Jesse, Even if you manage to find a replacement headliner at a junque yard chances are that it won't be in very good shape. The headliners on these cars are kind of cheap. I was semi-lucky in that the PO recovered mine in a black leatherette vinyl. It looks OK but not terrific. I did recover the sunroof panel with black vinyl and that does look OK and wasn't too hard. Has anyone priced a replacement from the dealer? Frankly your best first step would be to go to an upholstry shop and see what they would charge to fix it. (BTW I had my drivers seat redone at the usual wear points in a heavier fabric; cost me $90 and was well worth it!) James Blumenfeld 87 gti
--- Denis Palmans <[email protected]> wrote: > jesse, did you actaully take the fuba antena base > apart to check the > amplifier? When i took mine apart it was visibly > fried as all the foam stuff > that covers the amplifier was brown, and smelt like > burnt out electronics. > As far as the headliner, you said its only cracked > in a few places. I've > heard of people with cracked headliners just > ducttaping it back together. > Although if there are alot of cracks i cant imagine > that this would be firm > enough. But maybe you can cover hte cracks with some > stiff material and tape > it back together. It doesnt matter how bad the board > since it will be > covered up anyways. > > On a related note, my headliner is also sagging, but > only in the back right > now. Do i need to take it all out, or could i get > away with just taking the > back apart and regluing that part with it still in > the car? > > -Denis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jesse T Walz" <[email protected]> > To: "a2list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:18 AM > Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Headliner solutions > > > > Josh, > > > > I followed the procedure in the bentley to remove > the headliner. > > It came out well (I didn't break anything), except > the little > > plastic plugs in the middle of the headliner, they > did not want > > to come out. The headliner was pretty bad off > before I started, > > but amazingly I did not really cause any more > damage to it. One > > problem I might have putting it back in is that > the windshield > > was replaced at some point and the jackass that > put it in used > > too much sealant around it and adhered the > a-pillar trim in > > place. Getting the headliner out of the car was a > little > > tricky. I put the seats all the way forward and > the seats tilted > > all the forward and got it out the back door. I > was missing a > > corner at this point but I don't think it would > make a > > difference. We will see when I try to put it back > in. To remove > > the trim around the sun roof opening I had to > loosen the front of > > the sunroof. I put every thing but the headliner > back in, so I > > have a dome light, sun visors, etc. and can open > the sunroof. I > > can live with it for a while and probably will not > fix it until > > winter when it is off the road. > > > > I will have to find some time to hit up a few > junkyards I know > > of. Does anyone know of any decent ones in > Central New York? > > > > Josh - Look at the following site to trouble shoot > your fuba > > antenna. I was thinking I might have one of these > issues w/ mine > > before I found out I no longer had the amplifier. > > > > http://www.corrado-club.com/aktiv/ > > > > Jesse > > > > DocWyte wrote: > > > > > > Jesse, > > > > > > Yes, sometimes you can find the headliners at > the > > > junkyards. It's best if you can get one > locally, as > > > shipping will be expensive due to it's size. > > > > > > I also need to look at the fuba on my '90 GLI, I > think > > > I have a break in the cable and need to run > another > > > one. How'd you drop your headliner? > > > > > > -josh > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > A2-16v mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
