Dodgy Roof Lining

[Ianhw77k]

After multiple hay rapings and sheep carrying exploits (I'm trying to be a farmer), my car's roof lining has decided to go all saggy like an old bird's knockers.

 

Does anyone have any good repair advice for me? It's really annoying having hay infested roof lining rubbing my head on every journey I make!

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XDJYcrCgQ0

 

 

[londonm]

What did you expect doing that to it?

[Wilko220]

There's nothing wrong with a bit of sheep raping and hay carrying...

[vulgalour]

staples, drawing pins, thumbtacks or just stop carrying sheep and hay in your car.

[MrDuke]

Shouldn't be too hard to remove the whole thing from one of those, shirley? Either that, or rip all the fabric off and glue some faux fur to the roof.

[Skizzer]

Get busy with the angle grinder, for the pick up truck you really wanted in the first place.

[vulgalour]

Rip all the fabric off and glue some sheep to the roof.

fixed that for you.

[cms206]

rml2345 of this parish axminstered the ruddy fuck out of the headlining in his late Volvo 740 saloon, a modification wholeheartedly endorsed by the SVM and ideal in this situation.

[The Moog]

Stapled mine... Looks like a 3 year old has been allowed to play with Sirs staple gun but it works

[londonm]

rml2345 of this parish axminstered the ruddy fuck out of the headlining in his late Volvo 740 saloon, a modification wholeheartedly endorsed by the SVM and ideal in this situation.

Sounds a really sensible option, and easy enough to get a bit of matching carpet too.

[Skizzer]

If glueing, I can recommend this stuff - high temperature contact adhesive http://r.ebay.com/HprNZ9

[rml2345]

rml2345 of this parish axminstered the ruddy fuck out of the headlining in his late Volvo 740 saloon, a modification wholeheartedly endorsed by the SVM and ideal in this situation.

I would do it again too, although since this car happens to be a mobile barn as well I think lino might be a better idea.

Carpet headlining is mega luxurious and highly recommended.

[Ianhw77k]

Thanks for the suggestions. I would like to glue it back on but I just wanted some guidance on what glue to use and what the best way to attack it is.

 

This is a useful car and although it looks like it's being abused it really isn't. I'm going nowhere near full loading capacity and pretty much any mess made in there is cleanable. I'm just not afraid of getting my car dirty.

 

As for the suggestion of a pick-up conversion, that sounds good but the beauty of this car is that I can use it as a van all week, then clip the seats in and ferry the kids around at the weekend. I could do that with a pick-up type affair but I'm not sure how the police would react when they see my kids in the back, exposed to the elements with the wind in their hair

 

Ideally I would have an extra 3" of ground clearance and some form of switchable four wheel drive on this vehicle but that's going a bit beyond my mechanical capabilities

[stuboy]

your car must reek

[Ianhw77k]

your car must reek

That depends what you like the smell of. The sheep weren't too bad but I won't be putting the pigs in there. After that, it's all made better by the smell of hay and then even later the smell of my gardening tools, cut grass and two stroke.

 

I had no other option with the sheep though, it's not a regular thing, we just couldn't get a trailer up to where they were going. Also, I used to clean carpets and valet cars for a living so I could have this looking good as new in no time. It's just the process of sticking up a saggy roof lining that I'm having trouble with.

[vulgalour]

The sheep and hay transportation is highly commendable and thoroughly in the spirit of Autoshite.

[rml2345]

If it's the foam backing that's degraded then gluing it back up will only be a temporary fix, if it works at all.

Split pins are good for sticking it back up in such a way that it won't just come down again and offer the opportunity for a groovy button backed headlining look. Recovering it is the only permanent solution that I know of and is a bit laborious but good results can be had cheaply.

[Ianhw77k]

As far as I can tell, it's just the cloth/fabric bit that's come unstuck. I've been talking to a neighbour who has done this sort of work before (he works on old moggy minors) and got some good ideas but it does involve cutting it all the way down one side. If I take my time and do it carefully I reckon I can make a neat enough job of it.

 

My original plan was to try to inject some glue through it and stick it back that way but thinking more about that, I reckon I'll just make it look like a massive wrinkly ballbag! So, cutting it neatly with a very sharp blade looks like the best option.

 

It doesn't have to be pristine, just neat enough to look right.