Sunroof Straps

[Eldavo]

I know that these are a commonly missing item from most cars along with the sunroof bag so I recently purchased an excellent example of each from ebay. The sunroof straps came brand new in the packet with the part number 944.721.811.00 and a look on the fast part finder on Design911's website shows them listed at £24.30 plus VAT. I'm therefore assuming that they are still available from Porsche and this may be of use to somebody given the worryingly variable prices seen on ebay, etc.

 

[zcacogp]

Sunroof straps?

What are those then?


Oli.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Sunroof straps?

What are those then?

I thought that, my sunroof bag has straps attached? [&:]

 

[944Turbo]

Late cars had a set of straps to hold the roof in the boot instead of the bag. Never seen any but there are pics in my handbook of how to fit them. I think they got grotty in the boot and binned from many cars.
Tony

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Late cars had a set of straps to hold the roof in the boot instead of the bag

Wouldn't that scratch the roof? Seems like a poor solution to a problem that never existed....[&:]

 

[944Turbo]

Its the lightweight option []- in truth, don't know they might have had a nice soft finish to fit against the painted side of the roof. I have a Porsche bag for mine with an inner soft bag I ran up on a sewing machine.
Tony

 

[pegasus]

I asked ages ago how and where the straps on the sunroof bag were attached to the car, does anyone know how the proper factory way of using them,I cannot see it mentioned in any manuals etc , if you try putting the sunroof in its bag and then putting it in the boot it does not seem to attach readily to any of the fittings, I know you can just lay it in the boot but porsche went to the trouble of designing the bag and attachment points suly they should fit together neatly or am I missing something obvious,try yours and let me know how you get on,all the best John.

 

[944Turbo]

It rolls up nicely (when empty!) and hooks to the clips at the rear of the boot (possibly the ones the blind clips into). when the roof is in it IIRC there are some clips on the back of the rear seat I use. Been a couple of years since I have bothered to put it in the bag usually wedge it under the blind at the front on top of a boot full of stuff.
Tony

 

[John Sims]

Aside taking mine out to film some interior bits for the Brands Hatch/An introduction to Track Days DVD I can't remember the last time I took my sunroof out. I know it happens so infrequently that I no longer bother to carry the sunroof bag.

 

[AntB]

I have them...... black material straps

They are a set of straps that hold the roof to the floor - clamped in all four corners I seem to remember.... If its not too cold later - I can take a pic of them...

 

[944 man]

Ive always used a sunroof bag. If your car doesnt have one then Id look on eBay. The straps are poor at best.

 

[zcacogp]

Never had a sunroof bag ... I made one out of some heavy canvas with a soft cotton lining soon after I bought the car. When the sunroof is in the bag I just place it on the floor of the boot (which is a pain if there is anything in the boot. Ideally you would be able to put the sunroof somewhere else, but it doesn't fit on the rear seats.)

Sc0tty, the fixing points you describe are the same as on mine, but they are all so close to the boot floor that anything attached to them is anchored down, not suspended in the air. I have a cargo net which I attach to those four points, and it holds shopping / travel bags / building gear / small children from moving around too much when driving enthusiastically. (And, yes, you can tuck the sunroof, in the bag, underneath it.)

Still in the dark about sunroof straps tho'. Pictures would be great ...


Oli.

P.S. Mr Sims - driving without the sunroof in is one of the finest pleasures of owning a 944, in my book. You should do it more often!

 

[AntB]

Well.... here you go...

Please bear in mind it took me ages to un-ravel them and sorry about the pic quality but it was taken on my BB and then re-sized in Photoshop so it wasnt too intrusive on the post here:

Cheers

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Please bear in mind it took me ages to un-ravel them

Cool, still think the bag is simpler and better though! [&:]

 

[944Turbo]

think the rears go through the cover hooks as well so the roof 'floats' the ones on the floor are for the cargo net,

Does the earlier handbook have bag pics?

 

[AntB]

Ah I see - I wasnt sure but that makes sense...

 

[cococola]

I prefer the sunroof bag although its interesting to see what the rear lugs were for on the photo[]

 

[MarkK]

Cargo net works for me,much easier,think its a 968 part?

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Cargo net works for me,much easier,think its a 968 part?

Isn't there a Skoda equivalent, or something?

Personally mine tends to have the rear seats down, two dogs and a weekends luggage in the boot and no problems. [&:]

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty
Isn't there a Skoda equivalent, or something?

Mine was a fiver in Lidl, a year or so ago. The hooks don't work that well in the anchor points on the back of the seat, but they were easily altered and are fine now.


Oli.