Sunroof repair

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Where are the seats? Did you have to pull them?

Did you happen to notice where the drain lines run to?
 
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Just did mine a couple weeks ago...took about 10 hrs, had to remove DVD player and all seat belts..there is a re initialization process for the sunroof motor once reinstalled. Parts were only 120 bucks..Sucks but way better than 2500 quoted by the stealership.View attachment 31704 View attachment 31705 View attachment 31706 Good Luck!

Oh, hell no. After seeing these photos, I am certain I would set the truck ablaze before embarking on this project.

Where are the seats? Did you have to pull them?

Did you happen to notice where the drain lines run to?

The seats are in full recline. It's part of the suggested process for dropping the headliner.
 

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Oh, hell no. After seeing these photos, I am certain I would set the truck ablaze before embarking on this project.



The seats are in full recline. It's part of the suggested process for dropping the headliner.

NO way...EVER!
I swap V10 engines by myself because I need the vehicle and I'm cheap and you have to have a running engine to use it BUT I will never drop a headliner to repair a sunroof. I will get it closed and black rtv the seal together or sell the car unless a tree can fall on it and insurance can do it.
I did a headliner ONCE in my show car Buick GNX but only because I had to have it perfect because it's my baby and the sag was starting and I wasn't having no staples, pushpins or even clear ones in it. So I pulled the whole shell out (not as big as the SUV one) and went to the fabric store and bought the gray headliner material and the 3M headliner adhesive and did it up.
Never for a daily driver or work vehicle I use though.
 

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Hey @Sccritterkiller,
What holds the headliner to the roof? Clips, glue, magnets?
Can't say for certain on your particular a year but not much on most of them. They are held in around the edges with the weather stripping and then they are held on by the hand grips where they screw on and often by seat belt anchor points also. Then you will have the center overhead console and any lights and also hold them into place.
They are sturdy enough that they hold their own shape with a fairly stiff cardboard backing almost like weak fiberglass then the headliner material is just glued onto the front of that.
So in effect you could sit in the middle of a large SUV and push the headliner up to the roof and hold it with one finger from your left hand and one finger from your right hand. With them all being pushed up around the edges and with all the small little lights and anchor points they stay up there quite nicely without any real Clips or screws going through anywhere else or on the back side to hold them.
 
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It's about 14 months since I manually closed the sunroof back up and no issues. After reaching for the sunroof switch a few times out of habit, I disconnected the electronics.
 

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It's about 14 months since I manually closed the sunroof back up and no issues. After reaching for the sunroof switch a few times out of habit, I disconnected the electronics.
When mine messed up in my town car I just remembered not to hit the switch but after I gave it to my son to drive when he got his license it eventually accidentally got pushed. It's kind of in a bad spot right between the two dome lights so I unhooked the wires to it after I got it closed again.
 

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I would probably give up on it too, I'm not a fan of them anyway. You can see treetops from inside and they light up the console........big deal. Plus everyone looks at you more because you are all lit up. :shrug:
 
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