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Old 08-24-2006, 04:01 PM
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Default Take Care of your Sunroof!

A Word of Caution: Be very gentle with the sunroof! If you don't, repairs can be pricey.

Old 08-24-2006, 04:07 PM
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bah! i love breaking my sunroof. I do it every chance i get!
Old 08-24-2006, 04:12 PM
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In the future, you should consider looking on Ebay and rennlist for parts. There are lots of perfectly good used parts out there at a fraction the price of new ones.
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yeah i replaced a cable in the ds of mine the other day and cost me maybe 20 bucks- of course make sure you put the short bolts in the middle of the roof- i found out the hard way.
Old 08-24-2006, 04:20 PM
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you gotta be pretty stupid, to have a dealer fix that ESPECIALLY on an 86!
Old 08-24-2006, 05:10 PM
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glad that I wont have to worrie about that (car doesn't have a sunroof)
Old 08-24-2006, 05:13 PM
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Dang man. Im more of a DIY kind of guy. I would have done it for you for $400
Old 08-24-2006, 05:33 PM
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !

You could have had your clutch done for that and done the sunroof yourself.
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Thats not a bad deal
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this is a joke right?
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Yeah, I would have found some good used parts before I went to the stealer.

However I don't have this problem since my car doesn't have a sunroof.
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on the bill it says that the dent repair shop was responsible so hopefully they're picking up that tab

either way that is alot of money for that stuff, i cant imagine those parts actually costing that much
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Is there any preventative maintanece that should be done on the sunroof in order to avoid having to replace the motor and gears?
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Guys - don't forget that there actually are a FEW dudes who have money and are not weirdo super-gearheads like us.......

WE are the geeks, not them.
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Originally Posted by special tool
Guys - don't forget that there actually are a FEW dudes who have money and are not weirdo super-gearheads like us.......

WE are the geeks, not them.
I thought those guys owned 996/997s........


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