PURPOSE: To discharge rainwater without passing through those connecting part, and reduce manufacturing cost by situating the connecting part between a first gutter part and a second gutter part on both side ends of a sunroof opening part of a roof panel on the more rearward than a rain channel or the rear end of the opening part.
CONSTITUTION: A second gutter part 61 of a front frame 6 is fitted and inserted in a first gutter part 32 of a guide rail 3, and these are superposed on each other, and are joined and connected to each other by a sealing material. Since this connecting part is situated on the more rearward of a vehicle than a rain channel 10, rainwater or the like flowing toward the front of the vehicle in the second gutter part 61 by entering from between an opening part 2 and a sliding panel 5, is discharged from a discharge port 62 without passing through the connecting part between the first gutter part 32 and the second gutter part 61, and when considering than these are installed on a roof panel 1 in a condition of inclining downward to the vehicle as the guide rail 3 generally turns rearward, since the rainwater or the like flowing rearward does not enter to between the first gutter part 32 and the second gutter part 61 in the connecting part, the part may be a simple sealing structure.
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