Saggy roof liner (Me too!)

[Kurt Deschler]

You can get the orange foam completely removed using a wire wheel on a 
drill. I am in the process of doing this on my 5k. The wire wheel works 
great on the composite side. On the fabric side, you have to stretch the 
cloth so that the wire wheel does not hang up and barely skim the 
material. It would be much easier with 2 people. I am going to use spray 
adhesive to stick the fabric back up. I believe it will hold well after 
that and look factory for the most part. Put a tarp down before you try 
this as it makes a huge mess in the car. HTH.
 	Kurt
 	87 5kcstq
 	89 200tq
 	00 s4



> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:26:03 -0600
> From: bwpearre at alumni.princeton.edu (ben)
> Subject: Re: Saggy roof liner (Me too!)
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> Same problem here.  I have toyed with the idea of just using magnets
> to stick the cloth back up, but it takes a hell of a magnet to stick
> securely through the fiberglass (or whatever it is).
>
> The local recommended car upholsterer guessed over the phone that the
> repair would be $400ish.  That won't go very far towards my new
> whatever-I-end-up-with, but it's something.
>
> The Bentley claims that the roofliner can only be removed by
> destroying it.  True?
>
> What function do the cloth and foam serve?  Sound damping, probably.
> Thermal insulation, almost certainly.  If I just remove the cloth and
> foam altogether, why will I be sad?
>
> What I'm thinking is that if I pull down the fabric I will be able to
> vacuum away all of the wretched orange foam.  If I don't pull down all
> of the fabric, then I have to scrape away some of the foam, and can
> then re-glue the fabric in those areas, but the other areas will let
> go soon and I'll have to do everything all over again.
>
> --
> Ben Pearre      1990 200TQA "Hyatt"         http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben