Proper Commercial truck Ceiling panel install

[ldsvwguy]

Would you guys post up some images of what the roof should look like with the panels and what order to install them? Especially screw locations. Thanks!
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[crofty]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=crofty

I put the two front cards in first then the middle and then the last rear panel. If I did it again i'd do the middle panel last.
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[Clara]

Here are some pictures, both og and new:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?...t_dir=DESC

I go from front to back. Trim strips after all 4 panels are in.

Last time I installed cab roof panels I tried using a bar of soap to lube/wax where the panel slides into the channel, it was a good trick. Saw someone on the samba suggest that in a nother thread.

To install the rear roof panel, start by fitting one side (driver side is easiest) into the inner gutter channel.
Then, bend it into an M with the middle sagging down. You must hold it in the channel while bending the panel.
With an M, both sides point down, and the middle flexs down.
We found this tricky, and ended up putting some pieces of wood in there to help bend the mmmmmiddle of the M down.
(Do not try to install it as an S on its side. It need to be an M.)
Then the other person gets the second leg of the M, on the passenger side, above the inner rain gutter, then drops it into the right channel.

At this point it ended up being a little too far forward on the right hand side, so we tapped the rear roof panel back, with a rubber mallet and a piece of wood as a drift. Pulled the panel a littel down at the side right by the inner rain gutter to get space to set the wooden drift. We left the wood above the panel in there to relieve the stress of the bend on the panel, which made it easier to shift it back.

After it was in the right forward/back location, we removed the wood and the center of the M popped up to make an upside down U.

This is most definately a two person job. One person in the back seat, one in the front.

Took about 3 hours to install a set of DC roof panels, including insulation and trim strips.

[crofty]

I did my instal by myself but it would be MUCH easier with 2 people
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