Date:         Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:33:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
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From:         Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Interior Panel Repair/Covering?
Comments: To: Tom Cook <Tom_Cook@ERM.COM>
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>How can I fix the peeling wallpaper like coverings over the front  seats
>and on the sliding door in my westy?
        There was a post about that quite a while ago.  Someone stripped and
painted the panels.  The plastic comes off ok if you have a heat gun.
Otherwise, lots of sanding.

>How hard is it to get the panels out?  I have tried on the sliding door
>panel but I was unsure how hard I needed to pull on the plastic 'rivets' to
>get it off.
        I took all the panels off all the doors to check for rust and
lubricate anything in sight.  About half the retainers broke the first time
on the side door.  I happen to have in one of my junk boxes some panel clip
holders from my Toyota Crown days.  These look like small plastic test
tubes.  They fit the holes nicely and allowed my to use some retainers from
American cars which were much cheaper than the VW retainers

.
Earl from Sunny Sooke, B.C.
 At the tip of soon-to-be-overloaded-and-sink Vancouver Island
84 ex-California Westie