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[*franky*]

can any one help. i am thinking of de-seeming my mini also doing the roof gutters as well. has any one done it before, any advice, pics would be great. is it worth doing? i am undecided at the moment. thanks
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[Bungle]

this was asked last week

did a search not find anything ?

[Timtom]

As Bungle said.. Its asked often...

You need someone who is really good at welding to do it..
If you do the roof gutter.. Water will roll in when it rains.. (through the top door seal jobby)

[frankiebateman]

i did a topic on this last week have a search and theres some usefull info in the topic

[*franky*]

thanks every one frankie did you de-seem your mini how did it go? has any one done the roof gutters and getting round the rain problem?

[panelbeaterpeter]

the only way of getting around the rain falling on you when you get out, is to leave a section of gutter in place above the door, or just leave the roof gutter on all together, which makes it a much easier job. Either that or just don't drive in the rain.

[panelbeaterpeter]

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[frankiebateman]

thanks every one frankie did you de-seem your mini how did it go? has any one done the roof gutters and getting round the rain problem?

i hav'nt done it yet but as pete said you will need to keep a little bit on to stop rain getting in

[midridge2]

ebay is full of minis that were bought as a projects and never finished, how many people start deseaming and decide its to hard so end up trying to sell it or scrap it because who wants a part badly done deseamed shell.
i remember being to m-machine a few times and in the skip is a deseamed shells that they have bought and stripped the parts off.

i would suggest that if you have to ask how to do it then dont bother trying, it takes a good welder to do a proper job.

[*franky*]

thanks every one. I have decided to not de-seem her. whats the best way of covering the seems?

[panelbeaterpeter]

Seam strips?

[*franky*]

ha ha very funny mate.

[ginigwunkle]

so how much should i be looking to get the car properly deseemed...

[In-a-mini]

It would cost you a fortune to get a garage to do it your best bet is to find somone who will do it as a private job. The amount of hours that goes into it are huge i remember spending ages doing it

[stretched]

A friend done mine...

She's fully deseamed apart from the drivers/passengers side roof to stop the rain from coming in

Make sure you get some one who know's what there doing fella... dont bodge it!!!!