spursmaddave Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I couldn't find a 'How to' on here so here is mine Part 1 - Removing the Headlining I bought a spare headlining off Tom (Chippychip123) who also put me in touch with a good site to get all the materials for recovering it - http://www.boyriven.co.uk I wanted a spare in case things went a bit wrong, but so far so good so hopefully the spare will be up for sale soon if someone else fancies doing this First job is to remove the sun visors, this is fairly straight forward, pop off the plastic covers carefully to reveal 2 screws - and just twist the holders 90 degrees and they pull out There is am electrical clip to undo when you remove the visor fully (for the light) you just pull it through until you see the connector and carefully unclip it. (forgot to take a pic of that will do it tomorrow ) Next job is to remove the door seal and A pillar, both very easy, once the seal is off you can see where you need to apply a little pressure to remove the A pillar trim Then round to the boot, remove the trim where it meets the roof then you will see 4 little poppers which come out really easily, is you lift the headlining carefully you can see exactly where they are Then you need to remove the interior light fitting, the clear covers come off easily as anyone who has upgraded the bulbs will know but a small amount of pressure on the central bit of plastic pulls that off then you can get a grip and pull the whole assembly out without any fuss, again there is an electrical connector to disconnect obviously for the lights themselves There are then just 2 clips holding the headlining up at the front which again come away really easily with a little bit of force. Then you have to be careful as the wiring is attacted to the back of the headling, so that has to be unstuck and 2 more connectors unplugged... Then lastly you need to unclip the trim of the B pillar (again I forgot to take a pic will add tomorrow) and then carefully remove the headlining from the car... Tomorrow I shall be covering the headlining and plasti-koting the trim around the lights I will update with the finished results unless it all goes wrong in which case this thread may disappear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Oops put it in ICE & Electronics instead of Interior.... could a kindly Mod please move.... or a Miserable unkind Mod I am not fussy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Looking forward to the finished result dave By the way, are these two laughing at you struggling to get the headlining out......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Looking forward to the finished result dave By the way, are these two laughing at you struggling to get the headlining out......... Yeah I noticed that, I wasn't laughing they are about 10ft tall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 You are a brave man dave, knowing me id **** it right up. Looking forward to seeing the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 You are a brave man dave, knowing me id **** it right up. Looking forward to seeing the results. You know me and interior mods Will As soon as I look at a bit of trim it falls off in sympathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Watching with interest and I'll take your spare if all goes well. I'll collect next time I'm down which I'm sure won't be far away. I want mine to be black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 or a Miserable unkind Mod I am not fussy Moved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 or a Miserable unkind Mod I am not fussy Moved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Think she was trying to stop him from nicking Dave car....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 or a Miserable unkind Mod I am not fussy Moved Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I thought you'd gone a bit quiet today Should be an interesting day tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Watching with interest and I'll take your spare if all goes well. I'll collect next time I'm down which I'm sure won't be far away. I want mine to be black Like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippychip123 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Good luck Dave it does make a massive differance in black , what's that? Once you've gone Black there's no turning back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Watching with interest and I'll take your spare if all goes well. I'll collect next time I'm down which I'm sure won't be far away. I want mine to be black Like this? Yup that's what I'm looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Good luck Dave it does make a massive differance in black , what's that? Once you've gone Black there's no turning back Isn't that a quote from Dawn French Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Plasti-koting done Not too shabby seeing as I am a spraying noob... Also did a bit of sewing Could have dyed the visors but decided to make covers for them Just got to plasti-kote the actual mirrors... Talking of mirrors I now have 14 years bad luck (yes I managed to do both sides) But a friendly local forum member helped me out yet again, thanks Darren He even brought a spare, he knows me too well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Looking good Dave, Glad I could put a Shine on the unlucky situation Don`t worry about the 14years, I gave up counting @ 7842 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4 Zed Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 You are doing it Dave When shall I book my car in lads? Just tell me what u need to get and should be a laugh. Subscrided for final results and pics I miss my RSW CF trim now now can I have it back Dave? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schift Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Nice! How did you remove the mirror housing from the sunvisor? Looking forward to the end result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 You are doing it Dave When shall I book my car in lads? Just tell me what u need to get and should be a laugh. Subscrided for final results and pics I miss my RSW CF trim now now can I have it back Dave? lol Ahhh well I am on my 2nd set of RSW trim :wink: Should all be going back in this morning hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Nice! How did you remove the mirror housing from the sunvisor? Looking forward to the end result Very carefully now that I know where the pressure points are I might even be able to do it without breaking the mirror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Looking good Dave, Glad I could put a Shine on the unlucky situation Don`t worry about the 14years, I gave up counting @ 7842 years Cheers again mate the other alternative was going to be draw a picture of a face on a bit of card and put it in there instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 That would have been comical. I once wrote UGLY on the passenger side mirror so that when my ex opened it I was childishly amused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 That would have been comical. I once wrote UGLY on the passenger side mirror so that when my ex opened it I was childishly amused Haha yeah I was going to draw a pucture of Mary on the passenger one but I chickened out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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