my tech artical would have a lot of cuss words in it. so i will wait for someone, that had better luck wit theirs.
This would be my tech article on the subject: 1. Take it to a pro Seriously.....I removed all the glass myself, and all the weatherstripping. I took the car and new headliner to the upholstery shop. $50 later it was installed.
I haven't done a Maverick headliner yet, but have done others. Most of the expense of an upholstery shop when it comes to headliners is labor. If you do all the prep up front and all they have to do is the installation of the headliner - it's much cheaper. This is also true for fabric headliners with boards.
I'm planning on doing my own, once we find the correct color, I have a guy lined up to help me that used to do them on the line.
I did mine on the White Maverick you see in the pic,,, It was my first time,,, mine went in with no problem,, but I got a new headliner from RPS,, and it did need trimming,, one of the things I found out and needs to be in a certain order is the metal hoops,,, they are all diferant lengths,, having them layed out in order is a plus. they are color coded on one end,, and yellow on the other so I took that to mean they were coded rt to left by diferant colors,, and front to back acording to length. I was told to use a spray glue 3M spray 77 and its all about stretching it into place,,, not to hard I atached the front first then stretche it to the back window area,,, then worked the sides to remove the wrinkles,,, I did it my self and it took about 3 hrs,, but if I had to do it again,,,, it wouldnt take that long,,, First times a charm,,,, Joe
Thanks guys. I am willing to do it my self, but would like some instructions to help along the way. Craig, $50 sounds like a deal. I might do something like that since I do have to trailer my car to Dallas anyway for the glass man to do that part. I just hope whoever I find can deal with the trailer factor...
I was just thinking, should I have the car painted before the glass/headliner project? Or wait till after so that the masking will be easier? (I think)
i would paint first . when you pull the glass, clean, clean and then clean some more. this also gives you a chance to see any ...pin holes...at the bottom of the window opening. there are also ...drain holes... there. at the bottom of the opening, there are ...2000 pinch welds...i took a hammer and block and flattened these as best i could. then took a grinder and smoothed them out...JMO ...:Handshake... (don't forget the ...little stands...at the bottom).
Definitely paint first,then install head liner,then the glass.In this instance the right way is the only way.
You guys scared to show off your headliners or something? I know a headliner is just a headliner but, what kinda rag we looking at when your in your ride?... My liner is going to be a dark blue, like bluejean 16suspect), the carpet is silver. It's a dark silver so I like it . I am going for blues and charcoals inside.
I watched a guy install one in Terry's '77. It looked like serious PITA. I may still attempt to install mine in my '73 myself though. The whole interior in the car will be black, so I am going with a black headliner with the crater finish. I am planning to attempt to install the front and rear windows myself, too. Alot of step by step write up's on Mustang sites.
Pay to get it done. Find someone in your area that does older Mustangs, they have the experience I found out. I had a time finding someone around here last spring.
I put one in a VW bug once......and an interior guy told me that they were the hardest to because nothing is square or flat. It was a job, but I got it in about half a day. The biggest thing I had problems with was getting all the wrinkles worked out to the sides. Installing the glass was the easy part, a piece of rope and a small wooden paddle to work the seal with.
