unity
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My 96 has a water leak. Suspecting moon roof drains or panel junctions (that little metal strip between the roof and D pillar).
So the headliner had to come out. To do so the back seat has to come out, both upper and lower. Then the interior side panels have to come out - which means the seat belts have to come off. Then the A pillar covers followed by the sun visors come off.
Well as long as I am doing this I may as well take out the carpet so it can dry and super clean it. So the seats have to come out with the center console.
Well since the seats are out I may as well lube the gears and paint the semi-rusty mount rails.
Oh, and a great time to re-install the XM antenna that I hid in front of the rear high brake light. It had come off and its hard to mount with carpet above it. So off with the rear package carpet. The rear window glue had stuck to it making it a pain to remove when it should have just slid out.
After doing all of that I basically have no interior besides the dash and door panels. As I drive I notice how noisy things are......
Well as long as EVERYTHING is out I may as well whip out a few cans of Great Stuff™ and fill in the 10,000 gaps in body panels, floor panels, rocker panels, etc.....
So now I am driving a car with no interior (well the seats are back in) and eat stuff oozing out of every nook and crack. I sorta ran out so I need to pick up a few more cans - use four thus far.
And yes I have photos.
I am thinking by this weekend, weather permitting, it will all go back in. Overall it really was not hard at all removing stuff. The carpet was the hardest if anything. Hopefully when I am done the car will be quieter. My friends comment how they can converse on the highway and speak at normal voice level, but I think the Great Stuff™ will really dampen things.
So the headliner had to come out. To do so the back seat has to come out, both upper and lower. Then the interior side panels have to come out - which means the seat belts have to come off. Then the A pillar covers followed by the sun visors come off.
Well as long as I am doing this I may as well take out the carpet so it can dry and super clean it. So the seats have to come out with the center console.
Well since the seats are out I may as well lube the gears and paint the semi-rusty mount rails.
Oh, and a great time to re-install the XM antenna that I hid in front of the rear high brake light. It had come off and its hard to mount with carpet above it. So off with the rear package carpet. The rear window glue had stuck to it making it a pain to remove when it should have just slid out.
After doing all of that I basically have no interior besides the dash and door panels. As I drive I notice how noisy things are......
Well as long as EVERYTHING is out I may as well whip out a few cans of Great Stuff™ and fill in the 10,000 gaps in body panels, floor panels, rocker panels, etc.....
So now I am driving a car with no interior (well the seats are back in) and eat stuff oozing out of every nook and crack. I sorta ran out so I need to pick up a few more cans - use four thus far.
And yes I have photos.
I am thinking by this weekend, weather permitting, it will all go back in. Overall it really was not hard at all removing stuff. The carpet was the hardest if anything. Hopefully when I am done the car will be quieter. My friends comment how they can converse on the highway and speak at normal voice level, but I think the Great Stuff™ will really dampen things.
