I have decided to replace my headliner of my 93 850. It, like most of the headliners with sunroofs, is drooping in the back.

I had almost bought some fabric from a website (probably was suggested on here during a previous attempt at finding out info re: headliner). but it ended up being like 145 dollars.

Instead I found fabric from an XC90, for 50 bucks instead. The color won't be a 100% match, but I'm not worried about that.

Also, a week ago yesterday, some nozzle backed into my 850 and dented the drivers side fender and the door. It was so bad that I couldn't open it. I was resourceful and bent the fender enough so that now I can open the door.

Because there was NO information left on my car, I had to file it as an uninsured driver accident. 300 dollar deductible, take it to a shop,etc.


The worst thing is, the shop said it would be *at least* 1000 to fix. I said "no thanks!" and went home. He told me that he'd contact my insurance agent and I had nothing more to do.

Fast forward a week, and my insurance is telling me they never heard from the shop. So they called him and the appraiser told him that my car was basically deemed a "total loss".

That sucks. So I withdrew my claim and i'm going to see about taking it to another (non insurance approved) shop.

If I can get some $$ out of the deal and keep the title clean I will.


I'm equally frustrated that no one left their info AND that I know how much a fender costs and the time it takes to remove a fender (yes i know there are hidden fees). Imho, the car isn't a "total loss" even if I had it fixed.

This is why I splurged and bought the headliner fabric. Kind of my way saying "oh yeah? Total this, jerkface!"
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