Aftermarket Sunroof

Is it possible to remove them and replace with an original vag one or could it be plated and resprayed ? If either is possible any suggestions/recommendations of who could do it ?

Lets face it in the early eighties the sunroof was the in thing . After market sales were sky high .
          You can change the roof !! all of it to get rid but you need a donor car and a skilled body shop to take the work on . I have seen pics on the old site dealing with this . You can try to remove and weld the hole up but distortion usually reasults and your left with a bent roof . Added to this is the 150 EURO cost of a new headling and you soon begin to wonder is it worth it ?
          Stick with it ? And face the fact that your car was one of the 80's in things . Or do as i have done and chop it all out and fit a webasto full sliding roof . Or buy a cabriolet ?

Above all good luck


Chudd…

As Chudd says the problem with welding a patch into the roof is that the metal easily distorts in this area. The VW standard steel sliding sunroof involves an additional inner skin in the roof in which the mechanism and sunroof are housed. I'd imagaine the existing hole in your roof would need to be exactly the same shape and location as the factory one.

Is your glass one leaking? If so easiest option would be to trawl scrappies for a decent condition glass sunroof to swap into yours. Think they came in some standardish sizes? Never been a fan of the glass sunroof though, look a bit cheap and surely devalue the car a bit. My C has one that was fitted at the dealer when sold new - someone cut a hole in the roof of a brand spanking new MK1  8O .

Cheers

1979 Golf GTI
…… shows roof re-skin!

Yeah can be done, expensive to have done by a bodyshop, will soon be changing the one on the gti, if your not in a rush i could do yours but it wouldnt be until late march early april now