New interior pic
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New interior pic
Well, I finally got done scrubbing and installing all of the interior pieces that I found today at the junk yard. I think it's coming along nicely.
Last time I was there, I got a pretty nice set of carpeting and took it to my friend's detailing shop. He let me use the extractor on it, and they came out pretty nice. Best $12.00 I ever spent.
Only thing I need now is the headliner. I can't find a good one in the yard, so another friend of mine that owns a trim shop suggested that we just shoot some adhesive to the ceiling and install the new headliner right to it. All of the one's that I'm finding in the yards are cracked and very brittle. I kinda like the idea of adhering it right to the roof. There are some pretty cool lines that would normally be hidden by the cardboard once installed. I'll post some pics once it's done.
Here is what I have so far:
Last time I was there, I got a pretty nice set of carpeting and took it to my friend's detailing shop. He let me use the extractor on it, and they came out pretty nice. Best $12.00 I ever spent.
Only thing I need now is the headliner. I can't find a good one in the yard, so another friend of mine that owns a trim shop suggested that we just shoot some adhesive to the ceiling and install the new headliner right to it. All of the one's that I'm finding in the yards are cracked and very brittle. I kinda like the idea of adhering it right to the roof. There are some pretty cool lines that would normally be hidden by the cardboard once installed. I'll post some pics once it's done.
Here is what I have so far:
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There's a cardboard shell under the factory cloth headliner...I used that as the base for mine...scraped it down to the bare cardboard...sprayed it with 3M high-temp adhesive...put down a layer of foam...sprayed it again with adhesive...and put down a layer of micro-suede material. It worked pretty well. It wad definately easier doing all that gluing and fitting on a table instead of over your head. And on the odd chance you need to take it out for some reason it's easy to do since the liner isn't attached to the roof....it's held in place by trim.
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Yeah, but I can't find even a decent cardboard that isn't all cracked or brittle. I tried getting one out and thought about scraping it all off and decided not to.
Too much work scraping on that flimsy cardboard. Like I said, there are two nice lines stamped into the inner ceiling panel that I'd like to see.
My buddy is going to do the whole job for $40 so I'm not too worried about working upside down. He is going to have the sore neck, not me...
Too much work scraping on that flimsy cardboard. Like I said, there are two nice lines stamped into the inner ceiling panel that I'd like to see.
My buddy is going to do the whole job for $40 so I'm not too worried about working upside down. He is going to have the sore neck, not me...
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I was thinking of gluing the headliner fabric on the ceiling also. But i have an OHC that has wires and that'll show. If anything, I'll build a compartment to hide the wires to the front of the roof and it will "flow" with the rest of the interior.
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Originally Posted by srercrcr
Rolling out the material without making a mess might be an issue. Gravity could co0me into play.Also, arent there some holes up there?
You spray on the adhesive with a special gun, and then starting in the middle and working your way over to the edges while working it with a large flat squeegie to keep the wrinkles out. If you do get a crease or a wrinkle, you just pull it back and re-work it.
There aren't any "extra" holes up there, just the ones for the sun visors, map light and the trim panels that will get cutout once the headliner is applied.
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That interior looks great. I had that color in my 81 but I got an 86 from my father in law and have swapped the interior out of that one because it was nicer but the colors didn't match so I had to change everything. Do you know how hard it would be to install the power windows and locks from the 86 onto the 81? The 81 didn't have them originally. But the door panels from the 86 won't work unless I change to p/w and locks.
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Originally Posted by brthevio
That interior looks great. I had that color in my 81 but I got an 86 from my father in law and have swapped the interior out of that one because it was nicer but the colors didn't match so I had to change everything. Do you know how hard it would be to install the power windows and locks from the 86 onto the 81? The 81 didn't have them originally. But the door panels from the 86 won't work unless I change to p/w and locks.
There is a special tool that you can use to unlock the wires and the breakers from the donor trucks, fuse panel, however a bent paper clip works well too.
A good wiring diagram will help too.