84 Coupe Headliner replacement Help

rswamy · rswamy's Garage

Planning to do the carpet and interior. Thought I would start off with the headliner. Wondering if anyone has experience doing this? What do I need to know? Is it a DIY project? I'm mechanically inclined but never done any upholstery. Any input will be appreciated. This is what I was going to buy at PP

Pelican Parts - Product Information: PEL-901-HL-01IV

Rednine11 · 09-10-2010, 04:48 AM

its a real pain. all the glass has to come out.

jsmithcds · 05:05 AM

Pull the glass out yourself. Be very carefull with the metal trim pieces. Pop the glass out and remove the trim whilst the glass is out of the car. GENTLY as not to deform. Then hall it over to someone who "HAS DONE A PORSCHE HEADLINER." You can pull the old one out and clean it up to save yourself about an hours worth of his labor. If the guy has not done a porsche headliner before let him take the old one out so he knows how it needs to be re installed. It would also help him if you had the sunroof out. That way he can wrap up and under the rails for extra hold/grip. Take a picture of the sunroof parts before you pull it apart. After a month it can take a while to remember how it all goes back together.

Good luck with the project. Save yourself a head ache and let some one else replace your interior for $500 to $750.

rswamy · rswamy's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsmithcds

Pull the glass out yourself. Be very carefull with the metal trim pieces. Pop the glass out and remove the trim whilst the glass is out of the car. GENTLY as not to deform. Then hall it over to someone who "HAS DONE A PORSCHE HEADLINER." You can pull the old one out and clean it up to save yourself about an hours worth of his labor. If the guy has not done a porsche headliner before let him take the old one out so he knows how it needs to be re installed. It would also help him if you had the sunroof out. That way he can wrap up and under the rails for extra hold/grip. Take a picture of the sunroof parts before you pull it apart. After a month it can take a while to remember how it all goes back together.

Good luck with the project. Save yourself a head ache and let some one else replace your interior for $500 to $750.

Great input, pretty much what the PP sales guy told me. Looks like I'll have to shelf the project till I find someone good in my area to do it.

kodioneill · kodioneill's Garage

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Laneco · 09-10-2010, 07:26 AM

We've probably put headliners in 50 or 60 different cars through the years, everything from american, to foreign, vans and trucks.

Without a doubt, the 77 911 coupe was the hardest by far. It is a genuine pain in the hiney. If you do it yourself, remember all glass comes out (so probably best to replace front and rear seals), don't over-stretch it or it will get saggy. If you tackle this, try to get everything ready (pull glass ahead of time), then remove the old liner, put it aside, and IMMEDIATELY put the old one back in. The original one can serve as your template for how much edge gets tucked under.

How hard? We would not do another one if you gave us the headliner and paid us $300. Might talk us into it for $500 especially if Steve is off work again this winter, but otherwise, no deal... It really does suck.

Don't mean to sound super-negative, this can be done by DIYers, but it is surprisingly hard.

angela

chrisg252 · 09-10-2010, 09:11 AM

Here's a picture from a very good restoration shop showing a new headliner in a non-sunroof coupe being installed.

Inniswhe · 09-17-2010, 02:00 PM

Hey there ,

It is not too bad . I did it last winter as part of my glass out paint job. It is a alot of tedius work but no major snags . Read all of the threads, use lots of clamps , get the 3m superweatherstrip adhesive, take your time.

The toughest job was definately getting the glass back in . I had to do both the front and rear windows a couple of times to get it right . Sides was a tough grunt , thought I would break the glass. Rear glass wiring is also a pain but I got it back in correctly.

Really be careful with that aluminum Trim. My front glass trim was bent from a POs attempt to replace the glass without a new seal. I had to reshape in all .

The only fault in my job was at the side lights . It is tricky getting them cut out correctly . I ended up with a cut a little beyond the perimeter of the light . I am not sure what the best technique for that area is .