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DAZ110



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Saggy rear headlining
My 90 was suffering from a case of saggy headlining in the rear so I put a self-tapper screw through the hole inside the interior light into the roof strengthener and added 3 additional fir tree clips:



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Saggyness now gone. Thumbs Up
Post #1001827 26th Jul 2023 11:31am
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shanecl



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I'm just being lazy, what size hole did you drill for the Fir trees,


Looks factory Thumbs Up
Post #1001828 26th Jul 2023 12:03pm
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Looking good there Daz, and i thought the same, looks factory fitted Thumbs Up 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

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DAZ110



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Tried 5mm then 6mm to start but was too small for the fir tree clips to go in, so ended up being 6.5mm…..and a good whack with the hammer.
Think I saw someone on here went to 7mm.
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On my 110 DC the factory holes were mostly 6mm.... There was now way the new fir tree's would fit... After experiment ended up with 7.2mm holes. But I suppose it depends on the fir tree's themselves, got mine from YRM
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Re: Saggy rear headlining
DAZ110 wrote:
My 90 was suffering from a case of saggy headlining in the rear so I put a self-tapper screw through the hole inside the interior light into the roof strengthener and added 3 additional fir tree clips:



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Saggyness now gone. Thumbs Up


Looks good 👍 job well done.

Wish I could solve my saggyness!
Post #1001953 27th Jul 2023 7:36am
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DAZ110



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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Barolo Black
My fir tree clips came from here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defe...ect=mobile

The self-tapper through the hole in the interior light certainly helped, but it did seem that it needed the extra fir trees to support the weight of the headlining.

Also the rear 90 headlining has an unused fixing hole in the centre rib - it seems to be punched through the board but the fabric is not punched through - you can feel for it then use that as a starting point. It’s where the fir tree in my photo that has a flat spot on it behind the interior light.
Post #1001954 27th Jul 2023 7:39am
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o4dn



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I've done something similar some time ago, but instead of adding a self-tapping screw, I used a rivnut.

I did not add any additional fixings though, it seems to hold reasonably well so far.


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Post #1001973 27th Jul 2023 10:10am
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shanecl



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Thanks for the replies lads. Will give it a go

Shane
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