miktdish

Guns n Chainsaws

Full Member

• Apr 18, 2012

• #1

My roof linings a bit on the saggy side and I was thinking of removing it, cleaning up underneath, fitting a bit of soundproofing before putting it back on.

Those white clips don't come out that easy ... any tips here ?

 

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Milko-d

Member

• Apr 18, 2012

• #2

Trim removing tool only a couple of quid on ebay, did mine a couple of weeks ago and those clips are well secure.

 

wangie46

Active Member

• Apr 18, 2012

• #3

Once you remove sun visor give em a good tug or get a screwdriver behind there they will come out easy enough

 

Tom.JTC

Active Member

• Apr 18, 2012

• #4

I used a screwdriver to lever them out slightly then got a claw-hammer on them and prised them out like that, came out very easily and without damage, went back in fine.

 

Boris113

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2012

• #5

I pulled mine out with a pair of pliers and a sharp yank. It did damage some of the studs but no the headlining.

You can buy a bag of 20 for about £3 on ebay.

Harry

 

Station House

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2012

• #6

Broad flat blade screwdriver to loosen then pliers and pull!

As others suggest - best use new ones as not many of mine survived the pliers

 

miktdish

Guns n Chainsaws

Full Member

• Apr 19, 2012

• #7

Thanks all. I'm going for the brute force method employing the use of screwdrivers, claw hammers, pliers and replacing with new

Plan A is to clean up and fit some form of insulation/sound proofing. There are plenty of good suggestions in other threads. Cheers...

 

COA

New Member

• Apr 20, 2012

• #8

I love removing those white plugs, gets all my aggression out if you give them hell!!! Have fun!

 

miktdish

Guns n Chainsaws

Full Member

• May 21, 2012

• #9

COA said:

I love removing those white plugs, gets all my aggression out if you give them hell!!! Have fun!

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I see what you mean. Some of them were so tight I swore I swore

There's bags of room up there, i gave the roof a quick swipe over with cleaner and stuck some rubber/foam padding on with heat-proof carpet glue.

A packet of new clips (£3.90 eBay) 1/2 tin of Autocare foam fabric cleaner (£2.99 eBay) a bit of elbow grease and the cab looks as good as new.

I still had a bit of saggyness so I drilled a 6.5mm hole 6" above the vanity light, pushed a new plug in (well knocked it in with a rubber hammer to be honest) and jobs a goodun

I am sooooo impressed with the foam cleaner, never used it before but it's amazing how the dirt just wiped off....