Did 280Z's come with factory sunroofs? For some reason.. I have one

[PrOxLaMuS©]

Did 280Z's come with factory sunroofs? For some reason.. I have one.....

Someone of the NissanForums insisted that mine was aftermarket.. and was NEVER an option...

is this true?

[mar2c]

sad, but true, some PO butchered the roof and put the sunroof in.

it's not listed as an option in the '78 brochure

[1 Bravo 6]

Can't say about the 280 but my 260 has a sunroof which,

I was told by the original owner, was a dealer fitted after market option.

It's a pain in the BUM !!!

Rick.

[Bambikiller240]

Originally posted by 1 Bravo 6

Can't say about the 280 but my 260 has a sunroof which,

I was told by the original owner, was a dealer fitted after market option. It's a pain in the BUM !!!

Rick.

I'm not sure how it worked in Australia, but in the US, many dealers did horrid things to 240,260,and 280Z's in the name of padding the purchase price (and their profit margins) due to the high demand for the cars. Adding sunroofs was just one of the items that they added.

[1 Bravo 6]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Yes Carl, like chucking out the original wheels and replacing them with nice, shiny chrome ones.

Now they're as scarce as hen's teeth and cost a small fortune.

Rick.

[1 Bravo 6]

:mad: :mad: :mad: and STILL :mad:

When I said "It's a pain in the BUM", I meant the

sunroof itself.

I understand that the company that made the bloody things

is no longer in business. Consequently, purchasing essential bits and pieces such as weather seals is bloody impossible.

I'm not game to open the damned thing as the seals have had it and I haven't found a suitable replacement yet.

Rick.

[PrOxLaMuS©]

yeh.. when i was looking through Victoria British and other companies.. I noticed... crap... where's all the sunroof weather stripping!???

Grr.. I dunno what to do now..

[daddz]

My '78 has one of those damned things as well! I plan on cutting the roof off of my soon to be parts car (another '78). At some point in the future when I find a shop that I feel confident in, the sunroof will become history and in its place good old factory sheetmetal. The bitch about it is my sunroof doesn't leak (not bad since it was installed in '79 and weatherstripping replaced in '95) but, I just don't like it since the factory didn't put it there.

If you are so inclined you could scout around in the junkyard or buy a parts car and cut the roof off of it or pay someone to do it for you. When I cut the roof off of my father's '77 280Z I was instructed to cut at the base of the A-pillar in the front and behind the lead filled seam at the rear (behind the top of the quarter window). The job took about 10 minutes with the air-powered saw and the roof is not that heavy (you can pick it up with two hands it is just a little awkward because of its size).