Thread: 95 RRC Sunroof glass panel replacement - help needed

I'll check if it's still there. I have little interest at $800 though. The motor will be heavily worn, no doubt it's stopped as the transfer case has locked up and trashed the driveline. An automatic with 300+km on it holds little interest. The air system is gone and replaced with springs. it's a short wheel base hard dash.

Like I said, at $800 there is no value there at all ( unless there is something there you desperately need). I think the interior plastics were average (so not great). The tan coloured leather seats were still very nice in it though.

If anyone is keen, I'll check it's still there, there is no way I'd pay more than a couple of hundred for it though

seeya,
Shane L.

Originally Posted by FisherX

G'day Guys,

Has anyone sourced a replacement sunroof glass panel and frame in their Rangie?

The frame that supports the glass on mine has rusted away. I pulled it apart and cleaned all the rust out of it and preserved what was left before reattaching the glass. I was hoping I might get away with it and bought a new seal, but no . There not enough steel around the edge to hold the seal even if sikaflexed the hell out of it.

I've been on the net looking for a replacement with no joy. Does anyone know if the P38 or Disco 1 sunroofs are the same? or was it a RRC glass sunroof unique?

...how did you go?

Hope I'm not repeating myself here but I just replaced sunroof glass in my 1990 build RRC - I think it was something fell out of a tree shattered it. Had been putting it off fearing the worst (only Japs and Germans should be allowed to make auto sunroofs). Phil at Triumph Rover Spares in Adelaide landed a glass in Perth for me - $280. Just needed a 25 torx and half an hour. Don't know what I was worried about.

Yours may be a different sunroof but in the classics i believe there were two types, a steel covered sunroof and the glass. Mine is the glass and I think this would be the easier to replace of the two, if not the whole range of never-should-have-been-allowed Euro sunrooves.

Cheers
Matt

G'day Samat,

Well I had some success but not with tracking down a replacement. I ended up making my own frame for the sunroof using the existing brackets.

So I got some galvanised 1mm sheet and got a sheet metal shop to run a swage around the middle of my drawn out frame for a bit of rigidity and somewhere for the Sika to go. I then cut out the frame I needed from the sheet and sat it in the roof to line up the brackets. Tech screwed the brackets in place before welding and removing the screws. Then I bonded the glass to frame, put on the old seal (as the new one didn't fit right) and bolted it back in place. Then I Sikaflex'd the roof SHUT. I hate sunroofs anyway. I'm in Cairns so the last thing you want is the sun beating down on your sweed.

Originally Posted by FisherX

Found in another forum that the 95RRC has the same sunroof as the P38 .

Is anyone able to confirm this? Even if just the glass/bonded frame is a direct replacement.

Originally Posted by Chivalry

Is anyone able to confirm this? Even if just the glass/bonded frame is a direct replacement.

Yes. I can confirm. Have worked on both a P38 and Classic sunroof at the same time. All parts were identical.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Yes. I can confirm. Have worked on both a P38 and Classic sunroof at the same time. All parts were identical.

Thanks! Time to burn a bit more money on unnecessary luxury.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Yes. I can confirm. Have worked on both a P38 and Classic sunroof at the same time. All parts were identical.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but is the p38 glass sunroof the same as all 90s classics? (Specifically 1991-1992)
I've tried rebuilding mine with sikaflex and rust and it's just not holding up. Haha

Cheers

Originally Posted by gussy

... is the p38 glass sunroof the same as all 90s classics? (Specifically 1991-1992)

Cheers

From memory, all parts were identical. I think the P38 glass had a perforated layer (to diffuse bright sunlight I suppose) but essentially everything was interchangeable.