Conference terri::cars_uk

    Taken from April's Which:
    
    "If you had a sunroof fitted to your car between March and October last
    year, check whether it has a glass plane marked "VERTOPANE" halfway
    along one of the long sides. If so, it may break in use - contact the
    dealer who fitted it for a free replacement"
    
    
    

    re .16;
    
    I had a sunrrof put into my wife's Astra last year by Autoglass
    (I think); and they sent me a letter towards the end of last year
    about this.
    
    So if you were fitted by a "reputable dealer"; you should have hada
    recall already!!
    
    Peter.
    

    Last weekend, I installed a curved glass sunroof onto my Beetle, it is
    a glass tilt and remove one. I am so far very pleased with it, but for
    one thing, What do you do with the glass when it is removed?, so far I
    have been keeping it down in the passenger footwell, but this seems a
    bit risky!, are there any bags, or padded boxes specialy made for this
    (preferably not big $$'s)
    
    Carl.
    

May I ask how much it cost and where you got it fitted.  I think it's time my 
MANTA had a sunroof.

	Any one else got any ideas on where I can get a sunroof fitted.


		Mike.

    
    Mike,
    
    are you sure that your manta could take having another hole cut in it ?

    The sunroof cost me 60 pounds to buy, being specialy curved for the
    Beetles roof, 
    
    Cost of fitting ... 1 pint.
    This was to steady my nerves as I fitted it myself last weekend, the
    sunroof kit gives you a template and the neccessary bits. As long as
    you measure it out carefully it is quite easy.
    I used a "nibler" to cut out the metal, which is a sort of metal hole
    punch which clamps into the end of a drill chuck (borrowed from the
    local garage) This is made to do similar jobs, as it doesn't buckle the
    roof, it holds each side of the cut steady whilst it cuts.
    Apparantly a variable speed jigsaw is just as good.
    
    The only tip I would give is to use 2 people whilst measuring where it
    goes!. Everyone says.. oh no, you did what!!?, but it is really quite
    asy, and only took about 3 hrs including trimming the headlining from
    start to finish. 
    
    Carl.
    
    PS, before anyone says, I have tried a hosepipe on it, and it doesn't
    leak!
    

    
    I agree about having a second person for moral support! I've never
    fitted a sunroof, but my Dad and I fitted side windows into his old LWB
    Landy. Quite nerve-wracking cutting the first hole........

    Hi, my Croma IE has developed a slight leak at the passenger side
    front corner. Is there any easy fix for this (not putting it into
    a garage, I hasten to add).
    
    Thanks for all advice,
    		   	  Don H.
    

    
    Don,
    
    I assume you have a sunroof fitted, seeing as you placed your question
    here. What you have to do is find the drain pipes and clear them out.
    I had the same problem on an Alfa GTV, the drain pipes I found in the
    back, and I managed to clear them by blowing through them. The problem
    did not return.
    
    Hope it helps .......

    I was flicking through a brochure on the Volvo 480.

    I noticed that it now comes fitted with an electrically operated...

    
    ..."moonroof"

    Someone always has to be different. I mean is there a difference ?
    I always thought it was called a sunroof because you usually open it
    when the sun is out. Would you use a moonroof only at night :-)

    - Roy

    
    I always IMAGINED a moonroof was semi circular and sort of rotated out
    of the way.
    
    
    
    I'm probably hopelessly way off the mark though! :^)
    
    Mark

    Thanks for your comment Mark. I check the piccies in the brochure
    but it looked pretty much like a standard tilt and slide sunroof to me.
    
    - Roy

    
    Maybe, in that case, Volvo are after the lager-lout market.
    
    You can get your friends to 'moon' out of the roof at passers-by while 
    you drive along! :^)
    
    Mark

    Is it possible that by 'moonroof' they mean the glass type, which
    you can see through even when closed, as opposed to the 'sunroof'
    which you open 'when sunny' to see out of ?
    
    J.R.

perhaps it's called a moonroof to attract vampires to buy the car - 
the last thing they'd want on a car is a sunroof!		:-)


...art

ps. toyota used to call it a moonroof on early MR2's

>ps. toyota used to call it a moonroof on early MR2's
    
    The new MR2 non-T-Bar still has a "moonroof"!
    
    Probably because it is half-moon shaped(ish) and sounds better than a
    "kidney roof".
    
    mb

    Actually a moonroof is the clear glass, and the sun roof is usually
    steel.  At least it's that way in Canada EH.....:-)

       The term moonroof has been common at the lower class Car Auctions
       for many years. It applies to any aperture in the roof, no matter
       what shape it is or material its filled with.

       The word sunroof is normally only used if a car doesn't have one,
       as in "none of the disadvantages of a leaky sunroof".


       Ian.

    Perhaps it's a reference to the days of continuous darkness they have
    in the scandinavian countries, so when volvos come out of the factory
    at mid-day they open the roof and see .... the moon!! :-)
    
    Huw.

In the US all sunroofs are called moonroofs. Or at least that's
what it seems to me. I figured it was just another 
boot/trunk common language difference.

Colin.