The RamThis Accord Update Thread!!!

[RamThis]

I may or may not use it. It was just sort of a boost of confidence to start working on the sunroof in my car, knowing I have a sunroof specific part for it to try out. Only thing I dont like about it is the fact that it sets on the paint. I will probalby put some trim adhesive under it so it wont move around and scratch the paint while I see if I like it or not.

Do all of them just have those two little metal clips that go under the roof skin to hold the visor down? Seemed a bit cheesy to me but I guess if it works......

[RamThis]

Man i'm sorry but is it even possible to get all that shyt back together? lol

Damn straight it's possible!! I've had worse taken apart and put back together so this wont be that bad. I have every part labeled, and each part's fasteners are individually taped on with the part.

I've split John Deere cab tractors to put in new clutches and do differential gears in the rear cases, this is just hobby stuff here lol.

[RamThis]

Send me the parts car turn signal harnesses.

Will do.

[88Accord-DX]

You painting the car in the garage? I bet your neighbors are thinking "When is he going to get rid of that damn torn up eyesore"? LOL

[BITESIZE]

Will do.

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[RamThis]

Ok I started figuring out some of my bracketry that will be needed for the sunroof grafting. Looks like it will be doable, just a bit tedious. I have two of the rear brackets made, and I'm about to go out and cut the rear support from under the roof of the donor car and use the whole rear support in my car.

Anyway here we go....

The brackets are just made with some cut out pieces of some C-Purling (sp?) from the building my buddy and I built. It's fairly thick steel, plenty strong enough to do the job, yet not so thick that I can't work with it. A Die Cutter is all I need to cut the bracket pieces out.


Underside of the donor car roof skin, rear. Attach points outlined.


And the underside of my car's roof skin, rear.


Underside of the donor car roof skin, front. Attach points outlined.


And the underside of my car's roof skin, front


And one of my brackets I've started on. Once I get them all made and in place with magnets, I will take alot of cross-measurements to get everything aligned perfectly before welding the nuts to the backside of the brackets and then welding the brackets in permanently. I'd thought about making a thin metal template of the sunroof bolt pattern to hold the brackets in place while I weld them in.







And finally, the relationship between the bracket I made, and where the factory attach point is....

Factory


Mine

[BITESIZE]

That's pretty sweet. Make a template or extra set. I would like a stock sunroof in my hatch before I get the body work and paint all done.

[88Accord-DX]

Looking good, knew all it took was some fabing up to make it work. Looks like you hold the copyrights to that patent. lol

[Legend_master]

I guess this turned out to be more of a job then just an EFI-swap huh?

[RamThis]

You painting the car in the garage? I bet your neighbors are thinking "When is he going to get rid of that damn torn up eyesore"? LOL

Yep, garage paint job. Neighbors dont see it much, as I keep both cars in the garage when I'm not working on them. Neighbors are very good about my mechanic habit though lol. I try not to make much noise after about 9PM, so if I'm running the grinder or the air compressor is running or whatever, I just close the garage door until Im done making alot of noise after that time. I'm a night owl anyways. I guess as much work as I put into my yard and landscaping and keeping my house looking beautiful, they dont seem to mind my noisy habits. Could be worse, I could let my yard and house go to hell, and leave crap everywhere. At least I try to keep the image of my place very nice, so it kinda covers up the occasional torn down car in the driveway LOL.

[RamThis]

I guess this turned out to be more of a job then just an EFI-swap huh?

Somehow, it always does, dont know how, but it does.....

[RamThis]

That's pretty sweet. Make a template or extra set. I would like a stock sunroof in my hatch before I get the body work and paint all done.

If'n I makes me a template, I'll make some copies and you can have one. I'll try to take a few measurements of how far from the roof skin the brackets need to be and such.

But, I'm not sure this type of sunroof will fit a hatch, will it? This thing goes damn near from the front to the back of the roof. Didnt someone mention the hatches had an easier sunroof to swap out? Like it was put in after the cars were built?

[Legend_master]

Somehow, it always does, dont know how, but it does.....

I call it the 3gee Ebola Virus. My warped rotors turned into an 11" rotor swap and full suspension rebuild .

[A18A]

Well, took my first trip to a couple wrecking yards today. Man, what a mess those places are lol. Did see a few useful parts, like doors and interior pieces, tail lights, LOTS of sunroofs. Found a car just like mine, same color, with beautiful new looking seats, EXCEPT, the rear seat upper part was totally sun eaten, you could just put your finger right through the damn fabric. I was SOOO dissapointed when I saw that. Oh well. I might go back for the front seats and the rear lower part though.
But I did score this for ten bucks.....
(no not the damn cat!!!)

can u tell me please how the hell you get them off the doors?

[RamThis]

I call it the 3gee Ebola Virus. My warped rotors turned into an 11" rotor swap and full suspension rebuild .

Well, at some point, I'm gonna have to put an end to the madness. I've decided to let it get this out of hand, but I'm not getting into any other major body mods, this is my one major mod above and beyond the EFI swap that Im allowing myself. I just have this thing about, if I think it can be done, I will go out all to prove to myself that I can indeed do it. This one may bite me in the ass, but the vision I have on how to get it finished sure seems straightforward. Let's see if it really works like I think it will....

[RamThis]

can u tell me please how the hell you get them off the doors?

Umm, that's not off the door lol. That's the sunroof visor. Two clips, has a nut and a phillips head screw, takes about two minutes at most to remove this one.

Dont know how the door ones work, never seen em.....

[88Accord-DX]

Write all the demension on paper with brackets, spacing, so forth. Then make a how to on it on here & sell it. Seems like the American way to me. (knew it could be done with fab work)

[BITESIZE]

If'n I makes me a template, I'll make some copies and you can have one. I'll try to take a few measurements of how far from the roof skin the brackets need to be and such.
But, I'm not sure this type of sunroof will fit a hatch, will it? This thing goes damn near from the front to the back of the roof. Didnt someone mention the hatches had an easier sunroof to swap out? Like it was put in after the cars were built?

If that's the case, it'd be nice to be able to put one in alot easier.

[RamThis]

Write all the demension on paper with brackets, spacing, so forth. Then make a how to on it on here & sell it. Seems like the American way to me. (knew it could be done with fab work)

Well, with the age of these cars, the difficulty of the work to make one of these sunroofs fit, and the proliferation of aftermarket sunroofs, I dont think many people are as hard headed as me to actually tackle this project LOL. I'm probably going about putting in a sunroof in my car about the hardest way possible, making it to match the factory's setup. When the easy way would be to use a universal sunroof and be done with it lol.

I'm definitely going to get measurements and such and help with what I can if someone needs help tackling this job, though as I said before, I dont think many would want to do such a tedious job....

[88Accord-DX]

Good point RamThis. That is some serious work into messing with the sunroof. BTW, excellent job tackling such a complicated task.

[RamThis]

Good point RamThis. That is some serious work into messing with the sunroof. BTW, excellent job tackling such a complicated task.

Biggest reason I'm doing it is, just because I wound up with a sunroof in my donor car. That's it lol. Had this donor car not had a sunroof, the idea would have never crossed my mind, and I'd be much farther ahead with my EFI swap.....
Thanks for the props!! Hope it all works out in the end....

[BITESIZE]

You might as well go for it!! It's all free!

[RamThis]

You might as well go for it!! It's all free!

Yeah, but sometimes I wish I could just leave shit alone, ya know?? LOL

[RamThis]

Oh, and both rear side brackets are made now. I have them just about dead nuts on center. Now I got what, a dozen more??? LOL.

[BITESIZE]

Yeah, but sometimes I wish I could just leave shit alone, ya know?? LOL

I'm the same way, if it's not broken, I still fuck with it!