sunroof swap

[s1138]

I've got a '90 camry with a factory sunroof. unfortunately the cables have broken on it, and all the shops i've been to have quoted me around $300-$400 dollars to repair it.

So off to the junkyard I went. I could not find a Camry with a sunroof, but i did find a '89 and an '86 Cressida, both with sunroofs.

My question is are all the Toyota sunroofs compatible? Could I pull one from the Cressida and put it in my Camry?

[HomeGrown]

I would use a tape measure and see if they measure out the same. If they do, there's probably a good chance they would swap out. I think the big determining factor here is going to be the size of the rough opening (for lack of a better description).

BTW: welcome to the forum!

[nogard]

Not sure if it is a good idea to ship a sunroof, but there are a few around here by me. If you were interested I could work a deal out with you.

I had the same problem happen to me, but only one side broke. I ended up taking 6 hours to fix. That was uninstalling, junkyard shopping, and reinstalling. But at the time it only cost me $10 to get the new parts. You know as I'm typing this I'm trying to remember if I got the whole thing? I think I reused my glass and just got new outer tracks and cables. I forget if they were just screwed to the center section where the motor sits. Anyway now this I think about it I'm sure I just bought the tracks and cables. And that would be easy to ship.

But it was very easy, once you take out a few bolts, the sunroof can be closed, pushed out and up and then believe it or not it is just velcroed in. If you want more info on it just let me know I could take a few pictures of my '99 to point out what I'm talking about and give you the just of it.

[s1138]

thanks.
The idea to measure the size really didn't hit my until I was on the way home.