Roof lining removal, advice wanted

[Red16]

anyone had the roof lining out of a clio? i want to take mine out to investigate a leaky sunroof and am after sum advice. is it hard to get out and put back in properly? any tips?

 

[Paul16V]

I think it a bit of a bugger. you can get the seals from renault i think for about £80,

 

[White16valver]

Take it out and get a nice leather roof-lining made to go with some leathered seats...

Doesnt sound like a fun job though!

 

[Tom_16v]

Are you absolutely sure the leaking sunroof is because of the seal in the sunroof frame. Could be the join between the frame and the roof, or a snapped aerial base.

 

[Red16]

yeah im pretty sure cos ive already sealed it externally with black silicone, where the black surround meets the paintwork and where the glass panel actually moves too!!!

 

[Ben j]

so uve totally sealed the outside of the sunroof glass and it still leaks? sound like ariel for sure

 

[Red16]

sealed the aerial too, and its deffo not that. i think its leaking in round the outside of the black surround, as some of the silicon has came away.



The point is i want to know how easy/hard it is to remove the roof lining! i wanna fix the dints. and when there fixed the sunroof will be out and fixed.

So has anyone had the roof lining out themselves? any tips etc?

 

[Mike Wright]

Yep i have taken the linning out of a few clios!

 

[Paul16V]

Them dents should fix mate/ I had mine done. Not perfect but a lot better. Luckily mine was just a slight crease anyway. I never had to have the sunroof out on mine though.

 

[Tom_16v]

If you take the sunroof out, wont you bend the frame because its plastic, so when you go to put it back in it will leak even more.