What's the difference? Or are they the same thing?
2007-02-08 07:09:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
same thing
2007-02-08 07:12:00 · answer #1 · answered by links305 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
D Piddy is right. A moonroof is glass, a sunroof is metal. Both can either tilt up, slide back, or both. The difference is that you can see through the moonroof when it is closed. Many also have a sliding cover on the inside, so that you can block out the hot sun, or keep people in taller vehicles from looking in.
2007-02-08 15:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by J.R. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sunroof just tilts up creating a small opening.
A power sunroof is the same thing but is powered.
A moonroof actually opens all of the way because it slides into the roof of the car. These are almost always powered.
2007-02-08 15:13:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Used to be the difference between sliding back and whether they were glass or not dont know which was which but sunroof was first so I'm assuming that was a flip up style, where moonroof is one that slides back.
2007-02-08 17:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Dina B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I have been told, a sunroof only goes up a few inches in the back but a moonroof actually retracts to give you the opening in the roof.
2007-02-08 15:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by lazyjbob 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sunroof.. noone waits for the moon to some out to view it threw their car roof.. lol i have a SUNROOF
even though the guy told me it was a moonroof
2007-02-08 15:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by Raianna 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many cars have both.
A sunroof slides back to open. A moonroof flips up at the rear.
2007-02-08 15:12:32 · answer #7 · answered by tabby90 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
if you can see thru it when closed, its a moonroof.
my sunroof tips up, and retracts, and is the same sheet metal as the rest of the car.
my old moonroof tips up, retracts, is tinted glass, and has a slide up cover to block the light if you want.
2007-02-08 15:17:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Historically, sunroofs have been opaque and open to the air to allow the sun to shine directly into the vehicle, while moonroofs have generally been transparent or semi-transparent and designed to remain closed while allowing muted light to penetrate the vehicle."
2007-02-08 15:16:01 · answer #9 · answered by D Piddy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Essentially the same thing, just a different part of the day.
2007-02-08 15:12:40 · answer #10 · answered by rex_rrracefab 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when they were new
MOONROOF - transparent ( some opened some didn't ) - you could see the moon
SUNROOF - opaque panel that opened ( some slid some had to be removed )
now whatever the copywriter chooses
2007-02-08 15:19:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋