sunroof

[Adam-D]

can it be removed?

and there are two types of roll cage aswell 1 with 1 without

but i want rid of it as its extra weight

[jimbo]

do i read this right? (not being rude, just usal thick moment)

you want to remove your sunroof and fit a non sunroof car roll cage to your sunroof car?

it can be done by taking out the sunroof and welding in a piece off roof skin to fill the hole.
personally i wouldn't bother. to weld the new skin and get it looking right, i.e no sign it once had a sunroof would take a lot of time and money.
this way you would only be removing the weight of the sunroof it self and not the weight of all the extra steel thats put in to the roof so that there can be a sunroof.
i would of thought that there are much better and easyier ways of saving weight.
i.e. just light weight bucket seats in side, no door cards, no spare wheel, no dash just clocks, fiber glass or carbon body panels or plexi glass windows the list is endless.

at the end of the day you have gotta ballance pros and cons of the weight saving you want to achieve. i have cage and an electric tilt and slide sunroof as i like a bit of through draft in hot weather and i still suprise people with the might of the 2ltr 8valve?

[VeeDubGTI16v]

sorry to jack........

jimbo you got a mk2?? which motor did you use for the tilt n slide sunroof mate? im about to do this so any tips mate would be great. im confident putting in the sunroof but it looks a bit dodgy mounting the motor up there.

[jimbo]

i have used an audi 80 sunroof motor. but you gotta get the right one. i think its the same as fitted in some of the passats. the car was arond a 'n' plate so try that sort of age cars. I would go and look at the part number but its dark and cold plus there no interior light in the motor

a word of warning.... you have to chop a section of suppot plate out of the car to fit the motor properly. this doesnt weeken the car its just part of the origanal mounting frame.

if you have any probs drop me a line and i will sort some picces for ya

[VeeDubGTI16v]

cheers, i got a motor from an audi 80 made by bosch with the audi part number 8A5 959 591 on it. the audi i got it from i remember the sunroof panel was a different size to the mk2 one. this the right one? what did you use for the new panel over the motor cos i assume the old one doesnt fit over anymore

[Adam-D]

the wind defector isnt dropping by itself because one of the arms has broken

not to bothered how it looked, if i had a sligtly bigger panel and riveted it on
and sealed it with bonder?

plus i head the drain chanels leak and get blocked

[Helios_Blue_Valver]

can it be removed?

and there are two types of roll cage aswell 1 with 1 without

but i want rid of it as its extra weight

Don't really see removing the sunroof as much of a weight saving considering the amount of work needed to do it. 

[VeeDubGTI16v]

jimbo have you had a chance to look at your motor?

a pic of the motor mounted would be great also please

[jimbo]

sorry mate been as busy as a one armed wallpaper hanger 

will try and get some pics tonight for ya 

[BC]

@ Jimbo.

I've put a 12v sunroof motor in my MK2 (Off a Peugot 405 GL).

I just want to know if you put an inline fuse on the 12+ wire?.  If so what amp fuse did you use, as I don't to cause any kind of electrical malfunction/fire.