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#25096 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [steve_] by tjc78
May 04, 2012 (10:25 am)
Replying to: steve_ (May 04, 2012 9:59 am)
about leaking factory sunroofs clogging up and flooding the floorboards I'm surprised with my last 6 cars having factory moonroofs I've never had this happen. It's probably because I don't keep them long enough.
I had a car with a dealer installed Webasto brand moonroof. Very nicely done and never leaked.
- fintail (May 04, 2012 11:08 am)
- isellhondas (May 04, 2012 11:09 am)
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#25097 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [tjc78] by fintail
May 04, 2012 (11:08 am)
Replying to: tjc78 (May 04, 2012 10:25 am)
I've never had a sunroof/moonroof issue either, but my cars tend to be garaged.
#25098 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [tjc78] by isellhondas
May 04, 2012 (11:09 am)
Replying to: tjc78 (May 04, 2012 10:25 am)
I've never had my sunroof drains plug up either but this can happen on an aftermarket one just as quickly as a factory installed one. If you park under trees and leave your roof open, it can happen in a hurry. A rubber tipped blow gun hooked up to a compressor will solve this little problem in about ten seconds.
The Webasto roofs are considered to be the best. Our store used to have these put in cars and I can't remember any real problems.
They are, however inferior to the factory ones. They just seem more cheaply made. The switches aren't the same quaility etc.
On a inexpensive car, I might consider one although they are pretty expensive. No way would I have a hole cut in the top of a BMW.
I was once in a Lincoln-Mercury Dealer and a crowd of techs were clustered around a new Lincoln Mark VI. I had to go see what was up and it seems one of their installers had somehow cut a large sunroof hole cockeyed.
I'm not sure how this happened or how it was fixed but it was a MAJOR event!
#25099 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [isellhondas] by andre1969
May 04, 2012 (11:14 am)
Replying to: isellhondas (May 04, 2012 11:09 am)
On a inexpensive car, I might consider one although they are pretty expensive. No way would I have a hole cut in the top of a BMW. The dealership I bought my 2000 Park Ave from also had a couple of Pontiac G8's at the time. I had mentioned to the salesman that while I liked them, I really wanted a sunroof, which their G8's didn't have. He said no problem, we can just have an aftermarket one put in.
The idea of that left me with a bit of a bad vibe. So, instead of buying a $20K+ used car and having a sunroof put in, I just bought a $7500 one that was better equipped, and had one from the factory!
#25100 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [andre1969] by roadburner
May 04, 2012 (2:12 pm)
Replying to: andre1969 (May 04, 2012 11:14 am)
I wish there was a company that replaced sunroofs with a solid metal roof...
#25101 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [isellhondas] by stickguy
May 04, 2012 (2:48 pm)
Replying to: isellhondas (May 04, 2012 11:09 am)
I have never had an issue either, but I also don't park under trees, or let crap accumulate on the car. There is no way that I am buying a car and having a hole cut into it. I just couldn't bring myself to do it, and would never trust. I highly doubt i would do it from a dealer either on a new one.
so if it didn't come that way, I don't want it!
#25102 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [roadburner] by stickguy
May 04, 2012 (2:49 pm)
Replying to: roadburner (May 04, 2012 2:12 pm)
well, that is easy. All you need is some sheet steel, and a welder, some rattle can paint, a case of beer, and a free weekend.
#25103 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [roadburner] by fintail
May 04, 2012 (3:00 pm)
Replying to: roadburner (May 04, 2012 2:12 pm)
Get an old German car with a metal sliding roof, easy patch job.
- stickguy (May 04, 2012 3:04 pm)
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#25104 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [fintail] by stickguy
May 04, 2012 (3:04 pm)
Replying to: fintail (May 04, 2012 3:00 pm)
I've seen that done. usually only requires a small roll of duct tape too!
#25105 of 32321 Re: Stick... I found your car. [roadburner] by andre1969
May 04, 2012 (3:11 pm)
Replying to: roadburner (May 04, 2012 2:12 pm)
My '68 Dart had a flip-up, aftermarket sunroof on it when I bought it in 1992, and I think the previous owner said it was about 7-8 years old at the time. It didn't leak at first, but after a few years it started to a little bit. The guy I sold it to, back in late 2009, said he was planning to find a junkyard Dart, and use a piece of roof metal and weld it in place, getting rid of the sunroof.
Sometimes I wonder what happened to that car. It was looking pretty bad when I sold it...heck, it was looking pretty bad in 2001 when the fuel pump went out and I quit driving it!
It had about 338,000 miles on it. I wonder if the guy I sold it to ever fixed it up, or gave up and junked it?
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