Language, Timothy. Looks OK to me.
You know what? You've (both) done a great job. Flip that sun visor up and forget that tiny piece in the corner. I'm sure "The Wolf" from Pulp Fiction would be extremely happy with the finished product!Finally took the plunge and installed the headliner today. Girlfriend needed quite a bit of persuading to help, but she did, and it was essential.
We stuck it up in the middle and then worked from the middle out. Was all going well until I got to the front left corner of my side, where I found I couldn't get it to lie flat. Girlfriend suggested that it just needed gluing and it would be ok.
However, as I know best, I decided that there was too much material and some needed trimming off. Turns out one of us was correct, and not the one I would prefer. It was pretty dark in that corner and I didn't think to shine a torch in there to check.. so I ended up cutting off too much, leaving a little gap
So I've had to cut a little filler bit to stick in the gap
Elsewhere, I think I applied too much glue and it's come through the foam backing a bit, making a weird undulation, and there's also a slight ripple towards the back. As with all things like this, I got better towards the end, so the right hand side is better than the left.
It's just going to be one of those things that's better than what I started with, and will do for now.. but maybe I'll pay a professional to re-do properly in the future.
From a distance and without direct light, it looks ok really!:
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With direct light you can see a few little undulations though. But how often are you going to shine a direct light on your roof? Not many.
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Annoying dent from too much glue or something:
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And here's my handwork patching in a little additional patch to cover the gap in the corner. At least I got the perforation pattern lined up!
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Bollocks. Ah well, it was really ****ing hard and I had a go! The rest of the interior should be easier from here, right?..
You know what? You've (both) done a great job. Flip that sun visor up and forget that tiny piece in the corner. I'm sure "The Wolf" from Pulp Fiction would be extremely happy with the finished product!
Besides, who really looks up and studies the roof lining of a car? <insert rude joke here>
When your resto is complete you'll look back at that corner and be proud because it proves you did it all yourself (with your other half's help of course).
Head lining is a two ‘man’ job but you’ll really enjoy putting the strut tower trim on with no creases
Good effort. It’s not easy, working above your head … ideally where you were short, the ‘patch‘ needs to be glued in first, then the main material. That way, the ‘edge’ of the material is facing away from you and not towards …
I think your doing a great job, and you would be thousands into labor alone with all this work.
Doing a nice complete job, keep moving forward and keep learning.
You will be the future answer man on this site for the young bucks asking questions....BEEN THERE DONE THAT
Normally no, except for people on here that are paying attention, then at a future car show/meet we'll be looking in the windows and craning our necks upwards and going 'Yeh i think this is the one where he messed up the headlining in the corner'!No one will be looking for the many imperfections anyway!
Normally no, except for people on here that are paying attention, then at a future car show/meet we'll be looking in the windows and craning our necks upwards and going 'Yeh i think this is the one where he messed up the headlining in the corner'!
Only kidding...... good job, i certainly wouldn't of attempted it
Yeh, I've had huge satisfaction from doing big and difficult car/motorbike jobs without any training. They bring an attachment to the vehicle that you can't get if you pay someone else to do it.Haha! It's a good job I'm not aiming for concours. Maybe there should be a special competition for Did it themselves in their garage with no prior experience.
Nice workHad a few weeks off the Z as I turned 40 and got treated to a surprise 9 days in Iceland by my girlfriend, which was amazing. However, Iceland is so expensive that I spent all the money reserved for the car in November. I'll forgive her though, I spose!
Back to the grindstone today..
Started putting the closed cell foam to the trans tunnel today which went alright.
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But I'm wondering how far down the tunnel walls to go with it. I guess all the way to the floor?! It's going to be fiddly!
I'm also now dreading doing the vinyl trim on the tunnel. Can't see how that can be glued to it without getting really creased in places?
Nice work
I think the jute normally went lower than that towards the floor. With a standard set of vinyl I think you could be at risk of it being a little baggy lower down?
Don’t worry about tunnel trim, got mine on easy, hair dryer useful for working out any creasesHad a few weeks off the Z as I turned 40 and got treated to a surprise 9 days in Iceland by my girlfriend, which was amazing. However, Iceland is so expensive that I spent all the money reserved for the car in November. I'll forgive her though, I spose!
Back to the grindstone today..
Started putting the closed cell foam to the trans tunnel today which went alright.
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But I'm wondering how far down the tunnel walls to go with it. I guess all the way to the floor?! It's going to be fiddly!
I'm also now dreading doing the vinyl trim on the tunnel. Can't see how that can be glued to it without getting really creased in places?
don’t worry about central tunnel, easier to do than the rear strut towers, just use a hair dryer to work out an creasesHad a few weeks off the Z as I turned 40 and got treated to a surprise 9 days in Iceland by my girlfriend, which was amazing. However, Iceland is so expensive that I spent all the money reserved for the car in November. I'll forgive her though, I spose!
Back to the grindstone today..
Started putting the closed cell foam to the trans tunnel today which went alright.
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But I'm wondering how far down the tunnel walls to go with it. I guess all the way to the floor?! It's going to be fiddly!
I'm also now dreading doing the vinyl trim on the tunnel. Can't see how that can be glued to it without getting really creased in places?
Don’t worry about tunnel trim, got mine on easy, hair dryer useful for working out any creases
don’t worry about central tunnel, easier to do than the rear strut towers, just use a hair dryer to work out an creases