antonioleonardo Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Hello I have a discovery 1 300tdi from 1997, I had an accident that crumpled the roof of the vehicle and now I want to repair it. I would like to know if the roof is made of steel or aluminium like the rest of the vehicle thank you in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I'm pretty sure the roof on all of them is steel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnarne Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Steel. As is the inner panels on the sides, the outer panels is aluminium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPendrey Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yep. My magnetic DAB aerial sticks to the roof, so it must be steel. Oh, and the rust around the alpine lights is a giveaway too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 i mig welded my roof ok with mild steel wire so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnarne Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Roof welding (outdoor, with to much wind, but still using gas when welding) Closeup: Solved the problems around the alpine windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yer all wrong, they're made from ferrous oxide. G. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Mine is an after-market alloy, but originally it was steel, I never should have bothered as it saved all of 5 kilos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Webster Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Wow, where do you get an alloy roof from, I would happily save 5 kilos out of my roof, but it has to be metal and not fibreglass for the regulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I'm sure I read somewhere that they were steel because of the problems at the time pressing aluminium into the shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Henry Webster, it was on sale EBay - Australia - and the time taken in removing the original by drilling out all the spot welds, then tig welding them up back to flat metal and very carefully spot welding on the alloy replacement really didn't warrant the cost, the time it took and the final reduction in weight, but we all learn from our errors I thought that being Alloy it would be a lot lighter, but it is the same gauge as the bonnet and wings and therefore twice as thick as the original steel roof and therefore not much lighter. I've been seriously looking at the original and thinking of using it as a mould for a Kevlar roof, now that would be something and a lot lighter and it would be formed up without the silly Alpine Windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 For Henry any weight reduction is a bonus with the racing Iain! 5KG isn't to be sniffed at. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Can you fit an RRC roof instead? They don't weigh much.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Webster Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Thanks Boydie, sounds like a good find, can't imagine why anyone thought it would be worth the effort to build an alloy roof. Ross, you're right, 5kg is certainly not to be sniffed at when it is up that high! Bowie69, RRC is not really suitable for me as I want/need to keep it looking standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Henry, the guy I got it off -- an Italian who was a panel beater by trade - hand formed it from a flat alloy plate -- Duralloy (spelling?) I think, then he had his car wrecked so it was going very cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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