After market sunroof?
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After market sunroof?
how practical would it be to install an after market sunroof...are such things even available? or to install one from a junkyard into a tercel that came with no sunroof...?
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Re: After market sunroof?
Check out the posts of the Sunroof King, MootsMan - he has three in one of his Tercs!
They are all popups from various cars - he also has a thread with pix of the process.
Tom M.
They are all popups from various cars - he also has a thread with pix of the process.
Tom M.
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Re: After market sunroof?
There are also aftermarket sun roof kits, I do not know where to buy them but they are commonly installed in custom van conversions. Perhaps a camper and RV parts suppliers.
Of course I seen several people just cut them out (roof and all) from wrecking yard cars and than installing them on their cars, this is even cheaper than a kit. You leave about 5/8" lip of the old roof around the edges and just use it like a flange. You can weld or even rivet this flange around the hole you cut in your roof. If you rivet it in you have to put a lot of sealant around the edges to make sure it does not leak.
Either way I would be careful not to cut through any frame members, you place it so you are only cutting the roof skin and not the roll over structure.
Good luck.
Of course I seen several people just cut them out (roof and all) from wrecking yard cars and than installing them on their cars, this is even cheaper than a kit. You leave about 5/8" lip of the old roof around the edges and just use it like a flange. You can weld or even rivet this flange around the hole you cut in your roof. If you rivet it in you have to put a lot of sealant around the edges to make sure it does not leak.
Either way I would be careful not to cut through any frame members, you place it so you are only cutting the roof skin and not the roll over structure.
Good luck.
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