911Jetta

Lot of good stuff in that thread!

bweSteve

Wow, thanks for the pointer to the Aussie rebuild & DIY thread from back in 2011 - 2013.
Holy cow 555 posts in that thread!!! I will definitely need more time to read through that one.

re:
You may be right in that it is just simple early 90's plastic deterioration over time. But for some of us who keep our sunroofs open a lot while driving, I'm sure the deterioration is accelerated due to UV.

Only one of the deflector hinges broke on mine (so I'm replacing both), & I was lucky enough to recognize the sound of breaking plastic when I opened the sunroof,... so I did not do further damage by trying to close it. This was a very quick & easy fix.

Thanks for the pointers and chiming in guys. VERY valuable forum.

Earlydays

Those deflector hinges must be the "lowest-cost" 964 parts......

wkoperwhats

They're certainly cheap enough, but if you really want to go the whole DIY route, you can download the STL files for printing with a 3D printer here:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:167708

mark lintott

Hahah! That's my file. Hope it works for you. Worked for me but a little tricky to get the two sides aligned when gluing them together.

Cheers

Mark