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foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:57 am
by emerson1987
Whilst removing my trim panel I noticed a black piece of foam that looks as thought it is meant to be in a certain place. it is long and thing and one side of it is sticky. it had fallen down before i removed the panel, im wanting to put it back init its place for piece of mind
Cheers
Re: foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 7:42 am
by TonyBee
It sounds to me like the foam that is placed round wire looms, normally speaker wire to stop them rattling.
Have a look behind the panel and see if there is an uncovered length of wire that matches the foam length.
It just folds round the wire and sticks to itself.
Tony
Re: foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 9:38 am
by 321Away
was it a rear panel? if so there's foam stuck over the inside of the speaker grill sometimes
Julian
Re: foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:03 am
by jaylee
It's not on the LP diagram, so i put one in!
It kind of pads the window ledge from underneath between the trim & the inner shell where it kind of bevels away from the window seal, so the trim sits flush with the window rubber at the bottom....
Highlighted in red it goes here... About 10mm from the leading edge of the panel where it buts up to the window ledge..
I re-glued mine using tiger seal type stuff... (sticky pads don't cut it.) It will slip again if you try to re-stick it with the existing failed bonding on the foam/rubber! (They are on all three trim panels.)
.... If that's the piece you mean??!
Re: foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:25 am
by jaylee
Just to elaborate... If you find the leading edge has dropped a bit skew & don't seem to sit straight with the window, with give in the middle when squeezed down?
Chances are the pads slipped!??
Re: foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:55 am
by emerson1987
Brilliant, I can build it back up now. It turns out that all of my pads had slipped down so all the trims appeared saggy. Thanks alot for the quick replies everyone.
Re: foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:02 pm
by bigdaddycain
It might be worth giving the panel a clean/degrease before you re-stick it emerson, so it remains re-stuck!
Re: foam pads behind trim panel
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:20 pm
by jaylee
bigdaddycain wrote:It might be worth giving the panel a
clean/degrease before you re-stick it emerson, so it remains re-stuck!
Good point Ste,
I did that before initially using sticky pads... But the heat & the cold caused em to lose integrity... Lucky i had some black Tigerseal stuff left over from when i did the grill mesh..!
Funny thing is, the same make pads still hold my rear number plate solid..!