jesse, did you actaully take the fuba antena base apart to check the amplifier? When i took mine apart it was visibly fried as all the foam stuff that covers the amplifier was brown, and smelt like burnt out electronics. As far as the headliner, you said its only cracked in a few places. I've heard of people with cracked headliners just ducttaping it back together. Although if there are alot of cracks i cant imagine that this would be firm enough. But maybe you can cover hte cracks with some stiff material and tape it back together. It doesnt matter how bad the board since it will be covered up anyways.
On a related note, my headliner is also sagging, but only in the back right now. Do i need to take it all out, or could i get away with just taking the back apart and regluing that part with it still in the car? -Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse T Walz" <[email protected]> To: "a2list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Headliner solutions > Josh, > > I followed the procedure in the bentley to remove the headliner. > It came out well (I didn't break anything), except the little > plastic plugs in the middle of the headliner, they did not want > to come out. The headliner was pretty bad off before I started, > but amazingly I did not really cause any more damage to it. One > problem I might have putting it back in is that the windshield > was replaced at some point and the jackass that put it in used > too much sealant around it and adhered the a-pillar trim in > place. Getting the headliner out of the car was a little > tricky. I put the seats all the way forward and the seats tilted > all the forward and got it out the back door. I was missing a > corner at this point but I don't think it would make a > difference. We will see when I try to put it back in. To remove > the trim around the sun roof opening I had to loosen the front of > the sunroof. I put every thing but the headliner back in, so I > have a dome light, sun visors, etc. and can open the sunroof. I > can live with it for a while and probably will not fix it until > winter when it is off the road. > > I will have to find some time to hit up a few junkyards I know > of. Does anyone know of any decent ones in Central New York? > > Josh - Look at the following site to trouble shoot your fuba > antenna. I was thinking I might have one of these issues w/ mine > before I found out I no longer had the amplifier. > > http://www.corrado-club.com/aktiv/ > > Jesse > > DocWyte wrote: > > > > Jesse, > > > > Yes, sometimes you can find the headliners at the > > junkyards. It's best if you can get one locally, as > > shipping will be expensive due to it's size. > > > > I also need to look at the fuba on my '90 GLI, I think > > I have a break in the cable and need to run another > > one. How'd you drop your headliner? > > > > -josh > > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v >
