Removing moldings, visors, etc. was easy but getting the headliner backing out of the car took me two days of effort. I followed the FSM and what others had to say, plus watched a youtube video, but was super-worried about damaging the thing, not knowing if these could be bought somewhere. Anyone have thoughts about removing this from the car? Probably just not easy!

 

follow the video, its easy, took me all of 10 mins once all the moldings removed. for 90 oz dollars came up a treat.

 

As I said in my thread, I did follow the video. I did exactly what was shown.....not easy. It may be that the steering column isn't moved all the way inward as my steering lock mechanism isn't working. Now that I think about it, it may have taken around 10 minutes, or even less. Just nerve racking thinking it was about to break. Is there a source for these backings?

 

I have a tutorial in here somewhere you might want to do a search and let it give you some ideas? I got mine done for about 65 bucks, and reinstalled it myself. Ask your local car dealerships who does their interior work, might save you a lot of $. That was years ago and it is still up and tight. Good luck!

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Just about any reputable upholstery shop will recover the headliner board for you. Ask around. Checking with local car dealers is good advice. None of them do headliners - they have that worked outsourced to a local upholstery shop.

Make sure whichever shop does the work that they wrap the cover material around the sides of the headliner board. Factory headliners only had the material cut right up to the edge & glued. Fabric needs to be wrapper over the headliner board edge to improve the adhesion when the cloth is glued down. Also, lots of prep work involved to have all the old adhesive removed. That's where most of the labor cost originates.

 

My video shows several suggestions, - YES it is stressful getting it out. But it I dont think i moved the steering wheel maybe should have.

The passage thru the passenger door is tight and not without bending, and flexing the liner. I chose to remove the old glue and epoxied the liner for more strength ( no fiberglas ). After covering I had a less stressful time putting it in as I was ready for the issue.

Just saying its tough and you got pull up your big crossfire panties and have at it.

hope that helps, WOody

 

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If you go through the process of removal, why not do the headliner yourself? It's not hard, there are several videos on youtube, plus you can do any color you want. I used a grey, then painted it with Duplicolor vinyl and cloth paint in silver. After painting you just brush with a nylon brush and Voila, you'd never know it was painted, it feels soft, just l;ike the original or better.

 

Like some others that have taken on the task of removing the headliner, we (Wife & I) had a time getting the headliner out of the car. Probably took nearly 2 hours to get the headliner out after we got it loose from everything. But having gone thru the removal process, re-installing it was a breeze. Wife & I had it back in with all the trim moldings and ancillaries in place in probably 60 minutes.

 

One often forgotten tidbit is passenger seat needs to be all the way forward then tilted all the way back.

 

Or even better, REMOVED !

 

You are quite the archive expert Dave. Thanks from all of us!

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It is all here. CLICK

 

I have to look for that video now.
I wish people who know of a good video on something would post the link, but maybe they do not know how to do it I guess.
Anyone else know?