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DAZ110

Member Since: 06 Dec 2007
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 2004

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Barolo Black

Saggy rear headlining

My 90 was suffering from a case of saggy headlining in the rear so I put a self-tapper screw through the hole inside the interior light into the roof strengthener and added 3 additional fir tree clips:

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Saggyness now gone.

26th Jul 2023 12:31pm

shanecl

Member Since: 20 Mar 2013
Location: Louth
Posts: 458

1989 Defender 90 V8 Petrol CSW Auto Firenze Red

I'm just being lazy, what size hole did you drill for the Fir trees,

Looks factory

26th Jul 2023 1:03pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10513

Looking good there Daz, and i thought the same, looks factory fitted

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.

Clayton.

26th Jul 2023 9:02pm

DAZ110

Member Since: 06 Dec 2007
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 2004

Tried 5mm then 6mm to start but was too small for the fir tree clips to go in, so ended up being 6.5mm…..and a good whack with the hammer.
Think I saw someone on here went to 7mm.

26th Jul 2023 10:22pm

rustandoil

Member Since: 08 Sep 2012
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 668

2005 Defender 110 Td5 XS DCPU Bonatti Grey

On my 110 DC the factory holes were mostly 6mm.... There was now way the new fir tree's would fit... After experiment ended up with 7.2mm holes. But I suppose it depends on the fir tree's themselves, got mine from YRM

27th Jul 2023 6:10am

Screbble

Member Since: 26 Apr 2015
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 2052

2004 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

Re: Saggy rear headlining

DAZ110 wrote:
My 90 was suffering from a case of saggy headlining in the rear so I put a self-tapper screw through the hole inside the interior light into the roof strengthener and added 3 additional fir tree clips:

Click image to enlarge

Saggyness now gone.

Looks good 👍 job well done.

Wish I could solve my saggyness!

27th Jul 2023 8:36am

DAZ110

Member Since: 06 Dec 2007
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 2004

My fir tree clips came from here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defe...ect=mobile

The self-tapper through the hole in the interior light certainly helped, but it did seem that it needed the extra fir trees to support the weight of the headlining.

Also the rear 90 headlining has an unused fixing hole in the centre rib - it seems to be punched through the board but the fabric is not punched through - you can feel for it then use that as a starting point. It’s where the fir tree in my photo that has a flat spot on it behind the interior light.

27th Jul 2023 8:39am

o4dn

Member Since: 08 Jan 2010
Location: South West
Posts: 530

2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White

I've done something similar some time ago, but instead of adding a self-tapping screw, I used a rivnut.

I did not add any additional fixings though, it seems to hold reasonably well so far.

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27th Jul 2023 11:10am

shanecl

Member Since: 20 Mar 2013
Location: Louth
Posts: 458

Thanks for the replies lads. Will give it a go

Shane

27th Jul 2023 11:51am

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