Re: Dealer Installed Sun Roofs
[Re: earlybee]
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03/04/07 09:27 AM
03/04/07 09:27 AM
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The big 3 sent their cars out, fresh off the factory line to ASC when the customer ordered it. If the customer wanted one off the lot to have one, the dealers drove/trailered them to a local ASC installer. They were all the same parts. The factory warranty work went to ASC when needed. What I was told back then was, the tinted glass one was a sunroof and the one without glass was the moonroof.
Good point Earlybee. I was thinking not of the power sun roofs, but the "pop up" roofs, or moonroofs , I would call them. Would the dealer take the cars to ASC do all of those as well?
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Re: Dealer Installed Sun Roofs
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03/04/07 04:00 PM
03/04/07 04:00 PM
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ASC did all kinds, manual or power, of sunroofs/moonroofs, accordion/slideback, popups, t/tops, around here when they were new cars. If a new car dealer used somebody else to install he was on his own and the factory would not warranty them. Car owners could use anyone else after they bought the car and warranty repairs was in their lap. ASC was in the big 3s back pocket back then.
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Re: Dealer Installed Sun Roofs
[Re: earlybee]
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03/05/07 02:16 PM
03/05/07 02:16 PM
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Gents, the ASC roofs installed before delivery are a different situation than "dealer installed". ASC did have a few installation centers, but certainly did not do anywhere near all the "dealer installed" sunroofs. If the car was pre-sold with a sunroof, it would ship (usually from a distribution center, not the assembly plant) to the closest install location and get completed.
There are quite a few independent ASC dealers that did installs, but there were also several competitive brands that had installers around the country, and the dealers could use anyone they want for roofs that were not the factory option. It was not mandatory that the dealer sell an ASC product if they wanted to add a sunroof.
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Re: Dealer Installed Sun Roofs
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03/06/07 03:12 AM
03/06/07 03:12 AM
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Yes, but actually very, very, few dealers ever took on installing their own sunroofs. I know very well, I tried to set up programs for them to do it at one point in my career.
ASC, Webasto, Hollandia and others set up and trained installers to take care of the dealers needs.
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