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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: Martz on 13 October 2008, 14:27
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Any ideas how difficult this is to replace? Looks a bit awkward!
Cheers
Martz :cool:
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easy! hardest part is finding a good one to replace it with!
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easy! hardest part is finding a good one to replace it with!
And failing that? Can the old one be made good?
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whats up with it? cracked or droopy?
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Mines was droopy ~(no jokes) Staple gun did the job Joe! Was offered a mint 3 door one today, are they very different? just a little missing for the rear door apertures?
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whats up with it? cracked or droopy?
The lining is all saggy.
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There's a black 5 door one with sunroof on the bay atm. 5 and 3 door are different because of the change in chassis shape for the rear doors, rubjonny can enlighten on this.
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I also need to sort mine out, what was the name of the glue you suggested Joe? I think the post in the MK2 section about this got lost because of the ground hog :rolleyes:
Mine's all droopy and just needs glueing back up. I've got loads of no more nails but I think that's a bit extreme :lipsrsealed:
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the problem when they go saggy is that the thin layer of foam between the vinyl and the actual headlining degrades over time and thats why they go saggy. if you glue it up again you're glueing to the crappy foam again so ideally you need to strip the foam off and glue to a good surface. obviously this is a lot of work and you can cause more damage doing so.
you want a high temperature resistant impact adhesive.
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as above i'd be inclined to leave it in place. removed the roof lining from my previous golf and it's a fragile thing and easily bends/breaks while out the car.
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Staple gun ftw. But not one so powerful it will dent the roof panel.
:smiley:
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yeah if you don't mind a few little bits of metal then this should do the trick.