Roof Liners
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Who Likes Fitting Roof Liners

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hate them fucked two now never touch factory finish stuff

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if its all fitted correctley and you have some slightley baggy corners

get a kettle and STEAM these to tighten them up

i used to do this in the 70s
that was the way then and still is on minis

go carefully and make sure you DONT scalled yourself!

dont think it works on the new roof liners the steam trick that is as different material now used eg fire retardent stuff,

"Can I legally marry people now that I am ordained in the Church of the SubGenius?" aka i know jack sh"t

i also make things

i love coming home to chrome

Gonna get me a black one.

Do they have interior light holes already cut? I dont want one

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

if you aint got one is it really noisy? was hoping to get a england flag sprayed on the inside eventually! proud to be brittish! (me be rare soon if they keep shipping them in)

your alright mate they come as a sqaure piece of material and what ever you do don't cut it at all off the car!!! i cut it ruffly the same as the old one with a bit over (BIG MISTAKE)!!!!

Might as well of shucked my money away

what you lads stick the edges with i've been using super glue

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spray glue , onto both car , and cloth

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

1) Buy around 75 of those little bullbog clips from staples/partners/wherethefuckever.
2) Fit rods into new headlining and suspend (make sure you have rods in the correct order, front to back).
3) Fit headlining rods up into the correct holes.
4) Starting at the front centre or rear centre ,pull the headlining so the rods are upright, not cocked over. Put a few clips on to hold it.
5) Pull at the rear and secure with clips.
6) Now stick your head in through the side, and you'll see that the folds in the lining that the rods run through are pulling at the ends. Take a knife and put a cut along the fold, which will allow the ends of the folds to fall away from the rod, and make the side-fit a lot better...
7) Pull&clip the drivers/pass sides around 2" either side of the 'B' pillars
8) Go round the whole car, pulling and clipping. If neccesary, trim off the excess so you have around 2-3" to 'play' with...
9) repeat step 6 as appropriate
10) Get it as tight as you can, and leave it overnight
11) Come back to it and re-pull/clip it to get it tight as possible.
12) Creases/loose bits are sorted with the wifes/mums hairdryer. Gently heat the material AROUND the offending area, then quickly re-pull and clip to remove the creases.
13) Leave overnight again (i'm sure there are lots of other jobs you can do in the meantime?)
When you return - If you feel the need, use the hairdryer to heat, pull and re-clip again.
14) Once happy with the fit, trim off the excess using scissors.
15) Now get some Evo-stick contact adhesive, remove one clip at a time, apply to both surfaces, wait for the adhesive to set, then pull and stick the lining to the door/windo surround.
16) Repeat 60-70 times (depending on how many clips you have)! As you confidence grows, you may find it possible to glue/stick 3-4 clips at a time...

That's the hard bit done!
Remember to poke the wires through for the interior light.

I fitted the minispares 'black' headlining around four months back. Was pretty easy - just time consuming, but the results were perfect; A really tight, ripple free headlining. The rear corner pieces (between the rear window and side windows) were pants however. I ended up removing the black cloth off the backing board, re-cutting the backing board to size, then sticking into place.

If you haven't got any clips available to hold the headlining in place while fitting it, then just cut an old side rear window seal into pieces about 1.5" long and use these to hold it in place.

Phil.

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my clips cost ?4 for a packet of 30 from staples. Much easier than trying to cut up a rear window seal IMO - but good tip for the pikeys amongst us...

Edited by turbodave16v on 29th Mar, 2005.

dave you missed step 17

17)get dumped by girlfriend for not seeing her all weekend, and prefering to spend time with the car than her

thats what happened to me

if she's that petty, you're better off without her!!

i'm getting hassle from my fiancee for NOT spending enough time on the car!!

ha ha, wish i got that sort of hassle! i just ignore her now and go in there anyway!!

i fitted mine with out any hassle took about 5 hours tho. I would recormend using evostick

Nik,

The car I fitted the headlining into, along with the vauxhall engine, rollgace, new sills, recaros, etc, etc is also (now) my ex...

thats it then, i'm never fitting a headliner!

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Get your missus to do it whilst you go the pub to watch the match.

...yes it is ALOT louder without a headlining, you can also hear every drop of rain! I didnt have one for first year of driving my mini with the 998cc

Im going to do mine soon

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

I lined my whole van with carpet it was easy I used carpet spray glue the whole job was pretty cheap and looks pretty good and keeps the noise down.

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stupid women

at the end of the day lads its of them jobs that i hate tip for you don't cut to size off the car. don't pull the liner to tight don't glue with super glue cos you can't get the windows in the rubbers next one i brought is black not sure whats its going to look like but the other one got so dirty trying to put it in this seemed a safer idea

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not sure how I'm going to get headlining to fit

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