The stupid thing fell down on me on a drive home from Nashville a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn't get it to stay up again. I got off the interstate at the first exit where there was civilization and went to Walmart. I bought a small tube of clear trim adhesive for a couple of bucks and put a bead of it across the entire length of the metal piece the headliner's plastic clip clips onto. I put the clip in place and held it there for a couple of minutes, then I hit the road. I didn't put the top down until about an hour later.
That was almost three weeks ago now (19 days), and so far it's holding perfectly.:dance:
The stupid thing fell down on me on a drive home from Nashville a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn't get it to stay up again. I got off the interstate at the first exit where there was civilization and went to Walmart. I bought a small tube of clear trim adhesive for a couple of bucks and put a bead of it across the entire length of the metal piece the headliner's plastic clip clips onto. I put the clip in place and held it there for a couple of minutes, then I hit the road. I didn't put the top down until about an hour later.
That was almost three weeks ago now (19 days), and so far it's holding perfectly.:dance:
I'd like to hear a 1 year follow up on this from Tweet, or anything new from anyone else. My headliner decided to fall down on my head while I was driving up to a HPDE event a few days ago. Right now, I just have it taped up with heavy duty tape as a very temporary fix. The plastic is broken in numerous places.
Besides possibly gluing it back into place, doesn't seem that there's any decent fix. Can someone explain to me how it's supposed to attach. I can't quite figure it out from looking at it. It seems that the plastic clips onto the metal rib that runs along the top of the windshield, but I can't tell for sure.
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2004 Boxster S, 6 spd, Triple Black
1986 944 Turbo (sold in 1988)
Since then, a 300ZX, a few BMW 3 Series, a few VW's
I don't remember how it attached; I think it just "clips", that is, friction and pressure. (Is that what you are asking?)
Yep, that's what I'm asking. So, if the plastic is broken in numerous places, there's no way of fixing it short of replacing the entire headliner? I might try gluing it, probably worth a shot. Hopefully, Tweet responds so I can see how it worked out for him.
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2004 Boxster S, 6 spd, Triple Black
1986 944 Turbo (sold in 1988)
Since then, a 300ZX, a few BMW 3 Series, a few VW's
If you don't figure out a way to fix it, just remove it. The top will look a lot better without it than with it hanging or poorly attached.
I think that's going to be the plan. I'm going to try gluing it first. And if that fails, I may just remove/cut away the first section of the liner. Behind that, it's in place and fine.
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2004 Boxster S, 6 spd, Triple Black
1986 944 Turbo (sold in 1988)
Since then, a 300ZX, a few BMW 3 Series, a few VW's
I think that's going to be the plan. I'm going to try gluing it first. And if that fails, I may just remove/cut away the first section of the liner. Behind that, it's in place and fine.
Follow up on this . . .
I just put a long bead of Super Glue on the leading edge of the headliner fabric and pressed it against the roof approx where it would be touching if the plastic clip was intact. It's been a few days now, and so far so good.
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Since then, a 300ZX, a few BMW 3 Series, a few VW's
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