal Attached Images __________________ <><JP><>

11-21-2011, 08:40 AM	#4
tvblazer78 Low & Fast! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,110	Re: s10 v8 Nice job! __________________ Southeastern Mini Truckin' Nationals April 27 and 28, 2012

11-25-2011, 12:36 AM	#5
hipasschev94 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: ramsey minnesota Posts: 217	Re: s10 v8 just updating on some progress yesterday i went and fixed most of the surface rust areas on the box then put a coat of paint over the bare metal for when i have the box sitting outside for a while then i scraped the flaking rust off of the inner wheel well and put some paint over that then finally started welding on the body patch, should have more progress pics up later tonight Attached Images __________________ <><JP><>

11-25-2011, 03:53 AM	#6
hipasschev94 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: ramsey minnesota Posts: 217	Re: s10 v8 alright here is the last for tonight got tac welds holding it then have the top weld grinded down and finishing welding tomorrow or before the weekands out Attached Images __________________ <><JP><>

11-27-2011, 11:51 PM	#7
hipasschev94 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: ramsey minnesota Posts: 217	Re: s10 v8 well heres some more.. im almost done with the patch panel and i finally talked my girlfriend into working on it with me hopefuly this works out good and she learns some, then i started taking apart the dash just for somthing to do when i needed a small brake from welding and grinding. im having problems with burning through on the side though anyone have any welding tips for that? ive been putting the welder on the lowest setting and it will work sometimes but still most of the time it still burns through.. Attached Images __________________ <><JP><>



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