hello members,maybe i can help shed a little light on the subject of a sunroof on this vehicle,i have been in the aftermarket industry for over 20 years and have installed powersunroofs in all shapes and sizes in that time, let me start by saying dealers know very little about the actual construction of a vehicle and what it takes to upfit a vehicle with an aftermarket product. the reason for this is simple, they leave the details to the experts like us. as they should. the concerns about ribs on the roof, structural integrity and rear speakers are genuine on this vehicle, let me try to help you understand this better, lets start with the structure issue, most vehicles have stamped steel cross bars under the headliner that aids in the roof stabilitly as well as rollover structure, when and if its nesecary to remove these pieces, that is where any concerns on this subject come into play, when you install an aftermarket internal sliding sunroof, this rigid type structure gets reintroduced into the vehicle as part of the sunroof substucture, in many cases adds more rigid structure back into the vehicle than it had before! the federal government will not let aftermarket companies manufacture this type of product unless it meets thier saftey standards.and installation companies have to comply with specific instllation practices. with that being said, when a company like ours decides to take on such a vehicle that has many questions reguarding such an installation, we have to do our homework before we cut a hole in the roof of a car.such as this particular vehicle,we install approximatly 100-125 power sunroofs each month so we know what we are doing! we are getting our first fj cruiser in, in about a week and have done some preliminary investigation and have found many shops have indeed installed them. so we are pretty confident its not an issue, however, we dont take anyones word for it! we will know next week just what it takes to do the job, getting on to the other issues, ribs on the roof is indeed a major concern as to which size and type of roof can be installed, the location of the ribs are a factor and have been on many vehicle for years and i personaly dont feel this is going to be a problemon the FJ, the only question on that issue is , what size roof will fit? we will let ya know shortly! and as for the speakers in the rear, well that becomes a headliner finishing issue and from what i can tell a creative installer should be able to handle that one, the installation facilities mentioned above (CST) have been around for many years and should have qualified installers that know how to install these roofs. as for us, we're near Milwaukee Wisconsin, so if you have questions, you can email me and if you would like us to install a sunroof let us know! we are more than happy to install one for ya!
by the way! i think the fj is a pretty cool vehicle, great job toyota!