[s-cars] Rattling Sunroof Control Cover

[Mark Strangways]

Ohh, Now I've done it.
I repent.....
I ain't starting my car till tomorrow....


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Murray (LMC)" <James.Murray at ericsson.ca>
To: "'Mark Strangways'" <strangconst at rogers.com>; "Rich Assarabowski"
<konecc at snet.net>; "'lee rosenthal'" <lroseniv at yahoo.com>;
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:46 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Rattling Sunroof Control Cover


> Ooohhh that is sounding like an expensive remark...
>
> "Damn Audi designers... There certainly is a smarter way to build that I
am sure."
>
> Repent now man repent... he didn't mean it "Audi gods" he didn't mean it
!!!
>
> ;-))
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Strangways [mailto:strangconst at rogers.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:35 PM
> To: Rich Assarabowski; 'lee rosenthal'; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rattling Sunroof Control Cover
>
>
> The METAL clips are held to the PLASTIC with 2 of those little plastic
tabs
> that they melt over to form a bolt ( for lack of better terms). My just
fell
> off one hot summer day, all by itself.
> My fix was cleaning everything off, scratching up the plastic under the
tab
> and the bottom of the tab . Then using nice sticky construction adhesive,
I
> blobbed it all back together. Not fancy, but I had the cover on order for
a
> few months and it never came in, so I had to take action :-)
>
> Damn Audi designers... There certainly is a smarter way to build that I am
> sure.
>
> Mark S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Assarabowski" <konecc at snet.net>
> To: "'Mark Strangways'" <strangconst at rogers.com>; "'lee rosenthal'"
> <lroseniv at yahoo.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 3:15 PM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Rattling Sunroof Control Cover
>
>
> > Any tips on removing that cover and curing sunroof rattles?  What is the
> > part that often breaks?
> >
> > -- Rich A.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Mark Strangways
> > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 2:50 PM
> > To: lee rosenthal; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rattling Sunroof Control Cover
> >
> >
> > Get a business card, make many folders in a small piece of it until it
> > is just thick enough to stop the vibration. Make sure the little "wedge"
> > is small enough to be concealed my the lip of the cover.
> >
> > Or you can take it down, risk trashing one or more of them STUPID
> > plastic mounted metal clips. Once done if they are all still on the
> > cover you can bend them ever so carefully to provide more tension.
> >
> > I like choice A) if you ask me :)
> >
> > Mark S
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "lee rosenthal" <lroseniv at yahoo.com>
> > To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 2:32 PM
> > Subject: [s-cars] Rattling Sunroof Control Cover
> >
> >
> > > Now that it's officially pothole and construction
> > > season here in Chicago, my sunroof control/cover has
> > > decided to make itself known.  It's developed a
> > > permanent rattle that I can stop if I apply pressure
> > > to the back edge but as soon as I release the
> > > pressure, the rattle comes back
> > >
> > > I know the danger of taking this cover off - the
> > > flimsy mounting pins - but need to find some solution
> > > to get this fixed
> > >
> > > Any BTDT or help will be tremendously appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > > Lee Rosenthal
> > > 95.5
> > >
> > >
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