I just did the headliner and sunroof R&R last week. I had the common rattling noise coming from above the drivers head and it was driving me nuts. I decided while I was up there that I would also use some B-Quiet on the roof as well as adding a third row dome light and checking/cleaning the sunroof assembly. A few things I noticed while I was in there:
-The headliner removal is not as scary as it seems for those of us with the hard foam model (95-97?). It is flimsy but not fragile so if you treat it with some care it will survive just fine.
-There are no shims between the roof brackets and the sunroof assembly mounts. There are shims between the glass and the mounting points on the track. If you are just removing the sunroof to weld holes or add some sound deadener there are 3 gold and 3 black bolts on each side as well as 3 nuts along the front edge of the assembly (15 total). This is all that holds the sunroof assembly in. There is also a wiring connector for the centre dome light, as well as a bracket up front at the motor assembly and the motor's electrical connectors. I took the sunroof/glass/motor/cables down as one piece with two people.
-Removing the old jute glue backing from the roof was a huge PITA. I used a dog hair brush (as suggested by IronYuppy in another thread) to get rid of all the little strands. Then it was time to lie back with a metal scraper and some Acrysol adhesive remover and work out the forearms! It took a while, but I got most of the roof cleaned up to ensure good adhesion of the sound deadener.
-I used the better part of a 50' roll of B-Quiet Ultimate to do the roof. I did two layers in each section. I also used small strips of it to secure the noisy wire harness in place so it won't come off again.
-I removed the factory tweeters mounted behind the grills. The wiring harness on the passenger side can be pulled back down the D-pillar and unclipped from the other harnesses back there. On the driver's side I reused the clip holding it on and re-clipped it out of the way.
-While I was in there I added a third dome light as per elmariachi's thread.
I didn't have a factory rack to remove so all in all this project was a lot of work for little gain. I got rid of an annoying rattle and added some sound deadener and more light. However, if I was removing a factory rack and welding up the holes as treeroot did, I would spend the extra time and money to do everything up there all at once, since going back in there again would suck. On that note, if my sunroof suddenly dies, it'll stay dead!
HTH someone!
-The headliner removal is not as scary as it seems for those of us with the hard foam model (95-97?). It is flimsy but not fragile so if you treat it with some care it will survive just fine.
-There are no shims between the roof brackets and the sunroof assembly mounts. There are shims between the glass and the mounting points on the track. If you are just removing the sunroof to weld holes or add some sound deadener there are 3 gold and 3 black bolts on each side as well as 3 nuts along the front edge of the assembly (15 total). This is all that holds the sunroof assembly in. There is also a wiring connector for the centre dome light, as well as a bracket up front at the motor assembly and the motor's electrical connectors. I took the sunroof/glass/motor/cables down as one piece with two people.
-Removing the old jute glue backing from the roof was a huge PITA. I used a dog hair brush (as suggested by IronYuppy in another thread) to get rid of all the little strands. Then it was time to lie back with a metal scraper and some Acrysol adhesive remover and work out the forearms! It took a while, but I got most of the roof cleaned up to ensure good adhesion of the sound deadener.
-I used the better part of a 50' roll of B-Quiet Ultimate to do the roof. I did two layers in each section. I also used small strips of it to secure the noisy wire harness in place so it won't come off again.
-I removed the factory tweeters mounted behind the grills. The wiring harness on the passenger side can be pulled back down the D-pillar and unclipped from the other harnesses back there. On the driver's side I reused the clip holding it on and re-clipped it out of the way.
-While I was in there I added a third dome light as per elmariachi's thread.
I didn't have a factory rack to remove so all in all this project was a lot of work for little gain. I got rid of an annoying rattle and added some sound deadener and more light. However, if I was removing a factory rack and welding up the holes as treeroot did, I would spend the extra time and money to do everything up there all at once, since going back in there again would suck. On that note, if my sunroof suddenly dies, it'll stay dead!
HTH someone!
