Is it bad!?!... I think its bad

[krs09]

So im still working on getting the D in good order. Right now im getting ready to put in a new water pump and in the mean time im replacing all the heater hoses and cleaning out my radiator. While working I take look at the roof in the rear and it does look like my T panel is a little bent, so I take off the black cover piece and this is what is find!!..
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I remember a link to a site that had a step by step on how to fix this problem. Any one know it ??.. Is it even fixable or is it too far gone? I guess if or when I fix that it should help my door alignment issue..

[Dangermouse]

How quickly do your doors open? Quite quickly I would guess.

Check the How To section for a thread on Roof Tie Down or Bolt Down.

[Bitsyncmaster]

Very common. Your roof plate bond has broken loose. You need to get it screwed back down.

[DMC5180]

That's a fairly common problem and Is very fixable. It's also very common for the black plastic piece to heat warp. I replaced mine with the DMCEU stainless one. I've been thinking about experimenting on my old plastic one with some heat massaging too see if I could savage it. I can't really hurt it any more than it already is.

[Kenny_Z]

It's an easy fix fairly cheap. A drill, bits, sealer, nuts, and bolts are all you need. Plus a stern stomach to drill holes through the top of your Delorean.

[krs09]

It's an easy fix fairly cheap. A drill, bits, sealer, nuts, and bolts are all you need. Plus a stern stomach to drill holes through the top of your Delorean.

Thank god.. Do i have to take the torsion bars out??

[Kenny_Z]

Nope, just don't hit them. If you drill off to the side like I did you won't even be close. Just watch for wires and put something in the car to catch the debris unless you want to be vacuuming it out of everything for awhile. If you don't get one of the kits available get a normal bolt, not a carriage bolt like I bought. It was a pain in the ass to tighten down.

[Bitsyncmaster]

Another fix is to put screws in the back side like I did. But that requires you to remove the T bars and get pressure on the top to press down the plate and hold it there before you put in the screws. What it saves is not needing to remove the headliner.

[Nicholas R]

I would think it's a bad idea to try and fix this without removing the torsion bars. If the torsion bars are what's popping it, then the entire time you're screwing into the top you're fighting the spring force of the T bars. The potential for tearing the screws out is so much higher when you're fighting the T bars during install.

[Elvis]

This is how I did it last year on a friends car.

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