Aftermarket Sunroof?

[thewanderer]

Anyone installed an aftermarket sunroof? If so, opinions, photos, model, etc?

[Impelled]

Don't do an aftermarket...too many horror stories from bad installs.

But if you do, don't say you weren't warned!

[MikeVJ]

Case in point....

I have a 2007 DC SR5. It has a sunroof (Toyota OEM). I didn't know it when I test drove it last year - but it was a dealership add-on (not built from the factory). As a matter of fact - you can't even get a DoubleCab with a sunroof from the factory. The original owner must have insisted on it - so it was added at the dealership.

You'd think that Toyota OEM Parts installed by Toyota Techs at a dealership would be a good thing, right??? Wrong.!

I love my Tundra - but I wish every day the damn sunroof wasn't there. It has already blown all my fuses once (had to take it back to the dealership - they kept it for a week to troubleshoot). That's when I found out it is considered an "accessory" not covered under my extended warranty. They squared it away for free ('cause I had just bought it from them). But still it acts flaky (opens by itself [just a crack], I hafta' close it almost every day is seems).

I think the original owner probably traded it back in 'cause he hated the sunroof and regretted putting it in... If I had known about the whole thing before buying - I would have looked for different truck. But, when you get in and sit down, it looks "100% stock" I had no idea it wasn't.

My advice is stay away...

[burned300]

Only go OEM, I was told by an old Toyota tech, that Toyota's design sunroofs had a water drain built into them just incase someday they would leak,,,,, the water would go into the channel & down thru a hose & out by a door hindge, sometimes those hoses would get plugged & back up & then they would leak. Darrin

[TOYOPARTSMAN]

DON'T DO IT, I REPEAT DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!! ONLY OEM!!! I DON'T EVEN CARE WHAT MANUFACTURE, TOYOTA, HONDA, NISSAN, FORD, ET. ONLY OEM!!!

I cringe every time that we send one out to get one put in. I know that someday it will com back and I have to wonder if A) the part will be available B) if the company who installed them will be in business.

Sorry to be so blunt, but I have seen way to many horror stories to ever consider anything less than an OEM one. I had one on my old 86 CRX and it leaked three years after it was installed. couldn't find a replacement, company went under, etc. Worse thing I ever did.

Toyota's do have tubes for draining, and if they get clogged at least you can access them and clean them or replace them. I have not seen that happen yet though.

[RONE]

Sounds like a terrible idea. Even if they offer a lifetime warranty, it would still be a nightmare taking it in to them every couple of months to track down another leak and leave you without a vehicle for a few days.

[Impelled]

Have em cut in T-Tops instead....


that is sarcasm