[V8] Headliner Replacement

dsaad at icehouse.net dsaad at icehouse.net
Fri May 5 11:26:59 EDT 2006


That is the craziest thing I have ever heard -

If you want this done right, you are going to need a nice single malt scotch.
Nothing less than 12 year either. If you really want it to last, go with a 15 or
18 year.

Dave

btw, I recomend the Balvenie 12 Double Wood. All my repairs made with this
scotch have worked out well.

Quoting kevin kyzar <readytow at earthlink.net>:

> As someone who recently did this in my 1990 V-8, maybe this will help.  The
> headliner can, and will come out in one piece if you are VERY CAREFUL.  First
> get a BIG bottle of whiskey, then remove the sun visors, and let the wires
> dangle through the holes in the headliner.  Then carefully pry out the light
> in the access cover to the sunroof motor, and look up into it, and remove the
> 2 screws, carefully remove the wiring from this little cover, and set the
> cover aside.remove the lights/grab handle above each door, there will be 3
> screws in each of these.  Remove the pillar trim in the front, and the
> "seal"up by the windshield.  Also remove the rear window seal.   Carefully
> remove the covers around the front shoulder belts, and let it sag down into
> the car.  This may require removing the door trim to get at these panels.
> There are no screws holding it in, but, this part is probably the trickiest.
> Recline both front seats as far back as they will go.  Retract the sunroof,
> and from the top of the car, remove the wind screen that pops up.  You should
> see some little silver tabs that hold the interior sunroof trim on, carefully
> pry these back, and remove the interior trim ring.  At this point, if
> everything is removed, the only thing holding the headliner to the car, will
> be the foam blocks on the backside glued to the ceiling.  Once you break
> these free, the headliner can be "jockeyed"out through the back doors.  It
> will appear that it won't fit, but, with a little finesse, and some slight
> bending it should come out.  Once you have the new headliner glued to the
> corrugated backing, it would probably be a darn good idea to have really
> clean hands to reinstall it.  I took about 6 hours for the removal, and
> installation after mine was fixed.  It can be done in one piece, but, I would
> not plan on rushing anything, or it can be damaged.  Two people definitely
> make this job much easier, as one can jockey the headliner around, while one
> pushes wires out of the way, holds things straight, and keeps the whiskey
> flowing.
> hope this helps.  If anyone needs it, I can send a pix of the removed
> headliner, but, I did not take any pix of the removal and installation.
>
>
> kevin kyzar
> readytow at earthlink.net
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