Electric Sunroof

Post Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:39 pm

Hello, does anyone know if i were to buy a electric sunroof motor, switch, relay and loom....

Would it bolt stright up to my manual sunroof or would i need a totaly different mechanism ... ie new sunroof 'cables' i believe ?

Im not sure... can any one confirm what I need?

Thanks

Post Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:33 am

Bump.... anyone know?

Post Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:33 pm

It is just about possible to fit things up as you suggest, and the manual back plate has three unused threaded holes where the motor fits, BUT you will find that the spacing is not quite right and all three holes in the motor have to be drilled larger to get the bolts to fit. There are also a couple of other problems that will arise.
Far easier to get the complete motor plate, with the outer cable tubes sill attached and to slide your existing inner cables into them.

Post Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:01 pm

I have a complete kit just a few junctions up the M6 motorway

Post Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:32 pm

Thanks everyone for replying but before reading this iv gone a bought what I said before, but it was only £15 delievered so hey ho...

oh well ill try the bodgy way first haha if i get pissed off with it i'll be contacting you DanThe! (PM me a price just out of interest)

One last question, should the wiring be there for me to plug it straight in (318i 1990)? I'll find out when I pull it apart anyway

Cheers All

Post Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:11 pm

The only 'wiring' that is fitted from the factory is the power feed at the relay behind the glovebox. This will be a green/blue wire that currently goes to the window switches.
The loom for the electric sunroof is just a single wire that is clipped down behind the LH 'A' pillar trim, with a connector on the bottom end that replaces the window loom connector. This connector also has a short flying lead connected to it, which terminates in a connector that mates with the displaced window loom plug.
Do yourself a favour, and sell on what you already have, before you wreck it and render in unsaleable, and put the proceeds towards Dan's kit.

Post Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:48 pm

£30 collected, im in tomorrow and thursday

Post Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:34 am

It arrived yesterday so i though i would just have a look... I tested the motor (found that spare plug

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Then I took apart the sunroof area to investigate and yeah your right it will be so much easier to buy the motor mounting plate and guide tubes

DanThe: does your kit come with the electric sunroof panel (the bit the sunvisors are on)....? And would you post it?