Roof holes

[Kee Fuller]

Got 3 holes where the light bar used to be. Its plugged up with rubber plugs, but im getting it painted soon.

What did you guys do to plug ya holes. Body shop was trying to charge me about 1500 to repair the holes. Says the headliner needs to be removed.

 

[Eod1]

I would buy some new rubber plugs, pull the old ones out clean with acetone and let them do their paint thing. When done put new rubber plugs back in with nonshirinking silicone.

 

[GranPrix]

For $1500 they "should" do it the correct way and remove the headliner, weld in 3 covers/round plates the size of a quarter or so and paint.

 

[Eod1]

1500 to repair some antenna hole seems a little high. I wouldn't go to all that trouble for 3 holes. Now if it had a light bar on it and maybe 8 to 10 holes maybe 1500.

 

[Kee Fuller]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/191383511003

What yall think bout these

 

[LanceD]

I used plugs like these. Silicone them in place and then put vinyl color matching stickers over them.
MBPF-3/8" 0.375 inch Locking Black Plastic Body and Sheet Metal Hole Plug Qty 50 PDR Paintless Dent Repair https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CUMHOQS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ToKwCbSPDJH94

 

[Eod1]

I used plugs like these. Silicone them in place and then put vinyl color matching stickers over them.
MBPF-3/8" 0.375 inch Locking Black Plastic Body and Sheet Metal Hole Plug Qty 50 PDR Paintless Dent Repair https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CUMHOQS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ToKwCbSPDJH94

These are better because they go into the hole and grab it. The others that just cover the hole will move in time.

 

[LanceD]

There's 9 holes up here somewhere. Can you count them all?

 

[CrashTestDummy]

I used old antennas to cover the holes. They have o-rings to seal against the body to prevent leaks, and do away with the stupid plastic plugs that eventually weather and crack:



The large flat antenna is, I believe a GPS antenna that I used to cover the light-bar hole, which was about an inch in diameter.

This is on our 2012 Caprice 9C1, but I have similar antennas on our '10 Tahoe. Luckily, the Tahoe didn't have light bar.

But if you want to get rid of the holes, I pay the shop the $1500. It's a fair amount of work, if done right, and if done right, should be permanent. If they're planning on epoxying a piece of metal on the underside and then skimming the surface with Bondo, then, yeah, $1500 is way out of line. If they're planning to fit and weld in a metal plug, that's not a bad price, IMHO.

 

[Kee Fuller]

There's 9 holes up here somewhere. Can you count them all?

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This looks perfect to me