Fraz 0 Posted September 24, 2005 after picking up my corrado project ( named The Hawk) I found that surprise surprise the sunroof mechanism was gubbed. dropped headling and tok it out and it seems there were bits broke.. so off to the scrappy for a nice working sunroof. No passats so I grabbed one from a vento which measured up the same and was glass. Whacked it into the raddo and turns out the ventos have a more curved roof so the glass stuck up in middle. solution.... took subframe back out, remove glass and the lining for the glass, replace with metal raddo lid and its lining and hey presto, a wroking raddo sunroof with better mechanics ( so every one says ) and all for an aftrnoons work and 25 notes for parts. not bad i thought! moral of story.. look at the curves before ripping sunroofs out but if u do what i did, vento sunroofs work too!! wahey Fraz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted September 25, 2005 Quality, I might try that, £25 is soooo much cheaper than a rado roof. So its a perfect fit now is it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted September 25, 2005 pics, year and model of vento ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraz 0 Posted September 25, 2005 it looks like a completely normal sunroof seeing as i changed the panel. only thing it doesn;t do is tilt the interior panel up now. fit is fine the vento had no plates but it was the same shape as a mk3 golf just with a boot... It had late spec motor on it so i just swapped it with my motor from the raddos old sunroof Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted September 25, 2005 I take it yours is an early rado then....aaargh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraz 0 Posted September 25, 2005 don;t htink it will make any difference tho will it? i thought it was just the motor wiring that was different between early and late and thats why i changed the motors over. apart from the motors and the liners the sunroof mechanisms were the same between vento and corrado Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted September 25, 2005 No they are different between early and late, I found that out the hard way. You can't physically fit a late motor on an early roof. Plus the later motors have six wire connectors versus the early 3 wire type. I guess you may be able to swap between the two if you chopped and changed the wiring yourself. I don't know why the later motor needs 6 wires, unless three of them are looped off to something else? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraz 0 Posted September 25, 2005 weird?? the vento roof had six wire motor on it. I just unscrewed it off and replaced it for my moor and all was well .. and yes my motor is a three wire motor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted September 25, 2005 Fitting an early 3 wire motor on a late sunroof may well not be a problem, its fitting a late motor on an early sunroof thats the problem, the early roof has a 2 or 3 inch indentation which a late(slightly bigger) motor won't sit in. The early motor (being smaller) fits in that indentation whereas a later motor will only touch the cogs in the roof by a mm or so, not enough to drive it without skidding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted September 25, 2005 Still the fact that the Vento roof had a six wire motor makes me think it would fit in a later Corrado ok as well, bl**dy hell it gets complicated! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraz 0 Posted September 26, 2005 wel do u want me to take a pic of the motor that came from it to show u what it looks like? its been pissing it down all night and its sealed!!! wahey!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted September 26, 2005 The MK3 subframe is different, for starters the Vento/Golf wind deflector needs reverting back to the Corrado one and the locating dowels need chopping down aswell. And there's no interior lining lift either as said. Unless this Vento was a very early one (which I haven't seen), the Corrado and MK3 subframes are not the same. They're similar, but the minor differences prevent it being a direct replacement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy 0 Posted September 26, 2005 wel do u want me to take a pic of the motor that came from it to show u what it looks like? its been pissing it down all night and its sealed!!! wahey!!! I reckon as Kev says you must have an early vento, that's why it fits in your early corrado. You could take a picture mate yes, it might help get to the bottom of the sunroof saga. :cry: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraz 0 Posted September 26, 2005 well the only things i changed were the motor and inner linign and the metal part oon top in place of the glass and it works a treat.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted September 26, 2005 Funny old things the roofs. I had a bunch of them, across different ages and different cars and couldn't get any of the non Corrado ones to work properly....maybe the later Cs have differences somewhere, not sure. Anyhooo....glad yours is working, you're one of an elite few now :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraz 0 Posted September 26, 2005 well the cars hardly elite yet!. bought it needing loads of work a week ago, so far ive completely stripped all sound deadening, carpets and interior trim, changed the sunrrof, sealed up a leak in bulkhead and put new sound deadening and cleaned everything. Ive stripped the seat down and welded it back together (side bolster was gubbed) tomorrow i have three new temp senders to fit, a new water pipe connection in side of head and a full service to complete. then after that ive gotta respray the bonnet and cut and polich the rest of car.. after all that ill be ten times happier with it lol the fun and games Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
