Canopy restoration - a HUGE process

One of the project's huge goal was to make a full restoration of the canopy: correct the gap issue, cracks, awful interior paiting, etc... (see here The most common canopy issues )

This process took soo much time (about a month working throughout the night until 2AM and over weekends!) and effort that I'm not documenting all steps in detail. I will just drop here all pictures and comments of the full process.

Have fun!

From May 14th to June 13th 2019


Cleaning of the windshield glue 



Exposing major cracks and starting consolidation




















Plastic bars ready to be installed for the gap correction




Installing the plastic bars





































Trimming and filling with epoxy mixed with carbon-fiber powder






































Finish filler and sanding














Applying primer on the inside









Finished primer on the inside



Flip to apply primer on the outside















Finished primer on the outside






Flip for final inside painting




Finished painting the inside





Flipped and ready to start painting the outside

















Just for fun, all the epoxy, filler, primer and paint cans used!
Only missing the fiber-glass tissue (thin and thick), carbon-fiber powder (excelent filler when mixed with epoxy resin) and the tens of sandpaper sheets!! 







Final overview 😍












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