I'm not sure what sunroof is on my car ('91 318is;) it's not the regular metal piece, rather it is a fully tinted glass piece with metal lips on both the roof surround and the piece itself (I've got pictures.)
It's been cold, but I like to drive with the roof open to circulate cool air which keeps the windows from fogging. Apparently the foamy (for lack of a better word) part of the sunroof seal was wet from melted snow and froze to the roof.
I pressed the button to open the sunroof, and heard a bunch of cracking, a pop, and then the roof opened (the sunroof offers an auto sunroof control button for one-touch operation.) So since it opened, and didn't disengage the one-touch I didn't think anything of it.
It wasn't until i got home and saw the sunroof in the light of the garage that I noticed the seal was hanging off of the sunroof. I took some pictures at this point and proceeded to 'patch' the seal with electrical tape; first taping it with about 30 individual pieces to secure the seal, then with 4 lengthwise strips to cover the whole front of the seal. I took pictures here too.
I don't know what to do from here.
Do I try to find out what sunroof it is and get a new seal? Do I scrap the glass panel and replace it with an OEM metal one? Do I have to get a completely new sunroof (roof, rails, etc...?)
Please excuse the dirty car, it'll get its weekly wash tomorrow.
Seal falling off.
Excellent tape job.
It's been cold, but I like to drive with the roof open to circulate cool air which keeps the windows from fogging. Apparently the foamy (for lack of a better word) part of the sunroof seal was wet from melted snow and froze to the roof.
I pressed the button to open the sunroof, and heard a bunch of cracking, a pop, and then the roof opened (the sunroof offers an auto sunroof control button for one-touch operation.) So since it opened, and didn't disengage the one-touch I didn't think anything of it.
It wasn't until i got home and saw the sunroof in the light of the garage that I noticed the seal was hanging off of the sunroof. I took some pictures at this point and proceeded to 'patch' the seal with electrical tape; first taping it with about 30 individual pieces to secure the seal, then with 4 lengthwise strips to cover the whole front of the seal. I took pictures here too.
I don't know what to do from here.
Do I try to find out what sunroof it is and get a new seal? Do I scrap the glass panel and replace it with an OEM metal one? Do I have to get a completely new sunroof (roof, rails, etc...?)
Please excuse the dirty car, it'll get its weekly wash tomorrow.
Seal falling off.
Excellent tape job.
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