Filling in a Hole in the Roof...

[darkfa8]

I have a old, poorly installed, leaking aftermarket electric tilt and slide-under type moon roof in my car.

I've gotten quotes of arounf $1k for a new Holandia electric one-touch moon roof installed (with me taking out the old one)

Has anyone successfully filled in a moon roof hole with a patch of roof from a hard top car? ... would or could it be cheaper then putting in another electric moon roof?

thoughts.. experience and pictures appreciated.

 

[turbofish38]

The correct way to this is to replace the entire roof skin. If you take the cheap way out and patch it the repair will come back to haunt you. I have a car that had rust holes from a vinyl top and the quote I got with me getting a used roof and removing the moldings and quarter glass was about $500. That didn't include paint. I can get a used roof for $100 so it depends on how badly you want a sunroof. The cost would be a little more to convert it back to a solid roof. Eric Fisher

 

[arista5]

another guy from CT here (have not seen him post in a while) had the hole filled when they repainted the car...

looked bad, he is going to cut it back open and put in another sunroof

 

[darkfa8]

any other ideas?

I have a lot of electrical work/time invested into this body.. since some people have suggested I get a hard-top body and get that all cleaned up, painted and then swap all the stuff from my car into it.