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F40: How to remove the headliner?

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  1. abster

    abster Formula Junior

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    Need to have the headliner redone as it is sagging.

    Anyone have any instructions on removing it so i can give to a leather specialist?

    Thanks!
     
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    Damn Joe you never cease to amaze me with knowledge or amazing pic's, thanks.

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  4. joe sackey

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    Happy to oblige Gregg.
     
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    Hi Joe...great info. And pics as well.

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  6. amenasce

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    It actually looks better without the headliner.
     
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    Yepper!!
     
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  8. abster

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    Joe,

    Could you point out the location of the screws? How many screws in total?

    Thanks!

    -abi

     
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  9. joe sackey

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    Cant remember how many in total but you'll see them easily upon inspection. Nothing to it.
     
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    Looks better but wouldn't be kind to your head upon contact..
     
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    One must suffer to look good :)
     
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    PS it ain't leather. Hide of the wild Nauga and easy to re-glue; did mine myself. Other than the wheel, I don't think there is a natural fiber anywhere in or on an F40
     
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    AKA Fiat vinyl? :)
     
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    It may indeed be true that Naugas are of the Genus Fiat.

    On a more serious note, the headliner is a single fiberglass piece, so you have to remove the visors, and the trim above the doors and so on. It is pretty obvious and takes only a few minutes with a Phillips screwdriver.
     
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  15. 512BLU

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    Hey Joe Just curious, Almost every headliner that I see in F40's that Ive driven is white. Mine is black. Is there some point that they changed the color used?
     
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    All USA cars are that grey-white as imaged above.

    Your car is special :)
     
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    It does look interesting without the headliner.
     
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    Better get that fixed soon or you'll never get that Classiche Certificate and your car will be worth nothing. ;)

    >8^)
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    I have talked with the original owner of the car and he says it was a black headliner when he bought the car new in 1993. Go figure. BTW Peloton this would not be a good candidate for the Classiche program anyway. It has a new oddities done to the car from the past of which I have undone most but not all!!
     
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    It may well be that the interior re-configuration you are aware of was done before he bought it, but the car was built by the factory to standard spec so when delivered in 1992 it would have had grey-white headliner.
     
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    Good speaking with you today, and nice to confirm the headliner was indeed standard when new.
     
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