Dedra turbo H630 XGN

[Kevinlincs]

My fake alcantara arrived recently so I can get on with retrimming the roof lining.
Whilst everything sunroof related was out I attended to a few issues and gave the sunroof channels a clean and paint up, also the metal frame surrounding the glass panel itself had some rust so that needed sorting out.
As I will be replacing the saggy headlining with new material that of course meant the sliding panel that pulls over the glass sunroof will also need doing to match.
A fiddly job gluing it all in place, I'm not looking forward to doing the much larger main headlining on Saturday!
Pleased with the result though, this panel needed doing now so the glue will fully dry by Saturday as it fits within the sunroof frame, which I want to fit back in the car!

[Kevinlincs]

Fiddly, and not a job I particularly enjoy but had to be done.
I'll cut out the sunroof hole later once the glue has fully dried.
It will get left for a week that way up to give it a decent chance of staying glued before refitting!
Saying that though, I'll be getting a new front windscreen fitted soon so will leave it out until that's done so its easier for the fitter.

[Kevinlincs]

I also plan on doing the rear quarter trim and the B post trims, but although the B post trim is now completely loose it is trapped to the car by the pull button for the seat belt adjuster, which I can't figure out how it comes off!
It doesn't appear to have a cover over it so a screw can be undone.. Does anyone know how it comes off?

[fay66]

I also plan on doing the rear quarter trim and the B post trims, but although the B post trim is now completely loose it is trapped to the car by the pull button for the seat belt adjuster, which I can't figure out how it comes off!
It doesn't appear to have a cover over it so a screw can be undone.. Does anyone know how it comes off?

Not sure but if you pull the knob to its lowest position does it expose another fitting?
I'll see if there's anything in my manuals

Brian
8227

[SanRemo78]

Does the pull knob unscrew?

[Kevinlincs]

I haven't tried pulling it right down and looking for anything holding it on, there is a slot (or is now after all my poking and prodding!) on the underside of the knob but no sign of the face coming off or anything.
I also tried twisting it which I did get it to turn through 90degs, which a nasty cracking of plastic sound, but that's as far as it went, now it turns through 180degs, 90 either side of where it should be...
The pillar trim itself is completely unattached now from the car but is trapped to the car by this sliding control knob, I don't want to retrim the rear C popst trims without being able to do these so any help would be appreciated 

[fay66]

I haven't tried pulling it right down and looking for anything holding it on, there is a slot (or is now after all my poking and prodding!) on the underside of the knob but no sign of the face coming off or anything.
I also tried twisting it which I did get it to turn through 90degs, which a nasty cracking of plastic sound, but that's as far as it went, now it turns through 180degs, 90 either side of where it should be...
The pillar trim itself is completely unattached now from the car but is trapped to the car by this sliding control knob, I don't want to retrim the rear C popst trims without being able to do these so any help would be appreciated  

Hi Kevin,
How about warming the knob up to see if its a straight pull off?
I did check nothing my workshop manuals but nothing about it.
Have you tried looking on Eper, if you can get on, it should show how it goes together?
Brian

8227
 Just looked on eper, the knob appears to pull off, and once you've removed the top seat belt mounting bolt the surround should pull off.

[Kevinlincs]

Thanks for the suggestions and advice guys, the part about it appearing to pull of on eper was a big help Brian.
As I also needed to go up to the unit to put some plastic masking dust sheet over the retrimmed roof panel (sat on the Clio roof under a clean bed sheet but with wind and rain forecast the workshop can become drippy) I was keen on having another go armed with the new advice.
As it now looked like it must pull off, it could be rotated and the cap definitely does jot come off, so it must pull off somehow.
It came to me then... What if there was a clip like on some window winder handles?
Looked like something was in there on the only open section..

[Kevinlincs]

You can just about get a pick in there to hook onto the eye of the clip.

[Kevinlincs]

Once the clip is pulled down enough the knob dies indeed just pull off allowing the panel to be finally unscrewed off the car.
The peg that the knob fits over has a groove that the pin aligns with, so just a push fit back on.

I can now retrim the rear quarter trims and these B post trims in the same material as the roof lining.

[Kevinlincs]

These are the pillar trims that I wanted to retrim in the matching material to the roof lining, having finally got the B post ones off I can finally get them done.

[Kevinlincs]

As you can see, not terrible but very dirty and with some red overspray or sanding dust on them.

I thought they'd be a doddle to do compared to the roof lining but they turned out to be a bit fiddly and with many a curve and twist on the rear C post ones it's not something I'd rush out to do again!

The holes for the seat belt to pass through on the rear ones and for the slider adjuster on the B post ones has a recess for the metal guide to fit into, tangs on the back can be carefully folded open to remove then crushed back down to o refit, not sure how many times they'd survive being folded though, one clip was already missing!

[Kevinlincs]

Quite pleased with the results though, the crumpled bottom part of the rear one (left side in picture) sits under the rear parcel shelf out of sight so I'm not overly concerned about that, it needs a strip of cushioning foam for the shelf to sit on yet anyway.

The anticipated windscreen replacement has been put on hold though whilst Autoglass await delivery of a new 'screen... Fingers firmly crossed!

[Kevinlincs]

Still no sign of the windscreen arriving so decided to refit all the roof lining and pillar trims back in.

[Kevinlincs]

3 doors all built up now, mirrors on, central locking and windows working well. Weather strips on. Just the door seal for the passenger window glass to sort then that door can be built up.
Starting to look better with some more black contrasting parts fitted.