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Headliner Padding (was headliner padding substitutes)

Hi,

Following getting something suitable for this, I have started cutting peices to match the old bits I'd kept.

However I don't have all of the old bits as some were rotten, so I really need to check a couple of bits.

My car is a 1968 RHD 1500cc Type1.

I have the padding that goes up the B pillars and the bit that runs from the top of the B pillar above the rear side windows towards the back of the car.

Can anyone say if there supposed to be padding;

All around the rear window? Underneath the side windows? Above the front windscreen?

This is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, as lots of my old bits of padding disintergrated when I removed them 3 (oh maybe 4!) years ago. Wish I'd taken more pictures then!

Thanks

Spike

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From memory, all around rear window, below side windows (thin) and only down centre of roof in the middle from the back of the mirror. I don't think VW put it up to the edge of the roof at the front, but I did and it looked ok. Of course, if I'm wrong someone will tell you so. It was a 1968 RHD 1500 I did too.

Gaz

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Thanks Gaz,

Can I just clarify...

"only down centre of roof in the middle from the back of the mirror"

Are you saying there was a small bit behind the mirror mount? or that one bit runs horizontally along top of windscreen, stopping short matching the full length of the headliner there.

Thanks Spike.

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The bit behind the mirror is a long way from the headliner due to the shape of the roof, so it won't make any contact anyway. There is, I think a thin strip down each side of the roof on those curved pieces that run down each side above the door and side windows. It was a few years back, so it is all from a vague memory.

Gaz

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Ahh I see what you mean now.

So absolutely nothing above the windscreen.

Padding seems to be concentrated along the sides, the B pillars and around the rear window.

Cheers

Spike.

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With the weather like it is at the moment here, it'd be nice, but given the extra difficulty I think I still might give that a pass.

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