Power Sunroof Conversion

[James Crivellone]

So I just completed my power sunroof conversion, and honestly, the only hard part was figuring out why everybody considered this mod a complete nightmare...


that had to of been one of the easiest mods that i have ever completed.

So If you guys want any information on how to do the swap, let me know, all you need is the motor, motor mounting plate, the harness with switch, the power headllner, and 2 half inch machine screws (if you have the motor mounting screws that came with the power stuffs)


its a direct swap, at least on my 86, you just have to drill out 2 rivits to remove the manual mounting plate, and use 2 screws to connect the power motor mount plate to the sunroof cables

[Zoso]

did you take any picture of the proceedure? I want to do this but am still a bit unsure.

[DanGillan]

i wish it was that easy for me....

[spencers]

Yeah, the mod is pretty straight forward and fairly easy to do.. I thank God each time I don't have to use a crank anymore.

[kylebes1]

how do you take the black panel off? the one with the sun visors.

I do not want to mess mine up that is why I am not going to experiment. Also when buying the electric one will all the parts be as one generally? I know there are many parts involved but...

Then again I will probabyl be pulling it off the donor car, the guy at the local yard leaves stuff like that, along with many sets of plastic bumpers , on the cars, until someone wants them.

[prb44t]

Bringing this thread back from the dead.. haven't seen anything recently, but has anyone done a writeup on how to do this? Thinking about it as I broke yet another crank handle but want to know what I am in for.

[Knockenwelle]

I'm quite happy that I have to crank mine...

[prb44t]

after breaking a new OEM $40 crank and eBay $20 crank I'm losing my patience with it.

[E30SPDFRK]

If you guys are breaking cranks like that I'd say you have a bigger problem at hand. Mine spin nice and smooth.

[MazterDizazter]

I'm quite happy that I have to crank mine...

You have a track car. So would I if I used mine as a track car. Actually mine wouldn't have a sunroof at all. But I'm glad to hear that this is pretty straightforward.

[guibo09]

anyone know the weight difference between electric and manual?

[Spinning Tires]

I had to take my sunroof out and change the mouting plate and tubes. Might be cause the power setup i used was from an older car. There was a slight difference.

To get the black panel off you have to pull the weather stripping on the doors and when you open the sun roof there is a black piece of plastic there held on by screws. after you take that off there are screws that hold the panel on

[hoveringuy]

anyone know the weight difference between electric and manual?

Yeah,

I'd like to convert mine from electric...

[mattdk318i]

i agree with the above that stated it was pretty easy, I never knew it was considered hard or difficult. I would perfer to do the sunroof 10 times over instead of Rear subframe bushings.

[Japandrew73]

This is great to know! I don't know why everybody gets all excited over crank roof and windows. It's not fun:( I want to do this someday. Only bitch is paying for the headliner, everything else is very cheap.

Where did you get power from? If you don't have a check panel you have to run the wires down the A pillars right?