<VV> LM Headliner install

[Mike Kost]

Maybe a write-up of all the tricks you got from the list and the things 
you learned would be good for the Communique.

BEllison@bbafiberweb.com wrote:

>My LM headliner install went fairly well.  There ARE definitely a couple of
>wrinkles, but I'm confident I could get those out if I wanted to.  The worst
>ones are on the sides, at the seams for the rod supports, almost too much
>material for the pinch molding.  My wife actually said it looked quite good.
>As we all know, that's the real gauge.
> 
>If there's a next time, here's things I'll remember, in addition to all the
>hints I received from this list ...
> 
>Leave the screws for the mirror, the dome light, and visor installed, so you
>can find the holes easier.  To compensate, I had to find and install the
>dome light, THEN get brave enough to cut the hole for the wires.  Deep
>breath - no going back.
> 
>Start at back, center, but don't lap over too much - I almost didn't have
>enough up front.
> 
>I used almost a whole bag of wooden clothes pins, placed approx. 2" apart,
>i.e. liberal use.  Worked well, I thought.
> 
>Not too liberal use of glue, as you don't want it dripping.
> 
>Make a little piece of curved and angled thin sheet metal, with no sharp
>edges, for tucking the headliner material between the retainer and the roof
>framing.  I actually used the belt clip from a carpenter's tape measure -
>thin and with the curve.  It was quite handy.  A perfect tool might be 2"
>wide, curved from edge to edge or at least at the corners, thin, and with an
>angle about 1/2"-3/4" back from the curve.  And old scrap blade might work
>well as a donor.
> 
>And I don't think I'll trim the sides at all next time.  I almost didn't
>have enough material to grab to put the pinch moulding on, leading to the
>previously mentioned wrinkles.  Was I supposed to glue the sides, cause I
>didn't?  There wasn't any residue from the previous one.  Also, assuming the
>next one will fit exactly as this one did.  The only real cutting I should
>have done was around the back corners.
> 
>Thanks,
>Couldn't have done it w/o ya!
> 
>Barry Ellison
>Corsa SC
>65 Corsa, with Headliner
>61 Lakewood project is next Corvair project, tons of others in the way
>before that though.
> 
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Mike Kost
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