[Shotimes] Replacing the headliner

[Jim & Debbie Leyden]

"Step away from the pipe."

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Jim

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:34 AM
To: Fred George; 'George Fourchy'; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Replacing the headliner

I just read what I wrote here; I swear I wasn't under
the influence! 

It should have read: "...remove the headliNER from the
passenger froNT door. Reinstall the SAME way..."

Ian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 3:44 PM
> To: George Fourchy; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Replacing the headliner
> 
> Removing the seats is unnecessary. Just recline the
> front ones down as far as possible and remove the
> headlight from the passenger from door. Reinstall
> the
> front way. (no steering wheel on that side).
> 
> Ian
> 
> --- George Fourchy <krazgeo@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon,  8 Aug 2005 17:10:30 -0400,
> > brogshan@email.unc.edu wrote:
> > 
> > >I need to replace the headliner of my '94 SHO. 
> I'm
> > thinking of try to do it
> > >myself, if anybody has done this do you have any
> > tips?  Thanks.
> > 
> > If you have found another factory one-piece
> > headliner, it is not hard to take loose
> > from the car, but it is tricky to get it outside
> the
> > cabin.  You need to remove at
> > least one front seat....the book says the driver's
> > seat...I'd take them both out. 
> > Then maneuver it out one or the other of the back
> > doors.  The easiest way to remove
> > it is to take it out the front or back.  Do you
> need
> > a new windshield?  Is it
> > cracked, or otherwise insurance replaceable?  That
> > would make the headliner swap
> > really simple.
> > 
> > Remove all the plastic moldings from all around
> the
> > side and front edges, remove the
> > visors...watch the wiring...and remove the two
> plugs
> > that snap it into the top just
> > in front of the back window.  It will basically
> fall
> > down after you loosen all these
> > parts.  Be prepared to deal with the seat belt
> > retractors in the pillars between the
> > doors....they argue a lot with maintenance
> efforts.
> > 
> > It does not hurt the headliner to fold it once or
> > twice, to help move it into
> > position.  ....that is, it doesn't hurt a
> > structually sound headliner.  It will not
> > permanently wrinkle unless it is folded and left
> > that way for a long time.  If your
> > replacement is not new, you might want to take
> extra
> > care not to fold it a bunch of
> > times.  Fold it inward, so that the foam is on the
> > outside....if you fold it
> > backwards, so that the headliner fabric is
> > stretched, it can tear, ruining it.
> > 
> > George
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