Removal of GU roof lining?

[FNQGU]

Has anyone got a few tips on how to go about removing the roof lining on a GU wagon?

Kallen and Parksy have inspired me with their sound deadening threads but I'm thinking that if I am going to do it, I might as well do the inside of the roof as well. Might help with the heat insulation if nothing else anyway.

I haven't started yet, just in the process of ordering the sound deadener and sound dampener/insulator materials and planning it out so any tips would be great.

Cheers

[MudRunnerTD]

It's pretty simple to remove.

All the door and window trims need to be removed and the roof lining is just tucked in there. The roof lining is also supported by steal rods the help with tension. They are slotted into the top rail and one you have the edges off you will see how to remove these rods.

Be gentle

[FNQGU]

Thought I'd throw up a few pics of the process. Very easy at the end of the day and probably took me about an hour and a half.

I decided to start at the back and work forward. The roof lining in the GU is in two pieces with the cargo area overlapping the front piece.

Start by removing the rubber cargo door seal all the way around and then remove the side trims from around the rear windows on both sides. You'll need a phillips head screw driver, a 10mm socket and 1/4in drive, and if you have them, a set of the door trim removal tools.







Remove the interior cargo bay light. Pull off the clear cover, then undo the two phillips head screws. Note, I had previously disconnected my battery as a matter of course.





You will need to undo the middle seat belts for the middle seat at the bottom and then feed it back through the plastic trim panel.

[FNQGU]

The rear part of the lining then drops down easily and can be removed from the vehicle. The interior light feeds back up through the hole in the panel and I then simply screwed it back up to stop it flapping around.







I then used a bit of acetone to give the ceiling a good clean up. The old felt padding doesn't cover the whole ceiling and if it isn't falling down, it comes off very easily as it is only held on by a bit of double sided tape.

Of note, there were no steel rods to be found anywhere in my vehicle.

[FNQGU]

The forward ceiling is a little more time consuming, but not much.

The pillar covers and grab handles all need to come off, along with the sun visors and any over head lighting or consoles.





I didn't remove the B-pillar covers, as they held the lining in place nicely until I was ready to lower it down.

I also took the opportunity to tidy up the wiring to my UHF coming up the front passengers side A-Pillar.

All the felt came off easily and I will replace it all with a few sheets of dynamat or butyl sound deadener, and then some foam overlay to help with the heat coming through the roof.

[Parksy]

How's progress Benk? If it's still apart id take the opportunity to use some rust proofing product on the insides of the sills. Good old preventative that's only going to make you feel warm and fuzzy knowing it's all good.

[FNQGU]

Yeah, good idea. Hopefully the sound deadener and replacement foam lining arrive today. I did just put a bit of expandable foam into the structural cavities at the front and rear to firm things up and insulate them somewhat. Will trim it up today once it is all set hard. Wicked stuff!

[FNQGU]

Being cleaned up and ready for the sound deadener and new foam insulation.

[BigRAWesty]

Yea Mr was describing the gq. We have steel rods holding the fabric up, and ylthe gq is tucked into the window / door rubbers..

I see why the gu is quiter, those panels will absorb more than thin fabric..

[Parksy]

Nice work! It's giving me ideas for replacing the gq vinyl style roof liner for something fixed. Anyone ever heard anything like this before?