66 Dart Headliner Help
Started the install of the headliner tonight. Not sure i did this in the right order but if you have been following you saw I installed the bows and hung the liner on Sunday. Then I went out and bought some plastic putty knives and 2 bottles of weldwood DAP contact cement. By the way, those 2 bottles are not enough so tomorrow I will be picking up a quart of it! Now with the liner hanging it made it much harder to put the contact cement on the interior roof and also on the headliner as well. But after applying to both surfaces I started stretching the liner. First pulling forward and then going to the back and pulling it back and hooking the 2 spring hooks on the rear bow. Then I pulled on the front again then pulled again to the rear. Then I went to the drivers side and from inside the car I started in the middle and worked front. Then went to the passenger side and from the middle worked forward. Then the fun starts with the rear half and the sail panels. This appears to be the frustrating area. I got it close but i plan on gluing again tomorrow and trying to get it to lay a little better then it is right now. I wont use a heat gun until I have the trim pieces on, unless of course someone says its to late and needs to be done before the trim is on.
Here are some pics on what I have completed.
I would guess at this point I have about 3 hours in the whole operation so far. I dont think thats to bad.
If you have suggestions that would help make this better please throw them out.
Thanks Rod
Started the install of the headliner tonight. Not sure i did this in the right order but if you have been following you saw I installed the bows and hung the liner on Sunday. Then I went out and bought some plastic putty knives and 2 bottles of weldwood DAP contact cement. By the way, those 2 bottles are not enough so tomorrow I will be picking up a quart of it! Now with the liner hanging it made it much harder to put the contact cement on the interior roof and also on the headliner as well. But after applying to both surfaces I started stretching the liner. First pulling forward and then going to the back and pulling it back and hooking the 2 spring hooks on the rear bow. Then I pulled on the front again then pulled again to the rear. Then I went to the drivers side and from inside the car I started in the middle and worked front. Then went to the passenger side and from the middle worked forward. Then the fun starts with the rear half and the sail panels. This appears to be the frustrating area. I got it close but i plan on gluing again tomorrow and trying to get it to lay a little better then it is right now. I wont use a heat gun until I have the trim pieces on, unless of course someone says its to late and needs to be done before the trim is on.
Here are some pics on what I have completed.
I would guess at this point I have about 3 hours in the whole operation so far. I dont think thats to bad.
If you have suggestions that would help make this better please throw them out.
Thanks Rod
