Fw: Electric sunroof motor installed

["Owen" <rabeys@cadvision.com>]

S'up all, i grabbed this from the A2 16V list, i know alot of you have been
asking about this mod, so here it is, in an A2, they have similar sunroof
setups i think.

Enjoy.

Owen
87 16v
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571

> >To all:
> >
> >Last night I put the finishing touches on the electric sunroof motor 
> install
> >into my 1990 GLI.  The motor came from an Audi 5000, though it appears 
> that
> >the motors from a 4000 and even a late-80s Audi 100 are identical.  It 
> works
> >like a charm.  Over the next couple of nights I'll be modifying the 
> interior
> >cover to fit the more restrictive space of the A2 (primarily chopping 
> the
> >length).
> >
> >I also have the tilt/slide sunroof mechanism and panel from the same 
> car.
> >It appears to be a direct fit.  I plan on installing them sometime in
> >Jan/Feb as the sunroof panel needs to be painted Alpine White to match 
> my
> >car.  I had pulled an Alpine White panel from a 16v Scirocco with a
> >tilt/slide, but the mounting points are different than on the Audi.  
> The
> >panel is the same size, and the mechanism appears to be the same, so I 
> was
> >very surprised at this difference. 
> >
> >The only hard part of the install was cutting away part of A2s 
> reinforcing
> >bracket near the crank mechanism.  When you've got the motor in hand, 
> it's
> >not too hard to figure out what needs to be trimmed.  Still the space 
> is
> >cramped and my cutting wheel slipped three times leaving three tiny 
> marks on
> >the edge of the headliner cutout (they won't be visible when the 
> cover's in
> >place, but still...).  Also, despite shielding/covering parts of my 
> interior
> >with plastic the cutting wheel sheds tons of metal filings.  (It didn't
> >occur to me until this moment to use a magnet rather than a vacuum to 
> clean
> >them.)
> >
> >Thanks to everyone who gave me help along the way: Todd, Dean, and Neil
> >Hartman.
> >
> >Chris Williams
> >1990 GLI
> >chris_williams@ml.com
> >
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