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EMERGANCY!!! I need help![200/83] posted by Steve on
Sunday, 10 September 2000, at 12:39 p.m.
I need to know how to get my sedan headliner out of the vehical I have it down but I cant get it out without destroying it. Whats the trick?
THANKS!!!
Steve
--83 244 GLTI 216,000k
Re: EMERGANCY!!! you need time...[200/83] posted by Dylan Thomas on
Sunday, 10 September 2000, at 12:51 p.m.
The one time I removed the headliner from a 240, I was gutting the car and had a LOT of time. I figured I would take the headliner for giggles. It was a real ballet, and that was after I had removed:
front and rear seats
steering wheel
the front doors
I'm guessing you're working on a four door. I would remove both front seats, and the front passenger door. This should allow you to drop the passenger side of the headliner and line it up to pull the front end of it through the passenger side doorframe, pulling it towards the front of the car. You MIGHT be able to do this without removing the driver's seat- but you'd need to fully recline it.
Seat removal is pretty straightforward. The door is a little more involved, but only because you need to disconnect the wiring for speakers and door locks (and maybe power windows). If you remove the door, remove the bolts from the hinge to the frame, not the hinge to the door. Much easier to reinstall the door that way.
Good luck-
Dylan Thomas
Re: EMERGANCY!!! I need help![200/83] posted by jim on
Sunday, 10 September 2000, at 1:00 p.m.
Sadly, a 4 door car needs the rear window removed. A 2 door will go out the side, but there is no way short of folding it in half in a 4 door.
The window will come out by removing the wires from the heater- the connectors are hidden under the c pillar trim- then push the window out, using even pressure-use a screwdriver to help fold the rubber out from the top corners. The rubber goes with the window. Don't get too rammy, and once the top is loose it should come the rest of the way easily. Watch the rubber across the bottom of the window- if it sticks down the chrome strip will pop out of the rubber, and it is a cast iron b--ch to reinstall.
Reinstallation needs a length of 1/4 inch or smaller rope- the smoother and slipperier the better. Lay it into the groove in the rubber, overlap the ends of the rope at the center of the bottom of the window, have someone push the window as you pull the rope tofold the rubber back around the body. The corners are tough, so work slowly, don't pull the rope too fast, keep settling the window down as you go, finish at the top. Some lubricant on the rubber helps- WD-40 is good but leaves a mess, spray glass cleaner works but has to be reapplied as it dries off. Good luck, and always use the flat of your hand- never a fist.
jim-