escort glass sunroof ??????????

[jitb37]

Turpro. is that second pic of it with the glass closed but the shoroud bck? Or with the sun roof back period? Or did u not get the sliding shroud?

[Marc93lx]

You don't really need the shroud unless the window isn't tinted. I had the shroud in, but never closed it anyways, so I ripped it out. I don't even notice it's gone.

If you swap over the entire assembly I suggest the use of a buddy. That damn thing weighs a good 30lbs and can be difficult to hold in place while trying to bolt it up. I haven't found a solution to the dome light yet, actually I've been too lazy to try, but it's slightly held up by a screw.

[sixhex]

i glued mine to my headliner...

not the greatest method, but it works fine...

strangely, it doesn't turn on if you flip the switch to 'on'
it only turns on if the switch is in the middle and the door is open...

[whistler]

yeah, i have the same problem, its not getting the ground from the assembly frame.... i think its coz its painted... So the next time, I remove my headliner, im gonna run a seperate ground to it and hopefully that should do the trick.

[Marc93lx]

Yeah the screw grounds the light to he chassis. No screw = no ground = no light.

[Turpro]

2nd one is the glass closed and shroud back. its tinted i might rip out my shroud too.

[BPower]

I just swaped in the glass. No need for the shroud, it's dark enough already

[benchracer01]

glass

so emme see if i understand all of this correctly, i can drop another potege glass section right in where the steel one is with no mods? ut on the stock metal one there is a upolstered cover that moves with the steel. do i just remove that?

[Bill]

so emme see if i understand all of this correctly, i can drop another potege glass section right in where the steel one is with no mods? ut on the stock metal one there is a upolstered cover that moves with the steel. do i just remove that?

Unless you're in Canada, you're not gonna find a Protege 1st. gen. with a glass sunroof. You need to find a Ford Escort or Mercury Tracer.
Installing the dome light is easy. All you have to do is drill out the 3 tack welds on the light mount, chisel the mount off, then bolt it in the same place on the track assembly from the Escort/Tracer.

[Turpro]

damn your reviving an old ass post. but ill help.

1st drop the headliner down. then you will expose the sunroof track assembly. on the assembly you will see 8 10mm bolts(maybe 12mm) holding the assembly in. and hoses at all 4 corners and i think 2 wire harness connections. unplug,detach and unbolt all that **** from the escort one and do the same from your protege. installation is reverse.
just follow these steps
1)unplug
2)detach hoses
3)unbolt

im not responsable for you f**kin up your own ****.

[benchracer01]

sorry....

sorry guys i am fairly new to this forum and i tend not to look at the dates, just the titles. i am always looking for cool ways to make my ride stand out. I am a professional mechanic so i do know my way around a car. i have just gotten into this import modifying thing. thanks for the info

[Turpro]

sorry guys i am fairly new to this forum and i tend not to look at the dates, just the titles. i am always looking for cool ways to make my ride stand out. I am a professional mechanic so i do know my way around a car. i have just gotten into this import modifying thing. thanks for the info

see me and bill and some of the other members will help without being to harsh on old post renewels. some will tare your ass apart.lol. welcome by the way.

[Jho]

so emme see if i understand all of this correctly, i can drop another potege glass section right in where the steel one is with no mods? ut on the stock metal one there is a upolstered cover that moves with the steel. do i just remove that?

Bill and Turpro just told you how to replace the whole assembly with a glass one. If you dont want to do that, and just want to swap the glass panel for the metal panel, all you have to do is rip the headliner part down that covers your metal panel(its held up by two tabs), and you'll see 6 10mm nuts. Take those off and put the glass panel in and tighten the nuts and you're done. You can cut those tabs off so you don't see them anymore.

[Bill]

sorry guys i am fairly new to this forum and i tend not to look at the dates, just the titles. i am always looking for cool ways to make my ride stand out. I am a professional mechanic so i do know my way around a car. i have just gotten into this import modifying thing. thanks for the info

No sweat do0d.

[benchracer01]

look out junk yard here i come. there is a yard like 5 min from where i work and they have tons of old escorts maybe i will get lucky and find what i need. does any one know up to what year i can use obviously 90-94 but any past that?