mbtech2003
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On vacation this week. So continued to work on my wife’s truck. Things I have been putting off. Lol. New slides for the sunroof
Sunroof repair
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Nice. I had to replace the sunroof on my 2011 Expy a few years ago. I started to tear it down myself as I though I could replace the rails without pulling the entire headliner. I found out the hard way the headliner must come down. Found a small auto shop near my house that replaced the entire setup for $400. They pulled a sunroof from an Expy at the local junkyard. That sunroof hasn't been opened since. lol
Trainmaster
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I feel your pain. Looks like you have a nice place to work though. How'd the job go and what was the hardest part?
Yeah, tha
Yeah, that's the rub. I did the job, not too difficult but a good 11hrs of time and now I'm scared to test it again several months later for the fear it might bust again and I'd have to go through this again. Not using it is not a problem, but I may sell the truck in the next year or so and not sure I want to "test" it for the perspective buyer.
Ellison Brown III
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Hahaha… SMH
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mbtech2003
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All in all I did the job in 4 hours. Yeah my work is small but we specialize in European cars. So a ford is pretty “easy”. Worst part was not having the line up pins for the slides. But I used small drill bits instead. I got the ford repair kit from ebay. Definitely no way to do it with out removing and drilling out the Rivets.
My wife and I said the same when we picked it up from the shop. The stealership wanted $1,200 to only replace the rails. The local auto glass shop grabbed an entire sunroof assembly (glass and rails) and installed for $400. That was a no brainer for us. That said, no desire to ever open that sunroof again.
My problem is that the local stealerships in Texas order expensive glass roofs on ALL new vehicles these days. It's extremely difficult to find a vehicle on the lot that you like that doesn't include a glass roof anymore. What ****** me off the most is they upcharge you anywhere from $1,500 to $2,500 for accessory that you didn't ask for. Grrrr....
tommyddsr
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And this is why I will never have a sunroof......
I must have been lucky, I had an 02 exploder and this expy with sunroofs. Used them both lots. Never any issues or leaks lol.
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mbtech2003
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My 05 knock on wood has never had an issue.
