S13 Sunroof Delete

[rahjah]

I am considering removing and filling in the sunroof on my S13 and I am curious as to whether or not a non-sunroof headliner can be installed in place of the sunroof headliner. Yes I searched and yes I found some fairly vauge information on how to do a sunroof delete but no I was not able to find any information on the headliner so I appreciate any info that I can get here.

[KiLLeR2001]

Wise choice to seal up your sunroof. But an even wiser choice would be to find a non-sunroof chassis and go from there. I'm sure there is someone out there that wants to trade their non-sunroof model for a sunroof model.

[Silentoreo34]

My buddy did this to his 1G dsm. Basically had a guy cut the sunroof out then weld on a decent size sheet of metal. Then used body filler to make it all even.

[rahjah]

I understand the actual repair portion of the process I just don't want to do it and then not be able to make a headliner fit. Also, I'm not sealing it off as it doesn't leak. It does however rarely get used and it squeaks and creaks whenever I go over any size bump.


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[zerodameaon]

Wont be a bolt in affair but it it is doable, same roof except they removed the support bar and added a sunroof in its place. What it really comes down to is coupe vs hatch I know those are different chassis but the most part the foreword section is the same for both chassis.
http://i29.tinypic.com/k502m9.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/big_macp/new%20car%20pics/roll2.jpg

[rahjah]

That's good info, thank you.


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[dragonbreath]

From my searches it seems like the easiest and best way to delete the sunroof is to cut the roof skin off of your car and weld on a non-sunroof roof skin to your existing car. Go to a junk yard and get a donor roof or buy one from Nissan.

Welding in sheet metal and getting the curvature right is going to be difficult. Thats a rather large area to start from scratch with. It will take tons of work to make it look straight.

[zerodameaon]

Here is a thought, cut off the skin and put on the carbon fiber roof skin on, they look amazing.

[supersayianjim]

bumping this for new pics/information?