Adding a custom power sunroof ... just an idea

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

What car has a roof curve similar to the Lanos hatch, but also has a power sunroof?

I have had the idea of going to the junk yard and buying the roof and head liner from a car that has a power sunroof.

After getting the roof to my friend's body shop, cut a rectangle out of the roof to include the whole power roof section.
Cut a rectangle that matches the size of the power sunfoor section and then weld the new power sunroof into the roof of my Lanos.
Additional strengthing braces can be added to the inside of the roof as needed.

To make the headliner match, cut a rectangle out of the headliner with the sunroof hole, then cut a matching size rectangle out of the Lanos headliner, then glue the two headliners together with a strengthening strip all the way around the seam on the inside of the headliner (the side toward the roof) and then cover the whole headliner with a new piece of cloth to match. That way it looks like a normal headliner.

Any ideas what cars have a similar roof curve that also have a power sunroof?


Thanks!

Cliff

[UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM]

i aint got a clue mate, but you see em do it all the time on pimp my ride...it cant be that hard can it??? ha, good luck mate.

[angel]

i am having one installed on my car profesionally in pensacola with a 5yr warranty costing me about 600 dollars but the guy said if i drop it in the mornin it would be done by the evening and its a spoiler style just like my 03 tiburon

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

I could install the Tib style sunroof by myself at home:



But the roof I'm talking about this:



or this:




Cliff

[woo]

that roof looks better

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

It all depends on what I find at the junk yard that has a similar roof curve and I can cut the whole roof off another car so I can take it back to the fabrication shop.

[woo]

a celica may have a similar curve

[RealComrad]

I think you find simular sunroof on a Honduh CRX

[BosnianLanos]

Ford Focus Hatch? Mazda3 Hatch? Aveo? Reno? The list goes on, but these are only similar by looks, who knows how hard it would actually be to get it to work, and the cost could get fairly high.

But a sunroof is on the top of the list of things I want when I get a new car.

[angel]

that is the roof my tib has (the second pic) i dont mean the flip up crap i mean the full motorized pop out and to the back i wouldnt pay to have a flip top installed the first pic is for the first and second gen tib i have a third gen and the roof is motorized

[KnightWalace]

Any Lancer with with the Sun and Sound package (RA)