Headlining.
Headlining.
Any thoughts experience here of having headlining replaced and cost of having it done? I'm considering buying another motor and the headlining is well and truly fucked.
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Re: Headlining.
Depends on what sort of headlining fitment it is?
If it's old school, it might be a load listing rods sprung in and the
edges of the headliner glued in round the window frames before the glass is put in. You get the idea. MOAR INFO NEEDED.
If it's old school, it might be a load listing rods sprung in and the
edges of the headliner glued in round the window frames before the glass is put in. You get the idea. MOAR INFO NEEDED.
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Re: Headlining.
I have never owned a car where the headlining drooped or came unstuck. And I've owned some right shitters in my time.
Cue theheadlining in my Fiat to now droop.
Cue theheadlining in my Fiat to now droop.
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Re: Headlining.
My mobile crematorium cost quite a few hundred as all the windows needed to come out and then be replaced. I don't think the actual headlining was especially cheap either nor were the window seals.
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Re: Headlining.
As said above, depends on the car.
Some are metal rods in sleeves that ‘spring’ the headliner against the roof.
Some of these are self contained (as in a basic 1200 beetle) but others are wrapped around the A,B and C pillars and are held in place by / around the window rubbers, (delux beetles, Porsche 911 etc).
Other cars have fitted papermache type flocked parts that are pushed into place and secured by metal clips.
Chances are (on most older cars) it’s going to be the windows out variety, which normally means new window seals, possibly broken glass and hours spent with bulldog clips and glue…
Again, depending on the car, new headliner's are around the £100 mark or more for the material and the bows are usually reusable.
Window seal prices are all over and you will probably spend around £150 in random crap like glue, clips maybe hair drier etc.
The basic beetle I did was a frustrating but simple enough long afternoon job.
I need to do the 912 when the windows are out for paint and a nice headliner is looking to be around £180, though they start from around £90. New window seals (which it needs anyway) will probably be close to £300.
Some are metal rods in sleeves that ‘spring’ the headliner against the roof.
Some of these are self contained (as in a basic 1200 beetle) but others are wrapped around the A,B and C pillars and are held in place by / around the window rubbers, (delux beetles, Porsche 911 etc).
Other cars have fitted papermache type flocked parts that are pushed into place and secured by metal clips.
Chances are (on most older cars) it’s going to be the windows out variety, which normally means new window seals, possibly broken glass and hours spent with bulldog clips and glue…
Again, depending on the car, new headliner's are around the £100 mark or more for the material and the bows are usually reusable.
Window seal prices are all over and you will probably spend around £150 in random crap like glue, clips maybe hair drier etc.
The basic beetle I did was a frustrating but simple enough long afternoon job.
I need to do the 912 when the windows are out for paint and a nice headliner is looking to be around £180, though they start from around £90. New window seals (which it needs anyway) will probably be close to £300.
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Re: Headlining.
It's a....1980s snotter, that's all I'm going to divulge for nowEddie Honda wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:35 pm Depends on what sort of headlining fitment it is?
If it's old school, it might be a load listing rods sprung in and the
edges of the headliner glued in round the window frames before the glass is put in. You get the idea. MOAR INFO NEEDED.
I did have a Lotus Excel with fucked headlining some years ago; in that instance I was planning on bonding some thin strips of timber to the roof underside, 'upholstering' some microply and then screwing multiple sections to the blocks, covering the screw heads with plastic lids...
No reason I can't do that to a steel car I suppose, fuck all that titting about gluing fabric under door trims.
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Re: Headlining.
3M adhesive and some carpet, is a good way to stop resonance… well until a really hot day out!
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Re: Headlining.
I did my Discovery one myself, but coached by a specialist who does it for a living. It is entirely possibly to do it yourself, but you need a second pair of hands I'd say.