405 Sunroof, new paint job, etc.

Raymond Song (rsong@singnet.com.sg)
Sat, 2 Aug 1997 00:12:10 +0800 (SST)

>From: msavage@juno.com (Michael A Savage)
>Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:04:43 EDT
>>
>>Question is: can I just have someone cut a big hole in my roof and fit
>>the
>>sunroof on? Someone told me that I should not do so because (1) it
>>may
>>structurally weaken the roof on the car; (2) because it does not come
>>factory fitted, it is prone to leaks and (3) electrical fittings done
>>by technicians who are non-Peugeot trained may accidentally damage the
>>entire wiring system.
>>
>I would however, attempt the installation of a good, simple manual
>sunroof. They used to have them here in the States where the glass flips
>up from the rear, and can be removed altogether quickly and easily. I
>don't know what the structural impact on the 405 roof would be, although
>I am pretty sure the 405 sunroof was originally engineered into the car,
>because it is relatively complex, and I would bet all 405's can handle
>the structural impact of a sunroof.

Not too sure about the 405. A friend of mine sells Vauxhall cars here and he
confirmed that the Vectra roof structure is slightly different for one with
and one without the factory fitted sunroof.

I believe the original sunroof is of the tilt/slide type. However, the OEM
sunroofs here seem slightly bigger. One accessory shop here mentioned that
the length of the roof on the 405 is not long enough to really fit the
sunroof properly. Guess I might just have to live without a sunroof?

Any special thoughts on this topic?