Rich1880

Hi All

Went to get down to some work on the escort today, the sunroof has never worked so after removing the sunroof I can see that the inner roof panel is rusted away badly. The actual outer roof panel is fine. I'm now stuck at what my options are?

I dont believe here is a panel replacement, so I guess I could purchase a 2nd hand roof and take the inner panel to replace mine. Or I could do away with the sunroof and replace both panels.

Any help would me much appreciated,

Turbosimpsons

iTrader: (3)

the roof it's self is easy enough to do. it's finding the panels to do it with, plus you need to decide if you want a sunroof or not. i have a tidy mk3 shell (no sunroof) £250 in you need a roof.

Rich1880

Thanks for getting back to me, mine is the mk4 unfortunately so I dont think the mk3 one will fit. Would you keep the sunroof in and just replace the inner panel if you were to tackle this?

zippyobrien

iTrader: (2)

Mk3 roof is the same, as is Orion.

Id go no sun roof

Rich1880

Thanks for the info guys, I'm asuming the mk4 XR3i roodf is also the same. Well perghaps replacing both panels may be best!

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Guy in the resto room as just removed his inner bit ,he may sell it to you ,mattseries2

conor.rst

iTrader: (3)

Get a carbon roof and paint it the same coulour as the car.

Rich1880

Thanks people, the help is much appreciated. with a carbon roof, how easy is it to remove the existing roof?

Turbosimpsons

iTrader: (3)

piece of cake.

Rich1880

really, is it a case of finding the weld spots, drilling then somehow removing the roof?

Rich1880

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Added a couple of pics so people can see better the problem Im faced with.

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Common that problem ,prob best to see if you can find a mint sunroof cartridge and change that

Twins

iTrader: (18)

https://passionford.com/forum/restor...of-time-3.html
have a look on here, this is the bit you need to replace ,not sure where you are in the country to him, but you could get his one and restore and fit to yours.

Rich1880

Yeah I contacted him but he has a mate who wants it which is fair enough, I'm clear as to what I now need though so thanks for the link,

orionmojo

iTrader: (1)

The orion roof Isn't the same. its completly different.