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4-17-2008
4-17-2008
oh nice.
I got started on it today. I picked up a box of these "black metal binder clips" at staples.
http://www.staples.com/Staples...EARCH
I got a box of 144 of the smallest ones for 6$ 
they worked really well actually. small enough that they had to be opened all the way to fit over the liner, and that made them grip really firm.
OK so I thought I would be clever and use brush on rubber cement to attach the liner. I wanted to avoid spraying adhesive all over the cabin, liner, paint etc.
Take Note: this was a total failure.
rubber cement is NOT as good as the spray on 3M stuff. in fact, you may as well just cover it with HONEY and you might get a better bond. I ended up having to go back over half of the hatch with spray to recover from that decision. so learn from the mistakes of others.
the spray sucks to work with, but it bonds really well and fast and so on.
edit:
I had to stop half way through the install to figure out how I was gonna cover my sunroof motor thingy... I got the motor installed a while back and got it working OK, but I had no way of getting the cover to stay up. I brought the cover to the shope and fabbed out some stuff out of sheet metal that should hold the cover in place but still be removeable in the event of a failure.
now I just need to cover it with some matching material...
OK, update:
in case you didnt know, I picked up one of thee a while back to convert my sunroof from crank to power.
I used a sunroof motor from a audi 4000. it came with all this stuff.
I had to cut out a few chunks of metal to get the motor up in there, but otherwise the unit bolted right up. I butchered the headliner during this conversion, but it was allready shredded anyway, and I had full intention of getting a new one from Mr and Mrs Lee.(TweedleDub)
the only problem I had with it was that I didnt know how to get the cover it came with to attach to the rocco. its not a perfect fit....
so with some modifications, I was able to get it so it would clip on by way of a couple metal tabs I screwed on in strategic places. one of them would hang on to another metal peice I stuck on the crank gearbox, and the other slips into the old dome light hole.
its pretty snug actually, but not so bad I wont be able to get it off in the event of a motor failure.
I would be more decriptive, but I want to get my headliner installed TONIGHT.
and one more for the road:
