Installing upper console in ttop car
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Installing upper console in ttop car
Hi all
I need some help from somebody that knows how to cut/trim the headliner in order to install an overhead console in a t-top car.
My car before has not an upper console, just the standard light.
See the pictures below for the cuts I made today.
Im encountering many problems since the headliner right now is pretty thicker that the original, since new fabric was glued onto to re-cover it. This causes difficult to plug-in the four plastic upper console hooks into the screws because of the thickness.
I think I could resolve trimming more fabric, but I dont know if this is correct. Trimming too much could weaken the healiner maybe.
Question is: how big do I have to make that headliers holes, or more generally, how do I have to trim the headliner?
I found that but it seems obsolete: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...d-console.html
THANKS!
I need some help from somebody that knows how to cut/trim the headliner in order to install an overhead console in a t-top car.
My car before has not an upper console, just the standard light.
See the pictures below for the cuts I made today.
Im encountering many problems since the headliner right now is pretty thicker that the original, since new fabric was glued onto to re-cover it. This causes difficult to plug-in the four plastic upper console hooks into the screws because of the thickness.
I think I could resolve trimming more fabric, but I dont know if this is correct. Trimming too much could weaken the healiner maybe.
Question is: how big do I have to make that headliers holes, or more generally, how do I have to trim the headliner?
I found that but it seems obsolete: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...d-console.html
THANKS!
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Re: Installing upper console in ttop car
Ok I found that:
http://www.iroczone.com/2009/10/inst...irdgen-f-body/
so it's pretty solved. Any advice is well accepted however, expecially is the cuts that the dude did are not optimal/correct
http://www.iroczone.com/2009/10/inst...irdgen-f-body/
so it's pretty solved. Any advice is well accepted however, expecially is the cuts that the dude did are not optimal/correct
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Re: Installing upper console in ttop car
I used this thread, it has more info and pics,
https://www.thirdgen.org/step-by-ste...e-installation
did you cover the original fabric with new fabric?
https://www.thirdgen.org/step-by-ste...e-installation
did you cover the original fabric with new fabric?
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