This is a HowTo Write up I did at Mazda 323 Performance, Thought it would come in handy here. Hope it helps some of you fellow 323'ers This is When I installed my MoonRoof to my car.
"Well, i figured enough was enough, and theres just so much sun to be had this summer. So i headed to the local j/y to scout for a new sunroof.
I scored better then i thought. Found a 95' escort lx w/ the glass panel powered moonroof. So i snagged that and the controls out of an mx-6 gt, since i knew the escort controls didnt fit right.
Heres the install. (Sorry for the lack of photos, no cam right now)
For those who dont know how these are instaled, you need to remove both A pillars, seatbelt brackets, both B pillars, headliner retainer trim all around, sun visors and brackets, old roof crank and base, rear veiw mirror and bracket, passenger jesus bars, and center mounted light. Your headliner should fall out completly.
Gently pull headliner out of car, and set on flat, SAFE surface. This is a very breakable peace.
Now grab your 1/4 ratchet with a 10mm socket, and loosen all 8 nuts and bolts (6 bolts and 2 nuts). Be sure to unclip your center light harness, as well as the front harness and drain hoses.
Your old rusty broken panel sunroof should drop right out. There are 2 mounting tabs on the old sunroof that need to be moved over to the new roof. Reverse order for new moon roof install. The escort moon roof, even thought Identical in mounting and frame, will be a slightly tighter fit. Persuasion came in handy at this point.
This was the slightly tricky part of this whole thing. The escort controls/harness doesnt just clip in. Know this ahead of time so you dont get discouraged when it doesnt work at this point. The harness for the old roof just was set for lights. on it, you have a black ground wire that bolts to the body. It needs to be switched over to the main clip that plugs into the body harness. This wire needs to plug into the green wire. Now the sunroof will work.
After installing the headliner and such again, found the mx-6 gt control panel does not fit either. But this problem can be fixed with using a BG protege control panel. It plugs directly into the harness's, and screws right in, as well as covering the rear veiw mirror base, for that factory look and finish. Install complete. Play with it a few times, lock up the car and go enjoy a beer. "
"Well, i figured enough was enough, and theres just so much sun to be had this summer. So i headed to the local j/y to scout for a new sunroof.
I scored better then i thought. Found a 95' escort lx w/ the glass panel powered moonroof. So i snagged that and the controls out of an mx-6 gt, since i knew the escort controls didnt fit right.
Heres the install. (Sorry for the lack of photos, no cam right now)
For those who dont know how these are instaled, you need to remove both A pillars, seatbelt brackets, both B pillars, headliner retainer trim all around, sun visors and brackets, old roof crank and base, rear veiw mirror and bracket, passenger jesus bars, and center mounted light. Your headliner should fall out completly.
Gently pull headliner out of car, and set on flat, SAFE surface. This is a very breakable peace.
Now grab your 1/4 ratchet with a 10mm socket, and loosen all 8 nuts and bolts (6 bolts and 2 nuts). Be sure to unclip your center light harness, as well as the front harness and drain hoses.
Your old rusty broken panel sunroof should drop right out. There are 2 mounting tabs on the old sunroof that need to be moved over to the new roof. Reverse order for new moon roof install. The escort moon roof, even thought Identical in mounting and frame, will be a slightly tighter fit. Persuasion came in handy at this point.
This was the slightly tricky part of this whole thing. The escort controls/harness doesnt just clip in. Know this ahead of time so you dont get discouraged when it doesnt work at this point. The harness for the old roof just was set for lights. on it, you have a black ground wire that bolts to the body. It needs to be switched over to the main clip that plugs into the body harness. This wire needs to plug into the green wire. Now the sunroof will work.
After installing the headliner and such again, found the mx-6 gt control panel does not fit either. But this problem can be fixed with using a BG protege control panel. It plugs directly into the harness's, and screws right in, as well as covering the rear veiw mirror base, for that factory look and finish. Install complete. Play with it a few times, lock up the car and go enjoy a beer. "
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