From the article you linked:
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Honda OEM repair procedures demand a shop tack-weld the front and rear corner edges of the new roof and then perform a combination of two- and three-plate spot welds and MIG plug welds
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I haven’t watched the “B is for Build” series to know how he reassembled his vehicle, but the autobody program I mentioned previously was teaching how to use parts from an auto recycler using a procedure that roughly corresponds to the quoted Honda procedure. In the case of the linked article the shop panel bonded the structural roof instead of welding it, but nothing in the article appears to detail whether the parts were oem replacements (often from recyclers, not overstock) or from aftermarket duplications. Recycling structural components was totally a thing, I can’t say for sure that it still is, but the availability of various structural cuts from my local recyclers leads me to believe it’s still a common and acceptable practice.