Hello my friends,

Have you already done this job? Same question for the headliner.

Thx
Laurent

 

Laurent,

There's quite a few threads on this on the forum. Use the search facility using keywords and you'll find a wealth of posts.

Good luck

Paul

 

You will read different posts on this job. I have actually done it. It wasn't easy on my car. New tension cables seem a must. The top frame across the front was rusted badly on my car. It has these little tabs that retain the cable that holds the pad in place. Those tabs were rusted all but off on my car, and I understand that is common because the pad hold moisture against it. Believe it or not, the headliner installs first, then the straps, then the padding, then the top.

 

Good morning,
Do know why I' haven't found these posts in my search, now I have the one from hoodun.
Excellent, my only concern is the rear window re-installation and the fact that it blocks on the rear seats when going down. They are now very scuffed. According to him, the window should be installed one inch lower down.
Thank you.

 

Laurent,

There are a couple of reasons as to why the window can knock the rear seat. These include:

- a less than optimal design position of the window in the hood!
- a webbing tension strap that has become detached or loose- easy to check
- lack of use

On the third one, you can "retrain" the hood somewhat by standing outside and "encouraging" the fold below the window as you lower the hood. I've just got used to walking around to the left side of the car (UK) and always lowering the hood from that side so that I can make sure it doesn't do any (more!) damage to the top of that rear seat side panel.

Paul