All: Years ago, Our 164 had this problem, very little damage to headliner; Italian motor service's utility man, took the console down and spent a number of hours scraping and cleaning and repairing cracks. It lasted without recurrence for many years and miles. Headliner was finally replaced two years ago due to sagging.
Best Wishes, Bernie Bennett Brenham, TX --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Michael and Carmen Keith <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Michael and Carmen Keith <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] RE: Sticky headliner console in 164 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9:55 PM > This company has been running adds in > SCM: > http://www.stickynomore.com/Home_Page.html > Although geared toward Ferraris > & such, I had a chat with the owner, & he said that > he could perform this > service on 164 overhead consoles. He also said that > in many cases, he can > repair cracks as well. However, he doesn't offer any > guarantees on crack > repairs. > > I haven't actually used them as I haven't needed their > services yet. > However, when this issue does come up for me, I do plan to > give them a try. > > Michael Keith > Houston, TX > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:21:26 -0700 > From: Spiros Angelopoulos <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] Sticky headliner console in 164 > > Greetings all > > I have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to > get rid of the > stickiness of the console that houses the sunroof and > dome-light buttons > above > the rear-view mirror, but have had no luck. Here is > the challenge: > > A previous owner, while attempting to clean/shine the > console, sprayed some > sort of chemical - I am told Armorall may be the culprit - > that makes the > textured area of the console sticky. The rest of the > plastics, like the > smooth flat panel behind the dome lights, the dome lights > themselves, and > the > switches, are all fine, i.e. not at all sticky. When > I touch the textured > area, not only does it feel sticky, but it also smears my > fingers with black > residue, as if the material is "decomposing" sort of > speak. > > I have seen this before in other 164s but never really > looked into it. Now > that I have had mine for over 6 months and the thing is > still sticky, I have > no idea what to do. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Spiros > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
