Ceiling removal, with sunroof.
#1
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Can someone please advise on how to remove the ceiling when there is a sunroof? I'm replacing my antenna and tried a shortcut, but no way...
Around the sunroof itself, is there any screws that I need to undo from "the top"? I've searched but haven't found any threads really describing this.
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Henrik
Around the sunroof itself, is there any screws that I need to undo from "the top"? I've searched but haven't found any threads really describing this.
Not desperate yet.....
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Thanks
Henrik
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Hi Henrik
It is actually a pretty fiddly, and a few steps:
1 open sunroof almost all the way
Stick your head in the opening and look for 3
Screws holding the headliner on the sunroof panel
Slide out sunroof panel liner
Once you have the panel liner out, you can remove the sunroof from the tracks and carefully remove the sunroof panel itself.
Now you will see that the headliner is held by metal strips screwed from the top.
Remove them and peel away the headliner (is glued)
Maybe you can fix the antenna by only lowering the rear section of the headliner? It saves a bunch of work.
Cheers
It is actually a pretty fiddly, and a few steps:
1 open sunroof almost all the way
Stick your head in the opening and look for 3
Screws holding the headliner on the sunroof panel
Slide out sunroof panel liner
Once you have the panel liner out, you can remove the sunroof from the tracks and carefully remove the sunroof panel itself.
Now you will see that the headliner is held by metal strips screwed from the top.
Remove them and peel away the headliner (is glued)
Maybe you can fix the antenna by only lowering the rear section of the headliner? It saves a bunch of work.
Cheers
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Thanks Rex,
OK, now I get why the panel still is rock solid.
Time to figure out a short cut![banghead](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/banghead.gif)
Henrik
OK, now I get why the panel still is rock solid.
Time to figure out a short cut
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Henrik
Last edited by Hank928; 11-14-2013 at 12:42 PM.
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I was wondering how the antenna is routed in your car,
last one I did had it going up the B pillar to the roof,
remove the sunroof motor cover to see the wires,
then the ant wire gets tucked into the edge of the quarter liner cover ,
then along the floor/rocker to the CE panel
last one I did had it going up the B pillar to the roof,
remove the sunroof motor cover to see the wires,
then the ant wire gets tucked into the edge of the quarter liner cover ,
then along the floor/rocker to the CE panel
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I've come so far that I can see that the cable is routed down the B-pillar
on the right hand side.
Since I will put in a new antenna cable all the way, I'm going to route it on the right hand side of the roof and down the A-pillar.
I think it will be too tight to even try to run it the original way.
on the right hand side.
Since I will put in a new antenna cable all the way, I'm going to route it on the right hand side of the roof and down the A-pillar.
I think it will be too tight to even try to run it the original way.
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Hank - If you're not going to use the original cable, should we assume that is because the original cable is in some way defective? If so, why not remove it and use the original route for running your new cable? I would think using the original route would create less opportunities for creating your own gremlins.
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routing the cable along the floor will keep it further away from the engine thus reducing static from the ignition system.
NOTE the earlier cars had the antennas in the LR quarter away from the fuel pump,
The next gens had them buried into the windshield then they got installed to the roof
NOTE the earlier cars had the antennas in the LR quarter away from the fuel pump,
The next gens had them buried into the windshield then they got installed to the roof
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Hank - If you're not going to use the original cable, should we assume that is because the original cable is in some way defective? If so, why not remove it and use the original route for running your new cable? I would think using the original route would create less opportunities for creating your own gremlins.
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That would have been a great idea but the cable goes into something like a wiring harness, and trying to separate it from the others will be complicated if not impossible.
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lay your new cable alongside the old one as best you can,
I would recommend to not mess with the A pillars
I would recommend to not mess with the A pillars
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Now it's in place, and yes the A pillar was tricky to put back.
But the reception is great, even indoors.
The tricky part was to mount the new antenna base from the inside, I had to "make" a special tool from a sparkplug "tool" that belongs to my Honda trimmer.
Sorry for a blurry pic.
But the reception is great, even indoors.
The tricky part was to mount the new antenna base from the inside, I had to "make" a special tool from a sparkplug "tool" that belongs to my Honda trimmer.
Sorry for a blurry pic.