mk1 factory sunroof owners, a question for you...

[spewey at comcast.net (Spewey)]

David Utley wrote:

> Are there reinforcements in the roof or elsewhere in the body that
> help offset the fact that there is a hole in the roof?

I have never looked under the headliner to see.  I'm sure there's a 
little more metal, but nothing that would save your life.

Obligatory pic with no more info:
http://s94043504.onlinehome.us/scirocco/snrf.jpg

The area has its own hard-underneath headliner so you can't feel 
anything through it.  The fabric has come unglued from the hard stuff 
and looks all saggy-baggy.  Kinda like old people.

> The reason I ask, is I am contemplating putting a sunroof in my
> pickup, and I would like to know if there is a need for some
> reinforcement (after all, it is much shorter a roof than the
> 'roc...)...

Aftermarket snurfs would come with a frame anyway.  Adding metal 
reinforcing that you cut out of the hole would probably not change the 
bend/crush/twist characteristics of the roof very much.  IOTW: The PU's 
roof is as strong as the A&B-pillars, not the cheesy reinforcement in 
the roof (if there is any) that would be made stronger by the addition 
of the frame anyway.

Any other owners out there or am I the only one?