Thread: Hood lining fabric supplier

Originally Posted by Mr.Bear

I seriously need to do my lining. Its getting like the inside of a bedouin tent

My dilema is while I'm quiet competant to take the whole lining thing down from the roof, I'm wondering how I then get it to the fabric relining place.
Being that its the length of the inside of the disco ????

My alternative transport is a motorbike or the wifes 2 door cabriolet, both of which would be highly amusing but not practical or safe.

Anyone out there performed this exercise?

Easy done, when I did mine I just raised the shell back up and clipped the roof tang ends at the rear, and found there were things on the sides and front to hold it.
I drove to the trimmer like that and and picked it up again like that and fitted it properly at home. Once you pull it down you'll find spots to hold it up.

Mr Bear
easiest way is to take everything out that is screwed into the roof and the door seals.
if you have a sun roof it also has some of the roof trim glued to the sunroof surround you need to remove this carefully.
leave 1 bolt in each of the grab handles
remove sun visors
remove upper roof console and centre DVD player if you have one
the replace 1 screw either side in sun visor position with a large piece if plastic ice cream container over screw to hold it up
with 7 seaters you can just leave the rear headrests in place folded up
you will need to take the upper "A" & "B" door pillar trims off also as well as the rear upper panels at the back that cover the top side windows.
roof lights and air conditioner duct outlets if you have them also need to come out.
once you get to the trimmers you will have to lay the seats all down flat so as to get the shell out without bending it,
undo all of your leftover bolts and screws.
drop one side down first and pull it out of the rear door,one side up one side down(get a helper)be careful not to damage any of the corners as they tend to stand out when the job is finished.
sorry this is a bit long winded but that's how it comes out.
Cheers
Paul

Thanks guys, and especially Modelsp for that comprehensive dismantling procedure.
I'm lucky that I dont have a sunroof or rear aircon so makes the operation a little simpler.
I'll lock it in for my next RDO
Cheers / Andy