How to: Sunroof shade

[beems240sx]

If you still have a sunroof shade it's probably destroyed like mine. The oem particle board just fell apart and I wanted a fix for it. I went to Home Depot and bought a big piece of plexiglass. All they had was clear or this opaque one. I'm going to give this a shot and if the sun still bothers me I'll just paint it a solid color.

Start by removing the clips and removing the brackets.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/beems240sx/IMG_6706_zpsuexfvsv1.jpg (http://s90.photobucket.com/user/beems240sx/media/IMG_6706_zpsuexfvsv1.jpg.html)

The plexiglass has a protective film over it, so I traced around it. Melvin inspected my work.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/beems240sx/IMG_6708_zpsfcel3jrt.jpg (http://s90.photobucket.com/user/beems240sx/media/IMG_6708_zpsfcel3jrt.jpg.html)

I took a Dremel with a drill bit and cut out the shape. It actually worked really well. I went around it with a sanding disk after to smooth things out.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/beems240sx/IMG_6709_zpsestseycn.jpg (http://s90.photobucket.com/user/beems240sx/media/IMG_6709_zpsestseycn.jpg.html)

I then laid the oem shade under the glass and marked for the holes. This bracket needed to be cut down flush.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/beems240sx/IMG_6710_zpsftbwof3g.jpg (http://s90.photobucket.com/user/beems240sx/media/IMG_6710_zpsftbwof3g.jpg.html)

Basically the finished product.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/beems240sx/IMG_6711_zpso3rom1su.jpg (http://s90.photobucket.com/user/beems240sx/media/IMG_6711_zpso3rom1su.jpg.html)

In hindsight I should of taken out the sunroof, flipped it over, and got better measurements. The old sunshade was way out of whack and I had to trim a few holes and what not to get it in the car better.