Has anyone had any experience dyeing or even replacing/changing the sunroof [and moonroof] slider covers?

They seem to be a type of thin plastic.

I am changing my headliner color and would like to do something to have these 2 pieces match. Any suggestions?

 

i was going to dye mine black or something but i ended up ____ing them up when i was taking them out. theres some sort of spring mechanism in there.

just givin you a head up.
if/when you take them off, be careful. lol

 

Yeah that's what I was going to try and do. Can you give me some more insight on this spring?

 

actually no i cant, lol.
i didnt know it was there until it was to late.
it shot somewhere and i never found it.
id just find a FSM if i were you and take a good look at it before you start rippin it apart.

 

what is FSM? So its just like a little spring piece that I guess sucks the piece back in when it recoils?

edit: factory service manual, got it.

 

Factory Service Manual.
i have no idea where it came from or what it does.

 

lol awesome

 

might be something useful in here

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/arc...hp/f-1647.html

 

Well the entire service manual for replacing the sunroof is here

https://www.scionlife.com/tech/manual/?manual=tc05_2334

I'm going to see if I can make sense of this and keep it from breaking. Thanks man.

Oh and, you think dyeing it would be a good/workable solution?

 

ahhh.

yea, start at 74-13 and work on.

https://www.scionlife.com/tech/manual/?manual=tc05_2329

dye should be fine, just make sure you get the right kind

 

I gotsa black one!

 

well howd you do it?! it looks awesome!

 

lol i actually didnt do it, i bought it from someone on here. And to be honest, I cant tell how they did it by looking at it. lol I dunno, but it came out great.

It looks like it was maybe painted cuz it has a slight gloss to it, i dunno.

 

it is a plastic finish i think though right? they musta dyed it.

 

they make spraypaint that you can use on basically any interior surface. i forgot what its called though.

i think i found out about it on honda tech actually

 

Thats what I did to my cover as well. I painted it black with spray paint meant for vinyl and fabric that i found at autozone (flat black trim paint works as well). It surprisingly stuck well on the surface. This was over a year ago so I might not remember all the details(picture memory) exactly. Yes, there is a spring mechanism and it scared the shiznits outta me when i was taking it out. Fortunately i didn't lose the tiny little screws. It took me hours to put the cover back in because I was doing it wrong the whole time. If you do attempt it, just reply to this thread and I will see how i can help you. Thinking back, the hardest part was removing the headliner as in time being spent.

If you really want to save time , lots and lots of time you may want to RISK this at your own risk http://www.fabricspraypaint.com/ by painting it while its still attached. I was tempted to try this method but instead i took all the trim pieces out that i wanted to paint and painted them. I do not recommend this because the paint can get really messy if you dont cover your interior correctly when painting. Also you might miss spots and cause them to be uneven.


EDIT:I just noticed the post with the manual. Just follow that.

 

ok, I managed not to lose the spring... Now how the hell do i put it back on there? lol