Has anyone installed a sunroof?

[NapaBavarian]

I'm looking at the sunroof in my Mercedes 126 parts car, this thing is huge! I don't know if the curvature is close enough, but I keep thinking this would be awsome in a 4 door bronco

 

[icanfixall]

Does it leak..... You may end up with it leaking if you try to install it in your rig. I personally wont have any sunrof because of the possibility of leaks....

 

[pafixitman]

I'm looking at the sunroof in my Mercedes 126 parts car, this thing is huge! I don't know if the curvature is close enough, but I keep thinking this would be awsome in a 4 door bronco

Make sure you take and post pics of the install. Personally, I would change it over from vacuum operated...

 

[RLDSL]

Something tells me you'd be better off with an aftermarket sunroof that just lifts than trying to do a receeding sunroof from a different vehicle.

 

[NapaBavarian]

Does it leak..... You may end up with it leaking if you try to install it in your rig. I personally wont have any sunrof because of the possibility of leaks....

Sunroofs don't leak, plugged drains leak I got a car that the PO had tried everything to fix the leak, new seals, duct tape over the top, liquid silicone, all I ever do is clean the 4 drains out and wala!

 

[87crewdually]

I've installed new sunroof kits but never a used one from a totally different vehicle to another. Pardon the term but I wouldn't have the nuts to cut a hole in my crew cab roof hoping it will work. If you do it, document it with PICS too.

 

[Diesel_brad]

If you are dead set on cutting a hole in your roof i would look at a moon roof

 

[NapaBavarian]

This all got started as I tried to figure out how to graft a crew cab roof to a Bronco roof neatly, the ridges in a CC roof are difficult to glide into the Bronco back half, I thought of using the smooth roof of an extended cab, I've considered a moon roof, but I'd like a factory looking install.

 

[Diesel_brad]

Well being the factory didnt offer a sunroof/moonroof till the superdytys, it will be hard to have a factory look

 

[NapaBavarian]

Sorry to confuse, I want it to be a clean install that does not look hacked in, if you know it wasn't a factory option you'll know, but if you don't you wont.

 

[psychohawk]

I would change it over from vacuum operated...

126 is like 123 ... electrically operated, not vacuum.

 

[Clydesdale]

Its on my list of things to do. envision taking the whole roof panel out of donor and grafting into Clyde

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

This all got started as I tried to figure out how to graft a crew cab roof to a Bronco roof neatly, the ridges in a CC roof are difficult to glide into the Bronco back half, I thought of using the smooth roof of an extended cab, I've considered a moon roof, but I'd like a factory looking install.

If you are already in that deep, then you have the skills to do whatever.

That being said, what is really and what I would like to see you do, is to graft the roof of an Oldsmobille Vista-Cruiser station-wagon onto this vehicle and then put the sun-roof in that.

A guy up the road was famous for grafting Vista-Cruiser roofs onto 4-door Chevy 1-tons for the horse-trailer crowd that could afford such things.

You talk about head-room; Hoss Cartwright didn't have to remove his hat to ride in those.

 

[DragRag]

I have a very nice after market sunroof in my 92' crew cab. If you want to see it come and take a look when you come and get some sheet metal.

 

[Clydesdale]

Centurion used 19.5# of Bondo to smooth out their graft lines.