roof lining and interior.

[Ricky G]

hi everyone. when i bought my car it had no interior and now im getting a bit fed up with the noise and im hoping to put it back in. all i need is carpet rear seats and roof lining. has anyone ever put roof lining back into a car and is it likely i could do it myself?? any info would be appreciated. cheers:thumb:

[letmelive]

i made my own roof lining, wasn't easy if it's a mk 2 version with the metal poles but it looks good :D

[craig green]

I reckon ypu could use one from a different car, nowadays cars have a solid roof as opposed to the fabric one of a Nova.

Saxo (ahem) would be a suggestion....

[richi]

how did u go about fabricating ur own well want to do it just dont no how ard it would be i have the mk 2 witthout a sunoof

[letmelive]

I had to measure all the sections and use a machine to sew hoops up for the metal bars, fitting is a ******* though but im nearly there with mine, last bit to do is sort interior light and seal it al near the fron window.

[General Baxter]

its piss hard

i just replaced mine with an opel corsa gt (nova gsi) buts its black, (what a find) its piss hard to replace, take your time and work from the front back :)

[richi]

grrrr fort it would be pretty easy, i guess they dont do a corsa roof lining in blue lol, so what will i need to do it? do i just use the old roof lining as a template?

[ade]

iots not that difficult.

You need to remove all the windows (inc front screen) though as the material folds up onto the lip and is secured with the rubbers - you need to do this to get the tension right.


If you have a sun roof, you need to dismantle the edge - this is a really fiddly section and you WILL curse the life out of it. theres like a material collar that runs round the edge.

The roof is in 3 sections - between the roof and the material is3 foam sound deadening pads spray glued to the metal - you'll need these.

At the point where the 3 panels join theres a loop (like a sheet of paper folded in half, sewn to the seam on the joins that the securing rods slide through. these are held in place with metal teeth (like V shapes) in the roof supports (look at your roof and youill see them) - simply start from the front and work back - bending up the V's to secure the bars which slot into grooves at the sides. The A, B and C pillars are secured behind the plastic panels and the window rubbers/boot rubber which secures the back.

[richi]

thought u said it was easy sounds like a ball ache to get all the windows out but i have just got a set of tinted one so it cant hurt to have a try, so if i get ther blue material i just hav to sew hoops (v things) to the new material

[ade]

you need to assemble the lining in 3 sections and where ther sections join sew a folded piece of material into the join making sure its on the right side obviously - the loop needs to run the length of the liningless about 4" at each end.

If you can get a roof lining to use as a template.

[letmelive]

let me just say it isn't easy at all, i had to redo mine twice cus i got it wrong, just one mm out can cause it to be saggy

[Novasport]

Removing & refitting is a piece of piss, it took me an hour to take out all the glass, remove rooflining, sound deadening & refitting windows on my Swing before I scrapped it.
I fitted a none sunroof lining to my old Sport with a Webasto glass sunroof and it was fairly easy(Impossible to get lining for roof with Webasto sunroof).
Just need some impact adhesive & a few plastic bulldog clip things, the ones you hold tarpaulins down with. Didn't take me long to do and I had to modify it to fit!

[letmelive]

Removing & refitting is a piece of piss, it took me an hour to take out all the glass, remove rooflining, sound deadening & refitting windows on my Swing before I scrapped it.
I fitted a none sunroof lining to my old Sport with a Webasto glass sunroof and it was fairly easy(Impossible to get lining for roof with Webasto sunroof).
Just need some impact adhesive & a few plastic bulldog clip things, the ones you hold tarpaulins down with. Didn't take me long to do and I had to modify it to fit!


we mean making them from scratch and putting them in

[corsa_gt]

if your roof is not ripped jus paint it man no work no hassel really easy looks standard but if youy looking for the fluffy look do what the said and re doo the hole thing