Reimo pop top fitment

[ben50]

Hi, recently bought a second hand Reimo pop top for my T3 bus.

It is currently wrapped up all snug in a tarpaulin in the garden, until I get some time and fair weather to fit it.

Can anyone offer any advise on the fitment. I have never attempted anything like this before, and cutting a whacking great hold in my roof is starting to feel a little daunting!

A local vw specialist has given me a ball park figure of £5-600 to fit, they havn't seen the roof yet but I thought this was maybe a little on the steep side, or am I underestimating the difficulty of the job?
I was thinking I would just need to re trim the cut out access hole or will i need to add any extra strengthening around it?

Also does anyone have any tips for working out where the hinges and gas struts will need to be fixed?

Cheers,

Ben

[camper]

.If the roof has been cut for a high top or other allready this may cause problems .Regarding strengthing the devon side elevation roof for the T25 keeps the bow braces on the tin top .Ive not seen a reimo pop top so i carnt advice where you do the cuts if you see one allready fitted this will guide you.Good luck .

[jamesc76]

A local vw specialist has given me a ball park figure of £5-600 to fit, they havn't seen the roof yet but I thought this was maybe a little on the steep side, or am I underestimating the difficulty of the job?

You could get a new high top one from timbertechs for that!!!!!! It aint the hardest of jobs cutting the hole out is the hardest!