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Sunroof just blew up
Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:10 AM
I was driving down the road today, and for no reason at all, my sunroof just blew up. Nothing hit it or anything, it was the craziest thing i had ever seen. When it blew up, i stopped and looked at it, from what i could tell, there was no impact point where something might have hit it. The only thing i can come up with is i live im Mississippi, and the temp today is in the 90's and i had the A/C on pretty high. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Can i get a new one from the dealership, or do i have to go to a glass place?

Re: Sunroof just blew up
Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:21 PM
Lol that sucks dude. But I can just imagine the look on your face when it happened.
Re: Sunroof just blew up
Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:44 PM
When i first heard it it pop, i thought someone was shooting at me, lol. I had to duck and cover
Re: Sunroof just blew up
Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:32 PM
Rob,

Check ebay. I've seen some listed before.


Jim
Re: Sunroof just blew up
Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:56 AM
damn, thats crazy, ive never heard of that before...id also check out a yard and see if you can snag one there.
Re: Sunroof just blew up
Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:27 PM
It might have been spontaneous breakage...

Sometimes if tempered glass get a little chip in the side.... eventually over time..... it will hit its stress point and just go boom..... and being a sunroof prob just sped up the process...

Tempered glass is fun that way.. it doesnt just crack or break in half.... its either one peice or a billion little pieces if it breaks..

I work in a glass fabrication plant....





Re: Sunroof just blew up
Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:41 PM
One of the guys at work had this happen in his impala on the highway.

He was driving to work and it just exploded. Crazy @!#$.

Only the second time I heard of it, and it was a GM both times.



Re: Sunroof just blew up
Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:49 PM
Heat will have next to no impact (no pun intended) on the glass breaking, something obviously contacted the side of the tempered glass for it to break.



Re: Sunroof just blew up
Monday, June 15, 2009 2:07 PM
It did have a very small chip in it, i guess it just couldnt handle it anymore. Oh well, live and learn. Just out of curiosity, i found a Z24, 00-02 with a blown motor in the junkyard, it had a sunroof, do u think it would fit? Im going to measure mine today, and head the the junkyard in the next couple of days. The Z also had a B & M short shifter in it, The shifter should work in my 03, same trans, right?
Re: Sunroof just blew up
Monday, June 15, 2009 2:17 PM
it should fit fine. grab them both



Re: Sunroof just blew up
Monday, June 15, 2009 4:56 PM
I will get both of them, thnx drop top

Re: Sunroof just blew up
Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:33 PM
Had this happen to me on the highway just the other day. Nobody I know has ever heard of this happening. Guess it was just one of those freak accidents. When I looked at it in the morning it looked like it had broke in the middle.




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