Headliner replacement (pics)

[Gary]

Other than the weak 305 the only major problem with the 85 I just bought was.. yep the saggy old headliner.

So after pricing replacements (holy cow $189 yoiks!) I hit the local fabric store and got some headliner (the cloth stuff) and blue vinyl and the spray on adhesive (probably coulda saved a cool $10 and got the basic 3M 08088 spray on but I got the "headliner glue" from the fabric store. Roughly $40 in parts later, I tackle the job.

Just finished it up, one of the visors needs the 3rd screw seated better (stripped hole, gotta get a thicker screw) and I hamfisted the little piece of pillar trim and broke the little arm on the top (me Gary me smash!) but other than that (and a few small glue spots I gotta figure out how to get off) it looks damn good if I do say so myself.

Pics: http://faith.dixiesys.com/Headliner

I didn't take pics of it, but I put dynamax (half of a "wedge pack" on each side over the driver and passenger heads.

Next project is probably recovering the seats, they're not tore but they're pretty damn worn and faded. I might just redneck reupholster it (seat covers from Wally World) or go ahead and spring for the blue vinyl replacement seat covers from one of the board vendors or wherever I can get it cheapest (so far no replies to my PMs). Sounds like the local shops will want $300ish to do it for me so I think I'll do it myself too. Wanna do something with the door panels, replacements are wowzers too expensive, so it's do it myself or live with it as is, or hope for a really sweet ebay deal. Some dude had an AWESOME set for like $150 the other day on there but I didn't bid, kinda wished I hada now.