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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 07/23/2017 at 20:12 • Filed to: None

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it’s started :(

shop-teacher > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/23/2017 at 20:21

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Ruh-roh!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/23/2017 at 20:21

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A syringe, a little glue - problem solved. I think I used cyanoacrylate gel, but I’m not certain since it was years ago.

EDIT: On second thought I think that idea was rejected since finding syringes was a problem, and I just peeled it back and used contact cement. The glue has to be thick enough not to bleed through the headliner material. And clamps. Lots of clamps. A bag of the cheap ones from Harbor Freight did the job, although clothes pins would probably also work.

dogisbadob > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/23/2017 at 20:23

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Hi

ttyymmnn > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/23/2017 at 20:28

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This is what I used to fix the headliner in my 2001 Golf. Granted, by that time the rest of the interior had gone to shit.

Urambo Tauro > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/23/2017 at 20:28

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Ooh, a syringe... good idea! I never thought of that. Sure beats pulling trim and peeling it back more than it is already.

Birddog > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/23/2017 at 20:40

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Syringes aren’t too hard to find. Do you have a Farm supply nearby? I buy them for BBQ work often.

Crap.. I might be on a list somewhere.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/23/2017 at 20:52

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All the attempts to fix it will be futile. The “fix” will work for a couple days, then it will sag again, but even worse than before.

ranwhenparked > Birddog 07/23/2017 at 21:09

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Hell, just walk around the parking lot of a downmarket convenience store (Shore Stop, or similar).

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Birddog 07/23/2017 at 21:34

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This was done years ago back in California and I had no idea where to find appropriate syringes (with needles, that’s the key).

I do know of some farm supply places out here in the Midwest, but I wouldn’t have guessed that they would be a source.

MM54 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/23/2017 at 21:38

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A guy I went to school with had an e34 (automatic 525i, the world’s slowest bmw) with the headliner sagging in the rear juuuuust enough to gently caress the top of your head when you were in the back. It was really uncomfortable.

fhrblig > Birddog 07/23/2017 at 21:49

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“This chicken is fantastic! What’s your secret?”

“Heroin!”

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Urambo Tauro 07/23/2017 at 21:50

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https://www.mcmaster.com/#adhesive-syringes/=18mojj6

Do you know a diabetic, they typically have to buy them by the pack if they have a couple spare ones.

I would look for slow acting as many cyno acrylates may cure instantly in the syringe.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#needles/=18molrd angled needles like for humans are banned in many states. but straight tip ones can be ordered.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#needles/=18molrd

Birddog > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/23/2017 at 21:54

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I could see them being hard to find in Cali. Farm and Fleet or Fleet and Farm have them. The ones near Chicago take your driver license number and make you sign for them. The ones out here in Dubuque don’t seem to be that concerned.

Birddog > fhrblig 07/23/2017 at 22:02

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Beer through the nose. Dammit! That hurts.

Nauraushaun > MM54 07/23/2017 at 23:11

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I’ve had that in the driver’s seat of my mother’s Commodore. Very disconcerting while driving.

She eventually went to a place that fixed it up proper.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/24/2017 at 00:13

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I had an MJ hat for a while. Kept it in the truck to wear because the headliner sagged real bad and I unconsciously ended up hunched over to keep my head away from it. Eventually one day I got mad and tore it out.

Only way to fix it is to pull the liner board, scrape all the old fabric off, and put new fabric on.

pip bip - choose Corrour > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/24/2017 at 08:07

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use sikaflex maybe?

Jayvincent > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/24/2017 at 21:49

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Logansteno speaks the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The only fix is to find an interior shop willing to pull the shell, peel the cloth and scrape off the old foam, apply new foam and cloth, reinstall. Or pay a dealer ~3x that for a new one. I had one fail last month and I have a second one just starting to show a bubble, might have something to do with record heat, dark colored cars and poor foam layer choice by the OEM... my light colored vehicles don’t seem to have this problem, fwiw