[xj] Sunroof Question - 1982 XJ6 (Fed Spec)

Hi,

After a bare metal respray of my 82 XJ6 the front corners of my sunroof
are drooping, leaving about a 1/8" gap. The body shop said all they
did was remove the upper panel to paint it. I tried moving the screws
at the bottom of the adjusting tabs but this did not help. The body
shop already made 1 attempt at adjusting it and asked me to bring it
back after I installed a new seal. I put in the new seal with no
change. I read in the archives that the sunroof can be adjusted by
movement of the L brackets under the headliner, but what concerns me is
that the center of the panel is just about level with the roof line.
What the heck is going on? I posted some pictures at:

http://www.jag-lovers.org/v.htm?1004885896

Thanks
Dennis Beisswanger===================================================
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Den: it looks to me from your photos that the sunroof panel has been
distorted. It certainly looks higher in the middle than at the edges, and
this should not be, even taking the roof curvature into account. It also
looks as the the seal is not fitted properly. Finally, are the small
stainless pieces fitted to the underside at either front corner? I would not
fiddle with adjustments if the roof panel fitted properly before the
repaint.
Gregory----- Original Message -----
From: “Den & Sue Beisswanger” beiss@ix.netcom.com
To: “jag-lovers” xj@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 12:09 PM
Subject: [xj] Sunroof Question - 1982 XJ6 (Fed Spec)

: Hi,
:
: After a bare metal respray of my 82 XJ6 the front corners of my sunroof
: are drooping, leaving about a 1/8" gap. The body shop said all they
: did was remove the upper panel to paint it. I tried moving the screws
: at the bottom of the adjusting tabs but this did not help. The body
: shop already made 1 attempt at adjusting it and asked me to bring it
: back after I installed a new seal. I put in the new seal with no
: change. I read in the archives that the sunroof can be adjusted by
: movement of the L brackets under the headliner, but what concerns me is
: that the center of the panel is just about level with the roof line.
: What the heck is going on? I posted some pictures at:
:
: http://www.jag-lovers.org/v.htm?1004885896
:
:
: Thanks
: Dennis Beisswanger
:
:
: ===================================================
: The archives and FAQ will answer many queries on the XJ series…
: FAQs: http://www.jag-lovers.org/xjlovers/xjfaq/index.html
: Archives: http://www.jag-lovers.org/lists/search.html
:
: To remove yourself from this list, go to
http://www.jag-lovers.org/cgi-bin/majordomo.
:

===================================================
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