| The sunroof in our 2002s was made by a supplier to
BMW named Golde. These roofs are installed in many other German cars
from the same period, and you can sometimes find parts through Porsche
or MB suppliers, even Volvo used this type of unit.
While documentation even in the shop manual is
sketchy, I hope to help you with all the details I can on this since I
was told it's an ugly job to get it done right!
Currently I am getting the sun roof ready to put in as
far as I can, but I will be held up by installation of the headliner.
That is because the material wraps around the opening towards the sky
and the tracks hold the material down in place. The following photos
show what you go through if you completely disassemble the roof as I
did. |
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| There are two strips of corduroy type material from
the old sunroof panel I removed and reattached to the roof using Wurth
Yellow Weather Strip Adhesive. |
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| Close up view for position, in case you have to use
new material yourself. |
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| On the ends of the roof near the back are these pad
blocks that slide up and down the tracks at the rear. I doubt these felt
type pads are available new, I fashioned some from cork gasket material
double thick and then glued them down using the Wurth glue. The sharp
tabs are then folded inward to hold the new pad in place like the old
one. |
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| So far I have disassembled 3 sun roofs. Each time I
have noted that these adjustment screws are always lined up flush as
shown, even though their stud mounts are different heights. These are
the screws you adjust up or down on the stud in order to have the right
front edge height of the sunroof. Too high and these scratch your paint
-- so be careful. I will fully cover adjustments when I get ready
to put it back in. |
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| On the upper right with two red screws are the front
guides which screw into the studs in the previous photo. I noted that
both sides are exactly 2" from the edge. These guides are normally
hidden. I didn't check on new parts here, I just cleaned these up in the
bead blaster and will lubricate the plastic guides shown between the 2
and 2.5" marks on the ruler after it's installed. |
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| Ok, passenger side view of the long sunroof tracks.
On either side these two pieces hold the sunroof cables. In order
to make them shine, try using 00 steel wool and some type of chrome
polish (Like Mother's) and lots of elbow grease. |
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| Driver's side view of the sunroof tracks. |
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| The corner piece - looks good here, that's about an
hour of polishing alone on it to get it this way. |
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| Driver's side of the track looking head on. You can
see in the front here where the round holes are - these contain the
sunroof cables from each side. |
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| Underneath, passenger side. You can see in this close
up how the roof guide on each side fits into the tracks. Note above the
roof guide is the two adjusting screws mentioned. When you have it
installed this way it is obvious what a difference they make when you
see where the sunroof meets the front of the opening and view across the
roof from the drivers side. You can eyeball whether it's too high or
low. |
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You have to make a new piece of foam, because the old
one was deteriorating from heat and age. This 1/2"
foam is easily found in upholstery shops. I got this surplus from Ebay
for $7.00 for 10 feet of material 5' wide. |
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| A front view of the piece you make and glue down with
the Wurth glue. |
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