BUILD THREAD 84 Hurst Olds - TechG8
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I found this Headliner material on ebay. Its for a hardtop car, but the Color PH1714 is Maple. I figure since I have Ttops it should be enough to do the headliner and the visors as well.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335822911&icep_item=163384879184
I also spoke with a local upholstery place and they were talking about a Claret or Burgundy....which is not correct.
I am thinking about tackling the job myself...
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335822911&icep_item=163384879184
I also spoke with a local upholstery place and they were talking about a Claret or Burgundy....which is not correct.
I am thinking about tackling the job myself...
The headliner is a piece of cake to do yourself, it's so easy it would be silly to pay a shop to do it. Theres lots of good videos on YouTube on how to do it. The visors on the other hand I'm not so sure about how easy they are, definitely will require some skills on a sewing machine.
Get the right glue, I did not. Do not get the Permatex high temp spray glue, it held for about a day.
The visors? I'd probably farm those out. They need to be sewn. Unless you are good with a sewing machine. 
The recovering of the headliner is easy peasy on T-top car. Pull out the side trim which it seems like you're about there anyway along with all that T-top trim you probably already have out of the car, and the two coat hooks. You'll need to drop that rear upper garnish molding which I THINK is three of those hard-*ss plastic headliner clips, don't recall exactly how many, but you might as well get some of those because I've never seen anyone get all of them out without breaking one or three. Not saying it can't be done, but it's tough. If you have done this before, a good sturdy yank usually breaks them so you can get it removed.
Once you get out the headliner board, pull off the fabric, don't get Hulk on it or anything, you don't want to break it. Any cracks, etc, can be taken care of with duct tape on the back side. Scruff off the foam with a super stiff brush. Doesn't have to be perfectly clean, but you don't want booger bumps that will show through. Then lay out the new fabric over the board and rough cut it where you have a little hanging off all over. Fold back 1/2 of it, and spray headliner adhesive (must be designed for this or it may melt and flop) - I prefer the 3M stuff. Spray it to get a good even coating on the fabric. Cover anything you don't want to get the glue on when near the edges. After you've sprayed the exposed board and the back of the headliner foam, let set up until tacky. You don't have to go up all the way to the fabric line initially, close will suffice.
After the tacky sets in, you can gently roll back your headliner material with the tacky back directly onto the tacky side of the board. Smooth it out as you go. Then you can roll back the other side and repeat, picking up where you left off at the glue line.
Once done, turn the board over and trim off the excess with sharp scissors, and poke holes with a sharp awl or similar to expose the coat hook holes.
Once the board is cleaned off, the longest time is waiting for the glue to tack up.
The recovering of the headliner is easy peasy on T-top car. Pull out the side trim which it seems like you're about there anyway along with all that T-top trim you probably already have out of the car, and the two coat hooks. You'll need to drop that rear upper garnish molding which I THINK is three of those hard-*ss plastic headliner clips, don't recall exactly how many, but you might as well get some of those because I've never seen anyone get all of them out without breaking one or three. Not saying it can't be done, but it's tough. If you have done this before, a good sturdy yank usually breaks them so you can get it removed.
Once you get out the headliner board, pull off the fabric, don't get Hulk on it or anything, you don't want to break it. Any cracks, etc, can be taken care of with duct tape on the back side. Scruff off the foam with a super stiff brush. Doesn't have to be perfectly clean, but you don't want booger bumps that will show through. Then lay out the new fabric over the board and rough cut it where you have a little hanging off all over. Fold back 1/2 of it, and spray headliner adhesive (must be designed for this or it may melt and flop) - I prefer the 3M stuff. Spray it to get a good even coating on the fabric. Cover anything you don't want to get the glue on when near the edges. After you've sprayed the exposed board and the back of the headliner foam, let set up until tacky. You don't have to go up all the way to the fabric line initially, close will suffice.
After the tacky sets in, you can gently roll back your headliner material with the tacky back directly onto the tacky side of the board. Smooth it out as you go. Then you can roll back the other side and repeat, picking up where you left off at the glue line.
Once done, turn the board over and trim off the excess with sharp scissors, and poke holes with a sharp awl or similar to expose the coat hook holes.
Once the board is cleaned off, the longest time is waiting for the glue to tack up.
When you use the 3M make sure you spray both the material and the cardboard
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??? Wouldn't that have been an '84 quarter at newest if it got dropped in there at the factory? GM stopped production of H/O's in the first week of March of '84 IIRC, so they wouldn't have had 1985 quarters then. Most likely it got dropped down the shifter hole and worked its way under the carpet?
EDIT: Could have been the GM rebate back then.
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