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Yeah the glue was from clarke rubber. The material wasnt foam backed as I didnt want to have to redo it in a couple years. The material was relatively thick and the glue side was harder then the side that will show once up in the car. Its also darker than the light grey that was in there. Im my eyes the darker color gives the car a newer feel
I'll have to to go check it out, i'd rather a similar or slightly darker grey if its available.
Vanderz, it would be also very helpful and good to know what the proper name of the material you purchased from Clarke Rubber was, if you can track it.
A job that all who own Discos and Rangies are going to need to do sometime during ownership of the vehicle.
Top marks for a great presentation.
Found the receipt. The carpet was called "CARPET AUTOFELT CHARCOAL 160CM" PART NUMBER 27254. Its was $20.96 p/m and as listed i used 2.7m so the total for the material was $56.59.
For reference the 800g Kwik Grip gel is PART NUMBER 33801 but again as mentioned you be better off getting a 1.6 litre tub to save some coin. I ended up using between 1 & 1.2 litres of glue.
Thanks for this Vanderz,
Your method works out a lot cheaper than the alternatives I've looked at and I'm very tempted now to pull out the staples holding my roof liner up.
I have a couple of questions though- are there any tricks to gettting the fibreglass shell out and what sort of prep did you need to do on the shell ?
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Mark
Nice work Vanderz! Mine is exactly the same as yours and I agree that the finished look is rather nice. it stays (looking) clean too.
A couple years ago I took the cheats way out. I did want to save some money and I didn't want to ever have to do it again. With some shopping around, I found an upholsterer that would do the recovering for $120 if I did the removing and refitting of the roof liner. I got him to use carpet that looks exactly the same as yours and it has been good so far. I was promised that it will never sag!
I had a mate redo his himself and he used a spray-on glue and original looking fabric... sagged a week later on the first hot day. The carpet and the good glue would be the key.
Hey Mark
There really isnt any tricks to getting the shell out. just undo every screw you see and pop out every cap with a flathead screw driver. Actually here's a tip...Dont vacuum the car before taking the roof lining out. the foam goes everywhere even if your careful! it looks like a fine red dirt that our country is famous for.
I was also contemplating putting a thin layer 5-10mm of foam on top of the fibre glass shell to aid in sound deadening and also keeping the car cool. As this doesnt really need to be glued i may go out and buy a couple metres on the weekend if i feel like it. At least this way there is some foam above my head its just in a different order than the way it came out of the factory.
As for Prep..after ripping the lining out the majority of the "red dirt" was actually stuck to a gauze like material that was still stuck to the fibre glass. I couldnt be bothered picking all this off and risk the gauze unsticking and headlining sagging again so i peeled it of as well and gave the fibre glass a dust off with a rag and spray an wipe. Probably didnt even need the spray an wipe.
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Just in the process of doing mine as i type this. got my material from the local auto trimmer $90. As for prepping he gave me a hand full of scrap pieces of foam and told me to just give it a wipe with that. It came up a treat got rid of all the old mankey foam but left a layer of old adhesive which he said not to worry about removing.
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I had some left over silver foil/bubble wrap type insulation left over. The kind of stuff that you use in sheds. It was about 5 or 8mm thick and just like the stuff that you put inside your windscreen to keep your car cool. The windscreen sunshade made me think of it. I laid it over the top and cut it the right size, making some holes in it where the screws would go and then just put it all back together. It made some of the screws a bit more tricky to get lined up, but no real extra effort. I didn't glue or attach it at all, it cant go anywhere.
I thought at the time that if it made no difference I would just never admit to having done it. But it has made the car a lot cooler in summer. I know the foil would not get the chance to do much "reflecting" as such, but the air pocket that it creates must make the difference. Foam might do the same job.
Maybe try dropping into your local insulation shop and ask if they have a couple off-cuts for nothing.