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rizla
Level 2 User

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
Posts: 48

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:21 pm

are all 19 sunroofs interchangeable mines h reg 1.4 energy slide only metal bar has snapped which pulls roof on guide plus a clip lifter has gone on other side what i need to know will phase1/2 tilt/slide ones drop straight in also whats involved in job. been quoted 19 16v roof hatch 3dr s/h breakers 25 pound untested .will a roof pull on a battery without engine running. any fitting help tips appreciated ta
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:19 am

all electric sunroofs are interchanageable.

should open fine on a battery if you bypass the switch etc. runs through a bright red relay.
roddy21t
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Joined: 05 Jan 2005
Posts: 589

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:20 am

If you go to the "members projects" section of this site and look for "R21t, late ph2" you will see photo's and a discription of when i replaced my complete sunroof assembly on my R21t, the sunroof i replaced it from was a R19, all i had to do was swap over the base plate's, you wont need to mess about swapping the base plates over so ignore that bits.

most R19's have a tilt AND slide sunroof so look for one thats got that, just remember to take the control panel from the car you get the sunroof from as you will need the tilt and slide switch aswell, the 2 different sunroofs are interchangable so you wont have any problems.

as for swapping them over the only real pain is taking the trim off, but actually swapping the sunroof itself is sooo simply, you wont even need to swap base plates, its just a case of undoing the 6 bolts (2 front, 2 middle and 2 rear of the base plate ...if i remember right) and then putting your new one on and plugging it all back up ...simply,

you may find that the piece of cardbaord that is stuck to the inside of the roof has fallen down and it then jams in the sunroof pulleys, so when you put your sunroof back its being forced against the cardboard and something has to give 1st, and its always the sunroof pulleys Laughing

i paid £20 for mine so £25 seems ok

the whole job took me about 4 hours to do.
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:29 am

i have still yet to see a broken sunroof from the card falling, it just stops.

If you keep your finger on it the relay clicks off.

if the cards not firmly stuck just take it off, I always do.
rizla
Level 2 User

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
Posts: 48

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:37 pm

done today p2 roof now in headling took off starts to crease when bending it to release velcros put it all back together wouldnt go back very far stupid cardboard had mashed up stopping roof luckily i managed to tear by hand cardboard pieces off it. roof goes back good now and tiltsas it should only prob got brown tint roof instead off greenbut can live with this
they are webatso roof as it says on red relay with motor to rear of hatch instead of fromt on bx and my old 405 got to say my 1.4 energy looking good now in glacier white an alloys. got to fix hrw earth broke off glass is their another way of fixing this on instead of soldering it, also when it was solder on by me i put leci driver with bulb accross both terminals on glass it was dead any ideas?
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:59 am

green tint?

I have only ever seen the gold and silver tints!

Anyway the soldering of the HRW contact seldopm work, its a pain in the arse.

Is it a ph1? If so when the boots open you have no power supplied to the tailgate, that comes through the plate at the base of the hatch.
JB
Mr Quoter-vator

Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:41 am

My eyes hurt.
rizla
Level 2 User

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
Posts: 48

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:49 am

yes its p1 still dead either way cleaned up contacts etc think i may remove window and drop in a p2 glass with contacts fixed thankls for info
Neal
Forum Moderator

Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 7432

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:51 am

surely you want to keep the original phase 1 GTSX glass if you can.

When its the last one left and its the most collectable car in the world, that phase 2 glass might knock a few grand off your asking price?
rizla
Level 2 User

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
Posts: 48

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:58 am

no it wont fit their different i am car knowlegable and know my stuff
Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 7432

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:01 am

rizla wrote:
no it wont fit their different i am car knowlegable and know my stuff


what? you just said:

rizla wrote:
i may remove window and drop in a p2 glass with contacts fixed
rizla
Level 2 User

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
Posts: 48

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:03 am

my windows are green tint as said this has been built to special order OH YEEEEEES
JB
Mr Quoter-vator

Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:58 pm

again, my eyes hurt....

i struggle to read your posts.
schakal
Spammer

Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 5717

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:15 pm

ok i know what this is ,where is the camera ????? Laughing

allright lads fun is over it was me having a bit of fun signing up with a different user name Laughing
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