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Dirtbiker
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
1061 Posts

Posted - 09 Dec 2019 :  21:10:19 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Hi,
How do I remove a 95 headlining...?
Without damaging it!
Cheers

UK_Sub
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
2558 Posts

Posted - 10 Dec 2019 :  15:53:20 Show Profile Reply with Quote
I seem to remember the front was the trickiest bit - the headlining is held there with hooks.

The rest of the headliner is held in place by bows, sewn into the material. These are relatively straightforward to remove.

Why do you want to remove it?

Simon
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Dirtbiker
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
1061 Posts

Posted - 10 Dec 2019 :  20:18:55 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Hi Simon,
I don't know if you remember but I have a very, very crusty 95 that I had a plan for. Well, I have dragged it into the garage and it is too crusty even for my plan that didn't involve needing a floor! I can poke a finger through almost anywhere on the body - it won't even provide any useful body cuts.
I'll probably chop the seat base bulkhead with the chassis number stamped in and save the plates so if anyone needs an id pm me.
So I'm stripping it for parts which isn't something I like to do but right now that is the only option due to space and family constraints.
I still can't see how to get the headlining out though - where do you start?
Cheers
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melle
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United Kingdom
3833 Posts

Posted - 10 Dec 2019 :  22:06:08 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Have you read the instructions in the factory workshop manual?

www.saabv4.com
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Dirtbiker
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
1061 Posts

Posted - 10 Dec 2019 :  22:30:09 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Nooooo....

And there is a copy on a fantastic website I have seen, saabv4 something or other... And I have a copy in the attic...

I'll go look now!
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UK_Sub
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
2558 Posts

Posted - 11 Dec 2019 :  12:38:07 Show Profile Reply with Quote
I found this (via Melle's manuals)...



Not sure how clear it is and unhooking those clips looks like a nightmare!

Let us know how you get on!
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Dirtbiker
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
1061 Posts

Posted - 03 Jan 2020 :  21:45:49 Show Profile Reply with Quote
What a hideous job! The best I have achieved is removal of a possible pattern... The fabric was brittle so I found it impossible not to rip. I found the hooks on the wire spiral above each forward rear side window.



However, as soon as I released them the tension (quite a lot) just ripped slots in the lining. Managed to unhook the rear corners but ripped the fabric a little here and have left it hanging at the front as I couldn't get my fingers into the front corners.

Definitely filed under jobs to be farmed out if I ever attempt it again!
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