Solvent for orange headliner foam?

[DeWitt Harrison]

One of my local Audi buddies determined that the
Type 44 headliner is NLA from Audi. So he had his
re-covered by an auto interior guy for several hundred.
I do not know whether the liner backing board had to
come out or not. In other words, I do not know whether
the cloth separated from the board or the board from
the roof.

As for the headliner construction -- I happen to have a
new headliner rat-holed from years ago -- it seems to
be built in layers: (1) cloth (2) soft foam backing and (3)
what appears to be fiberboard about 2-2.5 mm thick.
I can't tell if there is a vinyl core to that layer. It didn't
come with any adhesive orange foam stuff so I don't know
whether I'll need a big square of sticky, double-sided
stuff to install the liner or not. I'm thinking not since, if
memory serves, the Bentley calls out the use of magic
Audi contact cement.

DeWitt Harrison
'88 5kcstq


On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:57:56 -0400
        Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> Oh, PS, I believe that early type 44's used a padded, molded vinyl
> headliner, like in the type 85 - I wonder how hard those are to get new
> or used?  Seems like a nicer way to go with the replacement.