Well I thought I was done...less than 10 cuss words mistake though. If you remember I put the felt strips in and then reinstalled the sunroof and used it as a clamp to seal the felt strips in place....mostly a good idea. I opened the sunroof today and it did not open easily. Both sides and the front attached to the car just fine. The back part gave me a small problem. It would seem that when I shut the sunroof the glue was squeezed out and not only attached the felt to the car but to the sunroof also -55]. So when I opened the roof some of the back felt was pulled away from the car. The pic isn't that great, but trust me it is pulled away.
So this what I did. I used a Q tip and shoved some glue in there and used a couple of clamps. I tried C clamps but they won't fit....mini C clamps might work. Of course if you follow my hindsight instructions you won't have this problem. :wallbash:
Now let's do some hindsight instructions. I would have installed the back felt first and used some C clamps to hold it in place. I would have used some wood strips on the felt strip and on top of the sunroof hole to hold it in place until the glue was dry BEFORE I reinstalled the sunroof. By the way a C clamp will fit if the sunroof is not installed.
This is roughly where the back felt strip should start. I would have still installed the front felt and used the sunroof as the clamp...that part worked fine. :icon_cherry: Before I forget...when I received the felt strips and the back seal they were kind of folded up so I took them out of the package and left them out for a few days...they straightened out a little and were easier to work with :icon_wink:
This part is a little out of order. When you take the sunroof out you will have to scrape the old seal off...putty knife and wire brush works just fine. At the rear of the sunroof is a groove. I had a better picture, but my wife lost it. I1t
There really IS a groove there.
The seal has a protrusion on it that fits in that groove. I marked that with some blue tape. Make sure you look for this. It would be very easy to install this seal incorrectly.
This is the glue I used and a foam brush did just fine for applying the glue. I imagine any glue made for trim will work.
Rough morning... I keep forgetting parts. Reinstalling the front guides. There are three pieces. Two curved and one straight. The two curved pieces go on first. There are some tabs that you have to fit into the side rails and then install the middle straight piece.
And this is a picture of what it looked like before I opened it this morning and found out I had to reglue. It should look like this again when the glue dries P#3.
I'll still post the complete instructions from Bentley. I hope they scan Ok because I really don't want to type all that stuff.
So here we go. Three plastic pieces,two felt seals and a rubber seal.....right @ $120.00 from CIP1.
Keep in mind I did not have to buy side rails,cables and a couple of other pieces. My best memory of those pieces is that it would be $250-$300 total including the parts I bought NOT in addition to the $120 if you had to buy everything.
Hope this helps.....