Depressed about no sunroof

[BenzOnline]

I love my w202 C-class dearly...but with the nice weather having no sunroof package on it...its...crappy. Open windows its heavy wind and noise + buffetting.

I dont think its good to do aftermarket sunroofs on these cars and if so how do they put it in exactly? I probably wont do it but just asking.

[yal]

Actually there are some really good aftermarket sunroofs vendors out there. Some even come with long term warranties. The technology has improved so much. I guess it depends on how long you want to keep this car and how bad you want a sunroof.

[BenzOnline]

How much would something like this cost? I dont know where to start looking. The car would be more than perfect "to me" with a roof.

[Snibble]

did the C class have an option for sunroof? If so, could you pick up the entire set from a parts car and have a body shop do an installation?

Glad my 560 has one

[BenzOnline]

Yup...was a whopping $2000 option. Actually, a good idea Snibble. I'll check both options.

The w126 sunroof is heavenly indeed.

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by BenzOnline

The w126 sunroof is heavenly indeed.

Slightly OT - Did you guys see the movie 'Ronin' with Robert DeNiro? Some great car chases and they had a vintage W116 450SEL 6.9 in it, I believe. Anyway, there's a scene where a guy pops up through the sunroof (moonroof) in the SEL and fires a bazooka.

I think the reason they used the SEL was in part due to its titanic sunroof - the only one that could fit a bazooka through.

I'm sharing your sunroof woes as well - lifter broke on mine and the repair costs are staggering.

[cscmc1]

The lack of sunroof is my biggest (only) gripe about my Jetta. If I had my 'druthers it would have a big MANUAL one like the 84 300TD had! I have actually looked into aftermarket roofs, too, and the few that I found were in the $500-800 range, installed. I am still interested in adding one sometime; keep us posted on what you find out!

[BenzOnline]

Id love a manual one! One less problem!

[cscmc1]

Originally Posted by BenzOnline

Id love a manual one! One less problem!

Bingo!

[BenzOnline]

$1400 for a roof that has moonroof/closed ventilation/ and wide open type roof.

Basically what a MB roof comes with these days. I'll leave it as a future "mod"

[yal]

Originally Posted by BenzOnline

How much would something like this cost? I dont know where to start looking. The car would be more than perfect "to me" with a roof.

http://www.inalfasunroofs.com/

http://www.donmar.com/conindex.htm

[diametricalbenz]

Originally Posted by Zeus

Slightly OT - Did you guys see the movie 'Ronin' with Robert DeNiro? Some great car chases and they had a vintage W116 450SEL 6.9 in it, I believe. Anyway, there's a scene where a guy pops up through the sunroof (moonroof) in the SEL and fires a bazooka.

I think the reason they used the SEL was in part due to its titanic sunroof - the only one that could fit a bazooka through.

I'm sharing your sunroof woes as well - lifter broke on mine and the repair costs are staggering.

I like how I really can stand in the rear footwells and stand up out of the sunroof. To be entirely complete the vehicle will have to have a few LAW rockets quick release mounted to the headliner for sunroof firing abilities in traffic

[Hatterasguy]

Really when you put all the windows down on a W202 you get blown away? I always liked the higher end MB's because you could put all 4 windows down and not get blown away.

Sunroof's are a pita I just finished fixing mine a couple of months ago. I almost don't want to use it now.

A convertable is the solution!

[Matt L]

I only use mine in the vent setting (rear lifted) to help evacuate cigarette smoke. Otherwise, the windows and roof stay closed, since the climate-control does a great job.

But I would never add a sunroof to a car that didn't come with one. Your milage may vary.

[davestlouis]

I keep thinking that a huge fabric Webasto-style sunroof would be spiffy on the right car...sort of a huge version of the sunroof on a Renault 5 (LeCar).