Difficulties Installing ABS Headliner in 73 Swinger
First, let me address the $300 thing. You can get them for $160 from RockAuto for the uncovered ones, and $207 for the vinyl covered ones. Shipping to my area was less than $30 on top of that, so, no where near $300.
1974 DODGE DART 5.2L 318cid V8 Headliner | RockAuto
I doubt I have much more than 2 hours into the ABS one in my Duster. Waiting for it to show up doesn't count, it's not like I parked the car to wait for the headliner, I was just driving around without one. And I didn't have to stand by the mailbox and wait for it. I was done with the initial install and trimming in about an hour. It's not like they're totally wrong, they do take a little trimming here and there but I only had to trim and refit it a couple times to be done with it. It would have been even faster with an uncovered one, you could trim one of those in the car. With it already covered I had to take it out and peel the edges back to do the trimming. Still not bad at all though. After the vinyl separated the full re-glue probably took another hour or so, waiting for the glue to dry was the longest part of the operation. But again, it's not like I have to stand there and watch the glue dry, I'm doing something else what that's happening. And the ABS won't absorb moisture or mildew, it'll just about last forever. The tier grain vinyl and foam backing looks professional, even after the re-glue. I'm happy with mine.
Plus I paid $49.27 for the one I bought for my Dart last year, not $300 :D. It was on clearance for some reason. The one for my Duster was $222, it was the tier grain vinyl, shipped and everything, but that was like 4 years ago.
I mean, if you want to make your own that's fine, but upholstery is NOT my thing. I'd rather be driving the car. Or setting up suspension, or welding, or just about anything other than upholstery. The ABS headliner looks way better than anything I could make, it didn't take all the much time to get sorted out, and with the deal I got on the second one I bought I think I'm money ahead for the pair compared to anything else I could have done.
First, let me address the $300 thing. You can get them for $160 from RockAuto for the uncovered ones, and $207 for the vinyl covered ones. Shipping to my area was less than $30 on top of that, so, no where near $300.
1974 DODGE DART 5.2L 318cid V8 Headliner | RockAuto
I doubt I have much more than 2 hours into the ABS one in my Duster. Waiting for it to show up doesn't count, it's not like I parked the car to wait for the headliner, I was just driving around without one. And I didn't have to stand by the mailbox and wait for it. I was done with the initial install and trimming in about an hour. It's not like they're totally wrong, they do take a little trimming here and there but I only had to trim and refit it a couple times to be done with it. It would have been even faster with an uncovered one, you could trim one of those in the car. With it already covered I had to take it out and peel the edges back to do the trimming. Still not bad at all though. After the vinyl separated the full re-glue probably took another hour or so, waiting for the glue to dry was the longest part of the operation. But again, it's not like I have to stand there and watch the glue dry, I'm doing something else what that's happening. And the ABS won't absorb moisture or mildew, it'll just about last forever. The tier grain vinyl and foam backing looks professional, even after the re-glue. I'm happy with mine.
Plus I paid $49.27 for the one I bought for my Dart last year, not $300 :D. It was on clearance for some reason. The one for my Duster was $222, it was the tier grain vinyl, shipped and everything, but that was like 4 years ago.
I mean, if you want to make your own that's fine, but upholstery is NOT my thing. I'd rather be driving the car. Or setting up suspension, or welding, or just about anything other than upholstery. The ABS headliner looks way better than anything I could make, it didn't take all the much time to get sorted out, and with the deal I got on the second one I bought I think I'm money ahead for the pair compared to anything else I could have done.
