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Reupholstering the headliner on a 700 series (with original Volvo sunroof)

So i started working on mine today and all i can say is wow, someone redid it before and broke (in 3 places) the card. It is a pain in the ****ing ass to try to put back together. I have no way of getting another one. Any advice anyone?
 
Junkyard around here would have it but wouldn't let me pull one (they'd pull it and break it and then still make me pay too much for it). Closest place to get one that would be reasonable is probably 100+ miles away and I have no way of moving it back down here right now short of installing it. I am just going to try to fix it for the time being.
 
I reinforced mine by glueing some thin (about 3 or 4 mm thick I think) but wide strips of the same sort of material (actually it was more like pressed woodpulp or something) to the back of the headliner. There is a little bit of room between the actual roof and the headliner. Don't stick it too close to the edge though, otherwise the plastic trim inside the car would be very hard to put back as the headliner is squeezed in at the edges between the plastic and the car and glueing something on would make it thicker. You can kind of see the outlines of that strip beneeth the black fabric in this pic (I outlined it in red):

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Holds up nicely, you should be able to fix your headliner this way. Just make sure it all is in the position you want it to be in before you glue it on.
 
I used some thing balsa wood, my isn't holding up great in that spot, i have a small wrinkle but the people before me broke it though completely in those spots and they broke it near the mirror and sunroof hole. I have it in it looks like it will work. I have a small wrinkle where it broke on one side but for now it is holding.

Never again will i do a sedan. It's worth paying someone. If my card had been in better shape, it would have helped a lot though.

Thanks for this write up! (and now i have a working sunroof again)

Also, the greenbooks show the headliner coming out the front passenger's door in a sedan with all of the seats in and the gearshift in 4th or all the way back if it is an auto (i didn't try this way and I hadn't looked till today). The gear position seems to be important as they were very clear on that. I'll try to scan it some day soon.


For now to bed then I will be back at it tomorrow getting it trimmed for the sunroof and all the rest of the trim back in the car.
 
My issue was the fiberglass was actually coming apart. Anywho it's back in the car and looks like it is going to hold fine. I'll post pictures later.
 
OmegaDC said:
Can anybody tell me if this procedure is pretty similar for a 245 or not? No sunroof, if it matters.

Cheers,
Mike
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I did this on my 240 sedan (non-sunroof) and my first attempt was a failure. Before i was able to put it back on, the headliner board was totally destroyed.
There's no other alternative way to remove the headliner besides taking out the windshield. The board stretches 6 more inches wide than the door.

Im going to the jy and get another one and this time I'll cut it in two sections; front and rear section. That should make it fit through the door without bending and tearing.

I'll keep ya posted. :-D
 
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I finally finished my headliner today on the 240. I divided the headliner into 2 sections and it worked like a charm. very satisfied with the results. i skipped the foam part and glued the fabric directly onto the board. i used the "3M general adhesive." if you have questions let me know.

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Imma try and get a like some sort of trim that would go in between the front and rear headliner to make it more clean.

and to the OP. thanks for the writeup!!!! :-D
 
doing is on a 700 sedan- i'll take pics of how we had to do it, dunno if we'll be doing the sun roof or not though at this point. we'll see once we start.
 
JLEAD740 said:
doing is on a 700 sedan- i'll take pics of how we had to do it, dunno if we'll be doing the sun roof or not though at this point. we'll see once we start.
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I recommend putting the front seats all the way backward, folding the headliner at the sunroof cover area and the right back of the sunroof opening. Then you can sorta rotate it out of the car through the front passenger door.

Eamon
 
working on mine right now, i just not sure how to remove the next piece and not braking the plastic

- rear view mirror
- both trims on the windows
- do i need to remove the backseats on the sedan and the plastics..
 
Mr.Borrie said:
working on mine right now, i just not sure how to remove the next piece and not braking the plastic

- rear view mirror
- both trims on the windows
- do i need to remove the backseats on the sedan and the plastics..
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The rear view mirror has a plastic piece that you need to shift towards you (i.e. to the back of the car) if I remember correctly. What trim on the windows are you reffering to? I don't know about removing the seats for a sedan, maybe someone here can help?
 
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Mr.Borrie said:
working on mine right now, i just not sure how to remove the next piece and not braking the plastic

- rear view mirror --Theres a plastic "c" shapped tab you simply pull to expose the screw.
- both trims on the windows remove the plastic covers from handles, remove screws, trim slides under a-pillar trim
- do i need to remove the backseats on the sedan and the plastics..no
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