Smashed Sunroof

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Some local thugs dropped a rock from a tall building and hit a bullseye on my 1992 205 Gentry.

 

The impact shattered the glass panel . I'm having a far more difficult time than I expected sourcing a replacement. Mind you, it is twenty years old!

 

The sunroof was made by Autoroofs and fits a hole 370mm x 770mm. The glass panel measures 400mm x 800mm.

 

The manufacturer no longer supplies this model and I can't find anything identical in size on ebay or at the local scappy. The Internet has been surprising unhelpful!

 

Any suggestions? The weather forecast is heavy rain!

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

make a temporary panel from steel or wood for the time being???

[dave richards 26 1 Cars]

have you got a picture of it before hand, may help some of us who frequent scrap yards

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

I'd say plate it over, at least then its secure for the time being

[sam-barker 2]

is the sliding type, or is it aftermarket like the one on my 309?

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is the sliding type, or is it aftermarket like the one on my 309?

 

It's the 'pop-up' kind. It says Autoroofs on the handle. It's probably aftermarket but I'm pretty sure that another Gentry that I owned previously had the same set-up. Ideally, I'd be able to put a like-for-like glass panel where the old one was rather than have to fit another sunroof.

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I'd say plate it over, at least then its secure for the time being

 

I'm going to need to. There was a puddle underneath my passenger seat this morning!

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

you mean you didnt even cover it up last night? christ get a bin bag taped over the hole man it'll rot like a pear hehe

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

It will not be 205 specific so you would do best to ring one of these Find a Part numbers in the Yellow Pages and they will put a call out around various scrapyards to see if anyone has them. I imagine a lot of L plate cars would have had them as after market items, so look on Corsas etc

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you mean you didnt even cover it up last night? christ get a bin bag taped over the hole man it'll rot like a pear hehe

 

Oh, I did. Cardboard and bin-bags was the best I could manage given the notice as I live in a flat. Bought a car cover today.

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Still no joy. Hole in roof = 434mm x 831mm (34" BY 18")

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

I was after a piece of glass recently and put a post on www.breakeryard.com and had 3 offers and a phone call within 5 minutes.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

I would make my own from thick perspex - it will be pretty tough, wont shatter from another meteor shower hopefully and wont look stupid, infact nobody would probably notice it wasnt glass if you made a good job. Perspex aint cheap though, is there any new bus shelters gone up recently near you? eh hem lol

[laldy875 6 1 Cars]

I had the same problem as the original post, apart from my sunroof was held shut with a bolt and a fastener, the seal was leaking due to a massive gape in the seal. When I undid the bolt it all caved in because it must have been over torqued.

 

I've managed to sort out a local glass guy to come round make up a perspex permanent replacement for it. Window companies use perspex windows for windows that take some time to order. Going to seal it up with that black wind screen seal stuff. I can't wait to drive in the rain without drips on my head

 

If the car is off the road you should maybe have a look around, but general consensus is that aftermarket ones seem to be hard to get, I spoke to miles and he said the same. Wish I knew about these bloody sunroofs before I bought the car! How do you know its made by autoroofs? Also don't think about re-skinning the roof, thats a big job, cheaper to pick up a new shell!

Edited September 26, 2012 by laldy875

[Andy_C 50]

Try Howard at Merlin Motorscreens. Surrey based but if he can't help then no-one can.

[feb 47]

For what it's worth my 1.0 Trio Plus had a pop-up sunroof, I can't remember the name it could very well be the same as yours.

 

When it was leaking I went to a scrappy and removed a factory pop-up sunroof from a 106, it fitted perfectly, no more leaks

Edited September 26, 2012 by feb

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There are lots of pop-up sunroofs out there. It's just that this one appears to be much larger than the norm which is a surprise. I've been looking for a while. I like the perspex idea. I'll investigate. Thank you.