[s-cars] Breaking an S6A

[Tom Green]

>
I presume you have done some looking and are aware of how few C4
avants have hatch interior trim in new condition, and that the dealer
price for replacement pieces approaches the value of the vehicle.

Those plastic pillars that hold the clips take a lot of stress holding  
the
upper part in place with the heavy roller screen, so I would use the  
best
adhesive I could find. The two part bumper repair tubes from a body and
paint supply house worked for me.  You need something that has good
holding power but is tough and flexible as well.  There is room for a  
good
heavy application there.  I reinforced the screw points by gluing large
washers to keep the plastic from breaking there and that helps keep the
large clips and trim screws from taking all the pressure.

I saturated the side cover fiber parts where the screw holes were  
enlarged
and cracked with gorilla glue polyurethane adhesive and bonded an extra
piece of fiber material inside, all saturated with the gorilla glue.   
Mine just
took a washer for the screw head to hold things in place.

Put a little blue thread locker on the screws like you would corvette  
trim
so they don't loosen and add stress to your repairs.  It's the movement
that allows the parts to break, or letting the roller screen snap back  
in
the holder.

HTH

Tom

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> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:45:55 -0700
> From: "Jack Walker" <jack at walkerperformancegroup.com>
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> Looking for the two trim pieces along the side of the tailgate trim  
> that
> have all three of the mounting tabs and the bottom where the big  
> panel goes
> under or into  it.
>
>
>
> Also looking for a solution to the rear hatch cover that houses the  
> rollup
> rear window cover:
>
> 1. Anyone have any solutions to the broken mounting tab housing in the
> inside center of the hatch cover, that's the one with the metal  
> clips that
> slide into the housing. I'm thinking I can JB Weld the part back  
> into the
> place it came out of and be good, works pretty good on plastic
>
> 2. Advice on what works to fix the bottom and side places that screw  
> into
> the sides and bottom of the hatch. This is where the screws go  
> through the
> fibre panel and the leatherette material that covers the panels.  
> Mine has
> broken up the fibre on the bottom and sides. Thinking of making a  
> metal
> plate for inside the panel and a thin metal plate that covers the  
> outside
> (spray paint it black), pop rivet it all together?