New Headliner and Door Inserts- Installed!
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New Headliner and Door Inserts- Installed!
Since my special order fabric came in earlier this week I thought I would start on my upholstry overhaul tonight. The material is 100% gabardine wool (was not cheap...$25yd). I chose a black on black pinstripe. Hopefully tomorrow I will have the fabric on the headliner and sunroof door. I have a feeling that it will be a bitch to get the stripes to line up on the sunroof door and roof.
Sunroof is done!
Heres the headliner before it goes into the car. there are some bubbles on the left side that should come out with a little steam. Over all I am really happy with it.
Installed! Gotta get those visors done
Sunroof is done!
Heres the headliner before it goes into the car. there are some bubbles on the left side that should come out with a little steam. Over all I am really happy with it.
Installed! Gotta get those visors done
Last edited by sniperscout; Jul 31, 2008 at 06:58 PM.
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is that the old one? whats with the wrinkles??? i just did my headliner(no sunroof tho) and it took me about 2 hours, make sure u use the super 70 3m glue, dont use higher or lower, it either wont stay, or wont be workable, if u didnt know
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thats just the fabric layed across my table
Im using a different glue and doing sunroof
Im using a different glue and doing sunroof
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I am not sure what it is called. My dad has it. He uses it on headliners when he restores Porsches. I know it comes out of a paint gun type apparatus
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whats the width of the fabric and headliner? i bought some fabric but i think its not wide enough
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gotta go to an upholsterer to get the right stuff, every town has one, call a body shop near u and ask them where they get theirs, i paid 16 bucks for 2 yards of basic padded stuff
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umm my fabric is 57 inches wide. but a normal bolt of fabric is 53 inches i think. the headliner is 45-46 inches wide
the normal headliner material is pretty cheap. But I am trying to be fancy so it cost quite a bit more
the normal headliner material is pretty cheap. But I am trying to be fancy so it cost quite a bit more
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thanks. the widest i can find this fabric i have is 45inches looks like im going to have to keep looking for a wider piece
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That's nice, I think I'm going to ditch the fabric and do something else... I haven't had a headliner in my car for freakin ever.
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Sunroof is done! pics added to first post
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Woah! looks good. How much room is between the headliner and roof? Why did you do the sunroof cover first? Wouldn't it be easier to match up pinstripes if you did the headliner first?
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not bad, i hate the light colored roof. makes it feel like its bigger inside than it actually is
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Using my handy dandy tape measure and some handy dandy pins i got them lined up
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How much space between headliner and roof? I want to throw some sound proofing something or other up there.
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where's the pics... 
i'm pretty sure you'll put them up tomorrow.... how hard would you say it is? have you ever done anything like that before? did you have help from your father or anyone else?
i'm pretty sure you'll put them up tomorrow.... how hard would you say it is? have you ever done anything like that before? did you have help from your father or anyone else? Thread Starter
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the pics are posted
I have been doing this mostly myself. I have had some help from my stepmom though.
I have never done anything like this before but I am pretty good at DIY stuff like this. If you arenet good with little details then this would probably be a disaster. But as long as you go slow its simple.
I have been doing this mostly myself. I have had some help from my stepmom though.
I have never done anything like this before but I am pretty good at DIY stuff like this. If you arenet good with little details then this would probably be a disaster. But as long as you go slow its simple.
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the headliner is done. I tried to take pics but there isnt enough lighting in my house for good pics. Ill get some tomorrow once it is installed. The hardest part was up front on the raised area around the map lights and rear view mirror. But overall I think it came out pretty good
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the pics are posted
I have been doing this mostly myself. I have had some help from my stepmom though.
I have never done anything like this before but I am pretty good at DIY stuff like this. If you arenet good with little details then this would probably be a disaster. But as long as you go slow its simple.
I have been doing this mostly myself. I have had some help from my stepmom though.
I have never done anything like this before but I am pretty good at DIY stuff like this. If you arenet good with little details then this would probably be a disaster. But as long as you go slow its simple.
