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Originally Posted by
RexRacer19
But it sort of implies that you are only plugging the hole...since it referenced the surrounding roof material in the same sentence. If they intended for you to specifically be able to replace (re-skin) the whole roof panel, don't you think they would have made that clear in the text.
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Originally Posted by
RexRacer19
But it sort of implies that you are only plugging the hole...since it referenced the surrounding roof material in the same sentence. If they intended for you to specifically be able to replace (re-skin) the whole roof panel, don't you think they would have made that clear in the text.
If you are plugging the hole, it's a panel - not a skin. That panel could be be the dimensions of the hole and fit in the hole or it could be larger and be mounted above/below the hole.
Check the wording:
"All sunroofs may be replaced with (either):
1. (a) panel or
2. (a) replacement skin"
I.e. the skin is not something in addition to what is there - it is an entire replacement.
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Originally Posted by
JoshS
It says you can replace the sunroof. To me, that's the moving part. It doesn't say you can replace any other parts of the roof sheet metal.
Components (motors, cables, rails) may be removed provided the panel is securely retained.
If its there because of the sunroof and only the sunroof, it's a component of the sunroof.
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Originally Posted by
ddewhurst
What are the car manufacture part names for these items you folks are throwing around? If the car manufacture don't call the piece over your head a skin you calling the piece over your head a skin don't mean squat.
That's a dangerous distinction to make. If my manufacturer calls it an Engine management computer you can swap it out but if he calls it the Emissions Control Computer you cannot? What [b]they]/b] call it is irrelevant. The function needs to define what it is, not the name. A rose by any other name is still a rose.
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Originally Posted by
Andy Bettencourt
Here is what I have from people already:
Is the skin just the thin sheet that is the externally appearing 'roof' or is it the whole top section that is the bracing and infrastrcuture?
Just askin'.
That appears to be one question. IMO, the other is "what constitues a component of the sunroof?"
If one takes a strict reading of the examples given in the GCR - motors, cables, rails - as limits, then everyone with an electrically operated sunroof better have the wiring installed. You can remove the motor, but there is no allowance for wiring.