Originally Posted by
Tbirdtony
Well, the headliner finally sagged down so far that I needed to have it replaced. I watched the removal videos and read the removal procedures. I was all set to remove the headliner myself until I took the car to a local auto upholstery shop. I was quoted $240.00 for the entire job (headliner removal, removal of the old material and preparation of the headliner surface, installation of new material, and reinstallation of the headliner). I asked how much less would it be if I removed the headliner and I was told $40.00. For a savings of $40.00 I let the upholstery shop do the entire job. I brought the car in on Thursday night and it was done at 5:00 on Friday. What a beautiful job. By the way, the upholstery shop removed both seats to make the removal and installation easier. They told me that removing the seats is the only way to go when working on a Crossfire headliner.
They may say it is the only way but it is not. I think that would be more work than necessary. I had mine out faster than the video that is on the forum here, not the speeded up video. LOL Removing the seats risks damage to them and the door sills, those seats are heavy.
The console is the problem more than anything, the headrests on the seats hold the liner up at the rear and that is what you want. I watched the video a couple of times and saw when and how to rotate it. I had my good friend bluecoupe assist with the installation, he even went into the trunk and installed all five panels I had removed for various reasons. He is so flexible I think he is made out of rubber.
Back in the day I had a car with a very dirty cloth headliner, I read how it could be made to look new by painting it with size a couple of times and then painting it with emulsion paint, it looked terrible after the size coats but brilliant after the final coat of paint. The painting tightened up the cloth so it was nicely stretched. The material was somehow attached to the roof without the use of a lining board.