METHOD OF MOUNTING A ROOF PANEL ASSEMBLY; AS WELL AS SUCH ROOF PANEL ASSEMBLY

摘要

A method of mounting a roof panel assembly to a vehicle having a roof opening (1) in its fixed vehicle roof (3) includes:
-mounting a frame (6) of the roof panel assembly to the fixed vehicle roof from below with an operating mechanism (7) and a ring frame (8) in a position corresponding to a closed position of a movable panel (4) carried by the ring frame,
-providing an amount of paste-like adhering material (23) onto the ring frame distributed around the circumference thereof,
-positioning the movable panel (4) onto the ring frame (6) from above with the adhering material (23) interpositioned and compressing the adhering material until a correct position of the movable panel with respect to the fixed vehicle roof (3) is reached, and
-keeping the movable panel (4) in this position until the adhering material (23) is sufficiently hardened to maintain the movable panel in its position.