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You might be correct, but I honestly don't remember why I pulled the sunroof interior panel, fortunatly it adds less than 5 minutes to the job.
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PDF Instructions
To make it easier to use these great instructions in your shop, I put Babymog's instructions into PDF format for printing.
I had to split them into two files because of forum file size constraints.
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I have the headliner out finally. I took my time, there are a lot of parts that have to come out, and I wanted to take it slow so as not to break anything.
It is surprising how thin the headliner board is, it is pretty fragile. The old foam/glue mixture is very sticky, it took me some time to get the smears off of the MBTex with bug/tar remover. I was planning to use a stiff brush to remove the old foam from the headboard, but with it being so sticky I am wondering what method you (that have already done this) used. Also, the part of the headboard that clips into the 7 fingers of the sunroof is just a fold of the board and on mine it has cracked and separated. This seems to be a fairly important part of securing the headliner. Once I get the foam cleaned off it maybe I can hold it together with RTV? I'll go and take a picture to show you what I am talking about.
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So here is what I am talking about:
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Thanks babymog! I've got to save this. I'm getting some sag/foam disintegration in my 124 and this is very helpful.
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I think I'd side with 3M super trim adhesive where it won't show, if it will show then "stick" with the 3M-77 trim adhesive (not as high strength, but the super trim adhesive will bleed red into the headliner, don't ask how we know).
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Now that I have the headboard cleaned up and "de-foamed" (what a mess) I see those strips that are held in by the teeth on each side are actually separate plastic parts. I had thought my headboard had cracked. Not so.
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Headliner replacement -- E300D
With Jeff's advice and photos I had a fairly easy job removing and replacing the sagging headliner of my '95 E300D. Cleaning the goo off of the old headliner was probably the biggest part of the job. Rags and lacquer thinner got the job done. A local upholstery shop applied new headliner fabric for $60 complete. It isn't Mercedes fabric but only an expert can tell as the color match is near perfect (besides, who looks closely at their headliner?). Since a new Mercedes headliner is now $600, I felt that this was a very acceptable compromise.
Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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