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Offline rubjonny

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Re: sunroofs
« Reply #10 on: 15 March 2007, 17:39 »
As in chop out the old roof panel and weld in another without a horrible aftermarket roof hole :)
You wont be able to fit another std VW sunroof in your car, all they've done is chop a dirty great hole in a non-sunroof car.  The cars with a sunroof ahve a completly different roof panel with drain holes & guttering etc inside.

Thats not a genuine VW scirocco roof either, its another horrible aftermarket jobber. The OEM VW sliding roof is a steel panel, just like the std MK1/2 sliding roof, apart from it tilts as well  :cool:
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Re: sunroofs
« Reply #11 on: 15 March 2007, 19:06 »
any chance of a pic of this sunroof as i never seen one before

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Re: sunroofs
« Reply #12 on: 16 March 2007, 00:14 »
A standard factory fitted sunroof (OE), has a winding handle that when operated, drops the panel down a few cms, and then retracts backwards on runners, in between the headlineing, and the roof itself..  the roof panel on a car that is fitted with a O/E sunroof, is a completely different panel to one that is not fitted with a sunroof.. ie, if you wanted to fit a factory sunroof to your car , you cant! You hve 3 options.. 1, you bodge your existing sunroof.  2, you fit a larger aftermarket sunroof (best option)  3, you cut off your entire roof! and locate another Golf that has a O/E roof panel... and that really is more trouble than its worth!
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RJ, sorry to go over what you just said, I just thought id try and explain from a different angle..
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Re: sunroofs
« Reply #13 on: 16 March 2007, 08:58 »
Yeah sorry if I wasn't more clear, but yes you need a new roof if you want to fit a tilt & slide setup.  Check out this project:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=36866.90

Depends how much money you want to spend at the end of the day, and how good your bodyshop is!
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