sunroof option??
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OP, your best bet would be to sell the car and get one with a moonroof. Its simply too much work to cut a hole, install a piece of glass, and rip apart the headliner to install the rails and electronics. I've never seen a price quote for an aftermarket moonroof but no doubt it'll be in four-figures territory.
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Im in NY and during the Spring and Summer I use it every time I get in the car.. Its sunroof all the way open, driver and passenger windows cracked about 3 inches.. good to go.. I love it and it brightens up the car which makes my dark tint less obvious. Also, the best is at night during the summer when its not to hot but not to cold and you crank open all the windows and sunroof and blast the heat at like 82-88. (Socal guys probably never get the chance for this cuz its too hot) But its the best! I would definitely be less happy with any car I owned if it didn't have one. My dad was set on buying the Audi S5 when it came out but when we drove off the lot in our test drive, he reached up to open the sunroof and it only tilted.. He turned into the dealers second entrance and went down the street to get his g37 coupe.
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I've researched this issue because I too do not have a sunroof in my coupe and wanted one (yes I'm in Cali ) It is a big pain in the @ss to have one installed. Your best bet, if you still want one installed at a cheaper price, is to track down a used run roof assmbly either online or call around to different junk yards, and just take it to a sun roof installation shop to have them only install it. They were quoting me around 300 just for installation. But the thing is they would have to repaint the roof of your car because of the hole that they're going to have to cut out will damage the paint. I gave up personally, too much of a hassle. I really really wanted a sun roof when I was car shopping, but I'm just going to have to learn how to live without it.
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I use mine every once and a while but i could defiantly do without it for the weight/rigidity benefit. Its pretty uncommon to see one without as it something like for every 100 w/ dealers have 2 or 3 w/o. Since its a luxury car its become more standard than an option to appeal to the market.
I use mine every once and a while but i could defiantly do without it for the weight/rigidity benefit. Its pretty uncommon to see one without as it something like for every 100 w/ dealers have 2 or 3 w/o. Since its a luxury car its become more standard than an option to appeal to the market.
there are rolled seams in sheet metal around the sun roof. those seams are much stronger than the sheet metal by itself. the weight issue is understandable to an extent, because if you are not going to literally "race strip" your G, what is 50 lbs really going to do to us??? just considering how much our cars weigh in the first place.