How hard could it be

[LeftLaneOnly]

I am replacing the head liner on my 79 HO.. I was able to remove the old one without breaking it just a few crusty spots on a few edges.

Should I have it covered along with the sun visors at a shop or is this something I can do . I'm concerned about where the coat hooks are and getting a smooth fit.

any tricks, recommended material , special tools that would help .

 

[Ribbedroof]

Cleaning the board and recovering with new foam/fabric is not a difficult task most of us tend to do it ourselves. I had a crazy high quote (in my opinion )I on having my visors redone by the trim guy we use at work. I wound up covering them myself and had a local lady that does upholstery hem them for me. Trim guy wanted 125 just to hem them. Local lady wanted15 so I gave her 25. At the time reproduction visors were about $80 a pair but the red that’s in my car is not typically serviced in the aftermarket. Also mine were the early style that had a strip vinyl around them as opposed to the later style that is folded over on itself on both halves and then stitched together around the outside

 

[69hurstolds]

Decent video to show how easy it really is. Key thing is to use glue meant for headliners. I used 3M 38808 without issues. Don't get any old adhesive or you'll be wearing that foam fabric like a hat.

Headliner adhesive

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MEBENM/?tag=gbody-20

If you have the headliner material already, then that's a plus. If not, you'll need to get some.

Not 100% sure what the color is you would need, however.

 

[Bonnewagon]

I don't even have a shop near me that would do a headliner anymore so I did it myself twice last year. Both came out pretty nice. Do a search on here you will get a few good threads. 'How hard?' The hardest thing is NOT letting it touch it self or where it should not. Because the glue is instantaneous. No do-overs.