64 Barracuda slow going.
Ok so I finally tackled the headliner yesterday. Before I post up a few pics and give you all a good laugh I will tell you about my mistakes.
First of all I decided to go cheap and not remove the glass and replace the glass seals after doing the headliner. This was mistake nuber one because when a car has 53 year old glass seals they arent rubber anymore and are more like plastic lol.
This made tucking the headliner under the rubber nearly impossible.
Next I didnt cut back the bow sleeves in the headliner to expose 2-3 inches of bow while it was still out. This is much harder after you start the install.
I did leave the headliner in the hot hot sun for a couple hours to soften it up but it just cools down while you fight with it for hours ha ha.
My wonderful girlfriend was nice enough to help for what ended up taking many hours of hard work so I still consider the job a success since I now have some sound deadening and heat insulation on my roof to keep this car from being an oven this summer.
I didnt have access to electricity so Im still hoping that maybe later using a hair dryer or steamer I can smooth out some more wrinkles.
All in it cost me less than $100 and took about 6 hours start to finish. Am I happy with the results? ehhhhh. Would I do it again? Yup, learned a TON of things about how hard this is to do and all the things to do right next time.
The cheapest quote I was able to get for a shop to do it was $500, $350 if I have no glass in it. and I will probably go that route when I go to get the front and back glass replaced (needs seals bad)and get a paint job all at the same time in the future when budget allows.
Glad I did this just for the experience and also makes the interior cooler and quieter.
So heres a few pics of my first maybe last Lol headliner install.