Just wanted to follow up on this tread. I finally got a chance to head over to the dealer. The headliner plugs were a dollar apiece, not bad at all. The sun roof crank was $32 so I plan to try to paint my gray one black first. If it comes out poorly I will try to find a used one. If anyone has a black sunroof crank they can part with drop me a line.
Regards, Jesse [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Jesse, > > I just pulled my headliner out of a 91 GLI last weekend. I too > was worried about pulling the plugs without breaking. > > What I did with pretty good success is using a small screw > driver (the kind that you would use for eye glass repair) push > under the plug all the way across as close to center as > possible (so bit of screw driver is on both sides on plug). Be > careful not to crack outer edge, seems most brittle on edge. > Hopefully the plug became somewhat loose. Then slide a THIN > wrench (I think mine was around a 6mm) in place of the > screwdriver. This gives you solid contact on the whole plug > head surface. Pressing the plug head against the wrench gently > pull the wrench away from the sealing...no problems. > > If you are digging these out of a junk car, just destroy the > headliner to expose the plug and use the wrench > technique...should work for you as well. > > l8r, > Greg
