Saggy Trim

[lovellracing]

Has anyone else got problems with the trim becoming saggy ( Headlining, Rear Parcel Shelf, Dash, Door Cards) I was wondering if anyone has tried to inject some form of glue into the cavities and whether this has worked?
Cheers Ray

 

[safrane]

The leather head-lining on my 4200s needed to be refitted (easy job with new fasteners), but apart from that the only other cases I have read about are the QP and GTs trim coming off from the backing.

There are a few posts on the subject if you search.

 

[flexwing]

Has anyone else got problems with the trim becoming saggy ( Headlining, Rear Parcel Shelf, Dash, Door Cards) I was wondering if anyone has tried to inject some form of glue into the cavities and whether this has worked?
Cheers Ray

I had to refit the leather headlining on my Gransport this year
A lot of misinformation on the web so be aware! To do a proper job, you need to take the headlining out of the car. This can be done without removing the windscreen and it will come out of the passenger door. A couple of bits of trim around the door and windscreen pillars need to come off and this is easy. You don't have to remove the c pillar trims or indeed the back seats and parcel shelf.
Where it does get complicated is if the leather has shrunk. If this the case then new leather may need to be let in.
The old foam may have disintegrated and this will need to be replaced.
Refitting should be straightforward, however the fasteners may not fit as Maserati seem to have just used whatever was lying about! Thankfully my trimmer had some spares that did fit.
I would get a professional trimmer to sort this for the reasons above. It cost me £800 without the need for more leather. Hope this helps.

 

[Gazcw]

I said the same. She screamed at me it was only because I got her pregnant twice!

 

[lovellracing]

I had to refit the leather headlining on my Gransport this year
A lot of misinformation on the web so be aware! To do a proper job, you need to take the headlining out of the car. This can be done without removing the windscreen and it will come out of the passenger door. A couple of bits of trim around the door and windscreen pillars need to come off and this is easy. You don't have to remove the c pillar trims or indeed the back seats and parcel shelf.
Where it does get complicated is if the leather has shrunk. If this the case then new leather may need to be let in.
The old foam may have disintegrated and this will need to be replaced.
Refitting should be straightforward, however the fasteners may not fit as Maserati seem to have just used whatever was lying about! Thankfully my trimmer had some spares that did fit.
I would get a professional trimmer to sort this for the reasons above. It cost me £800 without the need for more leather. Hope this helps.

Cheers! I was hoping someone had found a way of injecting some sort of glue into the bits without having to remove anything. Nothing has shrunk or disintegrated it's just that the original adhesive has failed

 

[spkennyuk]

Cheers! I was hoping someone had found a way of injecting some sort of glue into the bits without having to remove anything. Nothing has shrunk or disintegrated it's just that the original adhesive has failed

If you watch wheeler dealers season 18 episode 1 (XR3i cab episode) they visit a company to repair some door cards and they inject glue to reattached the fabric to the card.

Worth watching as you may be able to track down the firm that did the work.

I assume the same method could be used on the headliner. Essentially they use a glue like the one below and inject it then massage the area around it to spread the glue out.

https://amzn.eu/d/e94Xd69

 

[CatmanV2]

Cheers! I was hoping someone had found a way of injecting some sort of glue into the bits without having to remove anything. Nothing has shrunk or disintegrated it's just that the original adhesive has failed

I think the issue is that the foam backing disintegrates so injecting anything is a temporary fix. But this may only be other cars

C

 

[flexwing]

I think the issue is that the foam backing disintegrates so injecting anything is a temporary fix. But this may only be other cars

C

Indeed. I went through this denial process myself and researched injecting glue but at the end of the day, you get what you pay for! It can be an awkward job.

 

[Gazcw]

I think the issue is that the foam backing disintegrates so injecting anything is a temporary fix. But this may only be other cars

C

The vinyl comes away from the foam backing and normally rolls back. It is incredibly thin and fragile and stretching back is very risky.

My qp parcelshelf was too far gone even for a trimmer to save, but small bits can be fixed with high temperature contact adhesive.

 

[jasst]

This might help,

 

[Cliff]

My passenger airbag had an air bubble in it which would go if heated up with a hair drier but come back after a few weeks, so bought a syringe and needles of flebay and sprayed some carpet glue into a lid and sucked it up into the syringe. Pierced the leather in a corner and worked the glue around pushing on the leather. Still fine 14 months on.

 

[DLax69]

I said the same. She screamed at me it was only because I got her pregnant twice!

Thought this was gonna be about botox...glad it wasn't.

 

[philw696]

Thought this was gonna be about botox...glad it wasn't.

There's a lot of Botox talked on here at times

 

[lovellracing]

My passenger airbag had an air bubble in it which would go if heated up with a hair drier but come back after a few weeks, so bought a syringe and needles of flebay and sprayed some carpet glue into a lid and sucked it up into the syringe. Pierced the leather in a corner and worked the glue around pushing on the leather. Still fine 14 months on.

GREAT! That's the answer I was looking for. That is exactly what I'm going to try

 

[Gazcw]

There's a lot of Botox talked on here at times

Hang on. Most of the botox and ballots comes from France! Member 509 I believe.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Hang on. Most of the botox and ballots comes from France! Member 509 I believe.

509 from France? Is that a new Peugeot..

 

[Gazcw]

509 from France? Is that a new Poogo?..

Fixed that for you.