I got a deal on a 6.8" drop down, and have concerns about installing it in my rig.

Does anyone have a drop down monitor installed in a rig with a moonroof?

If so, do you have a pics of any brackets made?

If no brackets were made, how was the monitor mounted?

 

I would put it behind the moon roof. do you have pics of your rig.

 

Of course behind the moonroof.......


My concern lay with the dome lights being directly behind it. The drop down should be mounted where the dome light is mounted after removing it.

But the moonroof slider (interior cover) slides between the dome light and roof, which tells me that the domelight is merely attached via the headliner itself and not to the roof. That being the case, I'm pretty confident that to securely fasten the drop down, a bracket needs to be fabbed around the slider that covers the moon roof from the interior.

 

I have one in a 3rd gen but didn't do the install. IIRC, they place a board between the headliner and roof. This is what the unit was mounted to. My unit has a built-in dome light so no issues w/ that.

 

hahahahhahahahahahahhahahaha!!!

You are about to embark down the horrid, tortous trail of the mobile overhead install. suffice it to say, they SUCK!!

I personally did an overhead in a Lexus RX470 with a sunroof and it actually turned out to be really easy....well for an overhead.

there were 2 support struts running across the roof that were btwn the sunroof slider and the roof, to which I anchored the overheads base to. (Just gotta watch the length of the screws ya use...if too long they will cut the sunroof cover) YOu also have ot make sure that base is perfectly centered and squared with the vehicle before mounting hte overhead.

If you dont have those support struts running from b pillar to b pillar youll have to cut a 1/2" piece of MDF or ply wood to spread the load of the overhead on the head liner. Put the board on top of the headliner and then screw the overhead to that. To do either you will NEED a second person to hold the overhead.

Believe me set aside a good 8 hours to do this if its yer first time.....I can belt em out in about 3 hours if everything goes according to plan. If not, then about 4 to 5 hours.

ps - dont be afraid to cut the headliner, but be forwarned, once cut you are at the point of no return. Also the lights should be a negative switched setup, find your constant first, then figure out which wire carries the switched ground as well as the door grounds. Primary yellow goes to full time 12v under dash (should be a big 10ga blue/yellow wire) and of course Red ACC wire goes to the ACC lead under dash. (should be brown?) Double check those colors with a DMM and a database first. All connections stripped, soldered, electrical taped, and fused.

 

ps - go buy a case of beer too. You're gonna need it once you are done with the install!

 

The one I've gotten has the built in lights also, so re-installing the stock domes are a non-issue.

Must've been a thin board used on yours then. Doesn't appear to be too much room. So, I am assuming by yours that there is a roof brace running between the slider and the headliner?

 

That's what I needed. Thanks.

No pics?

ANd no worries, plenty of liquid refreshment will be available

 

I wish I had taken pics of doing it, but unfortunately at the time, I had my S&I manager breathing down my neck demanding I get it done ASAP, so I could go trouble shoot a nasty arse hoop T....ugg

 

Got it in. Took about two hours to install.... as it was 105 heat index to day, lots of breaks

I had to fab a trim ring and carpet it, but looks nice, and much better than two strap-on head rest monitors.

I didn't have to drop the head liner. Just trim a bit around the dome light to accomodate the wider mount of the drop down.

I'll post pics in a couple weeks for I'm out of town for a while.

 

Able to get pics up today.

Don't mind the carpet color. Worked with what I had til I can get to the store and color match.