ACK! - A little Sunroof Help - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

MistaSergio · 04-07-2005, 01:27 PM

But first things first. I wanted to give props to Ren!

Because when I was deciding on a car to buy, I had choices between some hondas, a S-10,
a VW[jetta] and the lovely Corolla GTS [89'] which has stripes? [haha oh man, you know they add horsepower

]. But seeing pics of Ren's ride made me really expand my state of mind as to what I could do with this car. So Props! I'm a very happy camper thus far.

The guy I got it from is a Toyota mech head - and he sealed my sunroof somehow!

- I just don't see what he did to do it. The motor works and I press the open button and it goes and goes and then - "Click click click click click" is what I get. He has done something that is keeping it from sliding and I really have no clue as to what BUT!

thats where my fellow GTS owners with powered sunroofs come in. Seeing as I have no pictures to compare what it would look like if it wasn't sealed off - I really don't know what to remove - so I ask of you - maybe provide some pics of the sunroof - at different angles and even opened - so I can compare and move to understand whats holding my sunroof from going

At first I was completely against the sunroof even being fixed but I sort of want it now,
so help a brother out?

Thanks in way advanced

89yotarollagts · 04-07-2005, 07:18 PM

humm when its closed i would take the carpet board thingy out and grab a flashlight and see if you can find anything in the way of the tracks that would keep it from going back

yea the sun roof does kinda grow on yea just wish mine was glass

bob022004 · 04-07-2005, 09:22 PM

just don't screw up the seals. the only seal of the two in the sunroof that is still available from the dealer is $103. and its on limited availability.

TrentAE92 · 04-07-2005, 11:39 PM

The click click click sound is usually the small drive gears on the drive motor which opens and closed the hatch. Try removing the switch assembly that turns the motor on and off. I think you can access the drive motor and hopefully see whats wrong. Trace that click sound down and see where it's coming from, that clicking sound is your problem. One more thing, your hatch may be glued/sealed shut, some people have done that. Try to manually open it and see if it can move.

MistaSergio · 04-08-2005, 02:57 AM

yeah I checked the motor out and it seems to be just fine. I'm going dirty tomorrow and I'm going to do all I can to inspect and check the roof' - I'll let you know what I find.

albertmdh · 04-08-2005, 03:40 PM

why dont you ask the guy who sold it to you?

***REN69*** · 04-08-2005, 05:00 PM

a pic of my ride??? where???

89yotarollagts · 04-10-2005, 12:24 AM

oh by the way can these panels be replaced with glass sumhow some way without getting it custom fitted ? i think ive seen some ae92 sr5's with flip up roofs that are glass

MistaSergio · 04-10-2005, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 89yotarollagts

oh by the way can these panels be replaced with glass sumhow some way without getting it custom fitted ? i think ive seen some ae92 sr5's with flip up roofs that are glass

that would be killer. Maybe find an sr5 with one?
I wonder if it would fit...

89yotarollagts · 04-10-2005, 12:12 PM

lol well im sure it would just a matter of getting it to seal right.. can drill new holes for the GT-S mounts.. thing is tho the flip up glass i seen had this black dotted sh*t all over it that i didnt like i wanna find a nice piece of Smoked glass that i can fab up to work with my car.. would like to play this idea out on the beater up the road so if i F*ck sumthing up it wont be on my car

MistaSergio · 04-11-2005, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by 89yotarollagts

lol well im sure it would just a matter of getting it to seal right.. can drill new holes for the GT-S mounts.. thing is tho the flip up glass i seen had this black dotted sh*t all over it that i didnt like i wanna find a nice piece of Smoked glass that i can fab up to work with my car.. would like to play this idea out on the beater up the road so if i F*ck sumthing up it wont be on my car

haha amen. I think I'm going to give it a shot - pull one from a JY...

sounds like a project!

89TCGTS · 04-11-2005, 11:22 AM

i'm guessing he probly sealed it with some type of glue. I warn you. when you take off the panel thats on the interior, its a b!tch to get back on. I'll take some pics tonight and show you what it should look like.......well its a little rusty but you'll get the picture.

'88ROLLAGTS · 10-16-2006, 10:10 PM

i know this post was done a while ago but i thought id see if youd figured it out. sounds like mine is doing the same thing.