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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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I know some of the dodge rams came with a factory sunroof option but im not sure what year it was avalible. Has anyone put in a sunroof themselves in a standard cab? My truck is a 95 ram 1500slt 4x4 standard cab and I was wondering if its possible to put one in it. Any advice or pictures would be appreciated.

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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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My advice on this subject, is that if the vehicle didn't come from the factory with a sunroof/moonroof....DO NOT put one in. I have NEVER seen an aftermarket sunroof that didn't leak. Doesn't matter who put it in. That's just my experience though.

I don't believe that the sunroof option was available on the 2nd Gens...at least not the first design. They may have added it when they changed the styling in 98. I know when the 3rd gens hit the streets it was an option...an expensive one too.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 05:12 PM
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My brother-in-law has one in his 97 single cab. It is the sport type where the glass opens up and slides on top. As far as I know he has had no ploblems with leaking or anything. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't have the sliding shade. That comes in handy on really hot days. A local shop here said that they caould do the shades on the qaud and four door but not the single cab.(No room to slide it.) I don't know if you have priced sunroofs lately, but they are not cheap. For the sport version was somthing like $980.00. And if you wanted the moonroof option that slides into the roof was around $1200.00. Pretty steep in my book, even though they did offer a lifetime garentee on the product and workmanship.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:19 AM
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Measure twice (or three times), cut once. It's easier to take a little more out than to put a little back.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 03:13 AM
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I know I have seen a few 2gn standard cabs with sunroofs that looked pretty decent. It does make sense that the standard cab wouldn't have enough room for a power sliding moonroof. When it would be all the way back it would stick out probably 5-6 in. beyond the cab. As far as leaking issues, that is definetely something I don't want to deal with.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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I have the factory power moon roof in my 98 regular cab. I absolutely love it. I'd post some pics, but the site won't let me (keep getting an error message). I'll try again later.
 
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