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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Smile Scion tC1 or tC2 Sunroof Deflector solution..

Yesterday my car was met with tragedy. Something hit my sunroof deflector and shattered it. I asked the dealer of something like that would be under warranty. They told me that only mechanical defects is under warranty. To replace this glass is over $350,
I don't have that kind of money so I used my skills and still had to spend some money and this is what I did to fix my issue. Now I have a money making solution for cars like mine with similar sunroof setups. Spread the word. I know the Mercedes Kompressor V8
hatchback has a glass roof like this too.

Old Jul 15, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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Looks pretty good but, the tC2 has mesh there instead of glass.
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Thanks. Its good they solved that problem with the tC2.
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yea for real...im pretty sure its mesh or its a plastic piece now
Old Jul 25, 2012 | 01:36 AM
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What exactly did you do? My cousin's tC is missing that glass piece completely.
Old Jul 28, 2012 | 05:06 PM
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Was up with erector set from your waterfall to sunroof?

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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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My tC2 has a mesh deflector, no glass like Gen1. However I wish it did have glass like Gen1. My brother has a Gen1 and on the highway with the sunroof open it is way quieter then mine.
However at low/normal speeds Gen2 gets a lot more air coming inside the car. I guess its a trade off? lol
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Wind deflector recall back in ’05. They re-enforced it with a strip of vinyl.
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Originally Posted by s_rhabb
Yesterday my car was met with tragedy. Something hit my sunroof deflector and shattered it. I asked the dealer of something like that would be under warranty. They told me that only mechanical defects is under warranty. To replace this glass is over $350, I don't have that kind of money so I used my skills and still had to spend some money and this is what I did to fix my issue. Now I have a money making solution for cars like mine with similar sunroof setups. Spread the word. I know the Mercedes Kompressor v8 hatchback has a glass roof like this too.

AWESOME fix! how much did that cost? I like that!!! let rocks hit a carbon fiber piece, who cares, can't break carbon fiber
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^^ im fairly certain that is just carbon fiber look vinyl
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Originally Posted by s_rhabb
Yesterday my car was met with tragedy. Something hit my sunroof deflector and shattered it. I asked the dealer of something like that would be under warranty. They told me that only mechanical defects is under warranty. To replace this glass is over $350,
I don't have that kind of money so I used my skills and still had to spend some money and this is what I did to fix my issue. Now I have a money making solution for cars like mine with similar sunroof setups. Spread the word. I know the Mercedes Kompressor V8
hatchback has a glass roof like this too.

What did you use? How did you get the materials?





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Originally Posted by s_rhabb
Yesterday my car was met with tragedy. Something hit my sunroof deflector and shattered it. I asked the dealer of something like that would be under warranty. They told me that only mechanical defects is under warranty. To replace this glass is over $350,
I don't have that kind of money so I used my skills and still had to spend some money and this is what I did to fix my issue. Now I have a money making solution for cars like mine with similar sunroof setups. Spread the word. I know the Mercedes Kompressor V8
hatchback has a glass roof like this too.

where can I find that carbon fiber/vinyl replacement?
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