Subject: Re: The ceiling is falling down Author: eismark : member since September, 2005 : 1836 posts Posted on: 2007-10-01 04:27:25

I did this last year. Heck of a job!

It's the foam BETWEEN headliner base and cloth that is gone - and you CAN't glue on the old cloth. You can remove cloth and foam, and put new on, but I chose to by OEM. First one came without hole for sunroof - had it changed. There's a post somwhere out there.

You'll have to take out the passengers seat to withdraw/reinstall the headliner. Be aware, if you turn on ignition while having the seat unplugged, you'll get an airbag fault message you'd have to reset with a tool. You could avoid this by operating sunroof manually.

TIS bulletin/repairmanual 51 44 011 gives the general view of work.

You'll also need

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If you read German I can send you (i got my TIS by fault changed to an only-german-speaking version).

Maybe others can help?

The difficulties were only taking the sunroof out and in, and getting the headliner to "catch" the notch over the rear window. Used a gliding hammer to get it in after bending the clips for a wider gap.

Had pics but lost them in Hard disk breakdown....

Ask again, if you have questions - send me an email since i'm not always checking the board.

Eismark, Copenhagen Denmark
740 I 1995 US spec. 130.000 km's



What we prefer to use the car for........

• The ceiling is falling down - seven44 2007-10-01 03:58:55 (621 views)
  • One more opinion (in all modesty) - eismark 2007-10-01 19:39:34 (478 views)
  • I have a temp solution! - MiB 2007-10-01 16:43:14 (544 views)
    • Great idea!!! (nt) - davidsoine 2007-10-01 21:51:05 (376 views)
  • I also am having this issue. I called an upholstery shop in League City, TX - kevhouston 2007-10-01 16:40:25 (488 views)
    • That's cheap - i gave 750 $ for the OEM thing - DIY! (nt) - eismark 2007-10-01 17:21:55 (385 views)
  • Auto upholstery shop...ask around and find the best place... - davidsoine 2007-10-01 15:17:03 (347 views)
  • Not to be a bore, but there is only 2 hard ways! (url) - eismark 2007-10-01 11:09:52 (10207 views)
  • Mine is starting to go as well. (nt) - Sarasota 2007-10-01 08:01:29 (346 views)
    • Damn enter key...... - Sarasota 2007-10-01 08:05:46 (270 views)
      • join the club (pic) - thesteve 2007-10-01 10:59:50 (722 views)
        • Dude, I'm laughing my ass off........ - Sarasota 2007-10-01 15:38:00 (341 views)
          • Re: Dude, I'm laughing my ass off........ (url) - thesteve 2007-10-01 20:27:57 (438 views)
            • I'm liking the strong magnet idea. I bought some off ebay a few months back. - Sarasota 2007-10-01 22:27:49 (293 views)
              • The headliner is glued to a sort of cardboard/fibre top, wich is 4-6 mms - eismark 2007-10-02 06:17:13 (303 views)
        • I've seen some upholstery shops that specialize in headliners...why not have (nt) - them fix it?.........albo 2007-10-01 14:05:18 (457 views)
  • Re: The ceiling is falling down - eismark 2007-10-01 04:27:25 (424 views)
    • Re: The ceiling is falling down - brooc 2007-10-02 04:07:12 (380 views)