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Spent the weekend finally tracking down my sun roof leaking issues. Snaking the drains has not been effective. SO... I removed my entire headliner and found horror! Both front corners of the front sun roof frame are completely rusted through and crumbling apart. Essentially, the water has no way to make it to the drain as the corners themselves are gone.

Looking for someone that may be parting out a car and willing to sell JUST the front sun roof frame. I don't need the glass, motor, or shade. I will post up pics later... unable to at the moment.

Will also require shipping of the frame.

Thanks,
BC

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Yeh that's bad and seriously perforated.    That said, depending on the complexity of the channel design on the 'other side' (hidden in the photos) it should be possible to cut out the rust and TIG weld in replacement sections.     Quite a bit of work but doable with the right equipment and skills.     After that it's appropriate corrosion protection treatments - zinc plating if possible but appropriate corrosion resistant primers, paints at the very least.

Looks like the original part came with a basic paint job so corrosion was pretty much inevitable.

You're in Germany from your profile, so spares are probably thin on the ground (??) if that turns out to be the only way to go.     Maybe the UK is a possibility where Japan imports are probably more common.

According to Amayama some of these parts are still available new....but not cheap.

Another option is specialists that might be able to source these parts from Japan like Import Monster, secondhand or new.

 

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