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

[h2ovwdrvr at msn.com (Tommy YUHAS)]

There is nothing different really from the non to sunroof just a little ring 
around the sunroof. The headliner is thicker and more durable the roof 
itself just one thin sheet of sheetmetal with a couple rollformed bars 
across it I might be able to get a picture in the next day or two


>From: Spewey <spewey@comcast.net>
>To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net,  Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: mk1 factory sunroof owners, a question for you...
>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:01:50 -0500
>
>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?
>
>
>
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