I've just fitted a mk5 escort sunroof (glass bit) to my turbs, staight swop only prob i had is the screws for the sunroof were rusted to the rails, so i drill them out but damaged the rails so need new rails now!

Mk5 rails don't fit tho!!

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So you're saying a mk5 glass will fit on a mk4 mechanism - yes?

 

Correct the glass, and metal bit run the glass is the same, even has the same part number on it (tink it the part number neway), the sunroof came of a early j-reg xr3i mk5!

 

Diamond!

I had a feeling they were, down scrappy this week then LOL

 

thats wot thought when i fitted it, bit of a ba*tard to get to the screws and to get it 2 sit in the rite place, just gota keeping playing till it works smoothy, i got a screw missing in mine and it works fine!

 

screws are a pain I'd admit, also keeping the mech in one piece cos the springs all get caught up and all twisted eventually meaning its fooked lol

I used 3 complete sunroofs to make one

 

What advantage does this give tho And why do it?

 

Better because how many mk5's have you seen with rotten sunroofs??
Me - none

 

Hmm, I wont be changing mine, but at the same time my roof looks very clean, and no rust flakes (unlike my old S2 ) I dont think the previous owner of my S2 had the sunroof open much

 

Have you tryed to find a none rotten mk4 sunroof, bout as rare as a cat wiv a rabbit's head and mice feet!
If you sunroof was like mine, rust falling from it everytime ur touch it, its nice to know that a new 1 can be found pretty easy!! Just trying to help out people who were in the same situation as me!

CheeRS
Pez

 

At least I can make sure I get a FULLY workoing sunroof now with a half decent seal lol

 

Oh yes, I know, maybe I'm just lucky

 

Not sure I understand this....the part which causes all the rusty flakes everytime you open it isn't the sunroff assembly. Its the internal area of the roof skin rusting

 

thats what i was thinking...

any1 like to clarify?

 

John, true
But the actual sunroof frame that holds the glass also rots to fook, causing holes in the 4 corners of it

Take a look

 

thank God mine is mint

 

Yes....but in relation to what comes out of the roof its trivial!!

What I did on an old car is take the sunroof out.....get something long to scrape all the loose rust off.....then got the hoover in there to remove all the flakes.....then filled it with waxoil.....Problemo sorted

 

pmsl at changing sunroofs gona sort your rust problems!

mines mint as fook on my S1

 

I got a mint mk4 sunroof from a scrappy last weekend, there were about 8 more mk4s and over 10 mk5s there which looked like they had good sunroofs !