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

[mr_bubblehead74 at yahoo.com (Mad Matt)]

There really isn't much of anything to see under the
headliner.  My roof has been beat on a bit, and the
one reinforcing rail isn't even bonded to the roof
skin.  My headliner has been missing for 7 years, let
me know if you want some pics.


--- Spewey <spewey@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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Mad Matt 
Annapolis, MD                                           
'81 Scirocco (now with ABA-powered goodness)
'04 Toyota Tacoma (little red wagon for hauling Scirocco stuffs)
gone but not missed: '98 Jetta GLS (soul-less, boring commuter shitbox)


	
		
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