[V8] Headliner Replacement (OT)

Fri May 5 15:24:14 EDT 2006

I know this is off-topic, yet very topical for me.  I used to frequent this 
liquor store in Lafayette, CA, because it had a very extensive collection of 
single malts--at one time, it had scotches available going back to 1898.  
Ssince I now live about an hour away, I never go.  Well, a friend from 
college passed away and on the way back from the funeral, I stopped by the 
store (drown my sorrow).  An amazing collection still, and the proprietor, 
who is very knowledgeable about scotch, turned me on to a few new choices.  
Tried them.  Very nice.  One is called Cleinmish, 14 year, I believe.  The 
other, Laphroig 10 year cask strength.  Both in the $40 range, but both 
worth every penny.

I agree that Balvenie double wood is a very good single malt, but my 
favorites are the MacCallan (18 year best, but all are pretty good) and 
Lagavulin.  Also, very much enjoy Glendronach, Highland Park 18 yr, 
Glenrothes....lots of others, but they're in the $75+ range, which is tough 
to justify for a sipping whiskey (but why can I justify $40 for a bottle of 
wine?)

Anyways, as Jack Daniels says, enjoy it responsibly AFTER the work is done.

Cheers.

Bill G.

>From: dsaad at icehouse.net
>To: v8 at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [V8] Headliner Replacement
>Date: Fri,  5 May 2006 09:26:59 -0600
>
>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
> > EarthLink Revolves Around You.
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