[DML] Re: Cutting Interior Trim Panels To Access Rear Speakers

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What Louie is trying to explain is:

Vinyl covering the interior trim panel wraps around the same underbody
lip that holds inner door weatherstrip. Is glued *ON THE OUTSIDE* with
the only adhesive that still survives on the car (adhesive now is in
fact stronger than the vinyl).

Rather than struggling with it, simply slide a utility knife along the
"knife edge" of that lip. Interior panel will then pop right off.
Super glued vinyl remains in place on the outside of the lip.

Word of caution: 20+ year old DeLo underbodies are *BRITTLE*. If your
utility knife doesn't remain parallel the the lip, it will slice right
into it like a knife through butter. Something to think about the next
time you're cruising at 80 MPH sitting inches from the pavement on
fiberglass of questionable structural integrity (remember: the frame
is *NEXT* to you, not *UNDER* you).

Inner door weatherstrip holds the re-installed trim panel no problem
without any additional adhesive on the inside of the lip (where there
never was any to begin with).

While the panels are off the car, take the opportunity to
repair/reinforce the armrest extension brackets (replace pop rivets
with small bolts and fender washers). You'll need a hole saw to drill
access from the backside. This will prevent the arm rest extensions
from ever ripping loose again.

I personally don't have any problem with sound quality of the 4x10's.
If you can't find them locally, JC Whitney sells generic 3 ways: Stock
#03SC7304W $24.00 per pair.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Louie G <louie@xxxx> wrote:
> I had a feeling there would be some objections to cutting the edge
of the vinyl panel from the fiberglass. If you can heat it up and get
it to peel off that's certainly the way to go. The vinyl on Bill's car
was just so brittle it kept snapping off and breaking where we'd try
to peel it away from the underbody. So rather than damage his trim
panel, we just took a razor to it. If you do it carefully it won't
make any difference when you reglue it and put the inner door seal
back over it.
> 
> Louie Golden
> VIN 5252 Charlotte, NC
> 
> 
> --- "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> NO NO NO - rather than cutting the vinyl of those expensive side 
> panels, simply pull the large door weatherstripping off, heat the 
> vinyl with a good hair dryer, and gently unwrap the vinyl from the 
> body. To reinstall it, glue it back in with 3M spray trim adhesive 
> (the same stuff you use on the headliner). Heating it when you go to 
> reinstall it helps too. This is much neater when finished and avoids 
> cutting the vinyl. 
> 
> Dave S
> 
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