will a trans am or firebird headliner(board fit my 86 sport coupe?
they are both hardtop cars.
i need the board and all for mine and can get the bare headliner board sail panels and sun visors covered in brown out of a trans am or firebird beleive its a firebird because it has the bird emblem in the center of the tail lights. i can get thoose parts for 20 bucks at a local bone yard and get some material to do mine in red.
if not then i have to do some traveling and go to another junkyard that has some late 90s camaros in it so im hoping the firebird board will work im thinkin it should. anyone know for sure or not?

 

Yes.

 

thanks dead bird.

i was pretty sure but not positive

 

yeah man it will fit the interior stuff, besides the dash is all the same. Just make sure the donor car has the same roof as you (ie t-tops/hard top).

If you need any help in repairing the headliner email me at jayannsilentbob@hotmail.com
i am always on the computer(65% of the day) so i'll respond pretty quickly.

to start hyou off strait i made a nice tech article on the repair of the headliner, here it is,

http://www.freewebs.com/kidrcth/Headliner%5FRepair.htm

very nice article has many pics and makes the install a snap.

 

yea i dropped by and seen that article before w/ the fur looks great.

i borrowed yur idea and my friends a lil n am goin to go w/ faux fake fur in red or crushed velvet lmao pimp mobile kinda to do my headliner n stuff.

yea its hard top same as mine i just didnt know cuz i no for a fact dashes dont interchange cuz i got a trans amd dahs pad came w/ my car n dont fit it. so i just wondered if there may be a slight difference or not wasnt sure thanks everyone.

chris.

 

Yeah it works like people have said. Only thing different is some of the patterns and colors for the interior, but everything fits. but I just wanted to point out that Trans Ams are Firebirds....It is a Firebird Trans Am, just like Camaro I-ROC. I have a Trans Am with the bird on the back

 

ok thanks yur cars like the one im gonna get the board fomr.

i wasnt sure im not up to date w/ trans ams n stuf just camaros mostly i know they make like firebirds firehawks trans ams gta all that and i wasnt sure. but it has the lights just like yurs not much left of the front end it had caught fire. seems eveyrhtgin in the interior was saved tho.

color and pattern doesnt matter to me because its just the bare board im gettin no foam or nothin and i am goin to recover it myself w/ some material.

wished my local wal mart had a good selection.
we don got furs or gorilla hair or velvet or nothin. just cloth liek factory or t shirt sweat shirt material thats it.

 

Don't do fur...I had covered my headlliner with some vinyl and it looked good, but I ended up scrapping it because my board was just too far gone...even after I had tried repairing it with fiberglass. I suppose a velvet wouldn't be so bad as long as its short pile and non crush. Look for fabric stores around your area like a Jo-Ann's or something.....they'll have a much larger selection than Wal-Mart.

 

There is a Jo-Ann's at Beckley Plaza S/C at 307 Beckley Plaza
Beckley, WV 25801-2215. That isn't too far from Logan is it? I say you go there...they have all sorts of fabric, including headliner material (although I know you don't want that).

 

beckley is about 2 hr drive fomr here theres one my dad knows abotu an hour and half away but i got 2 phone calls to make some time because there are 2 places near here one does have headliner stuf gonna check on other stuff as well because they recover complete interior and the other place does the same.

furs not bad

i seen it done looks nice all come down to opinions right shane?

and crushed velvet is definatly pimpin and women love it my seat covers are like crushed velvet and i checked on ebay and crushed isnt very bad its same as my seat covers unless u get the automotive crushed velvet fomr ebay it looks different.
like its wrinkled up bad.

im goin for the other stuff let me find a pic and ill post what im thinkin about.

 

yeah boy!!!!! benoit is my boy. I'd love to see another thirdgen with fur or velvet. That'd be awesome.

Yes man it is all down to opinion and the fur is awesome. I dont care how many of you say it odnt fit the muscle car image it is awesome all in itself.

That red stuff, ahhhh d00d that would be awesome.

And yeah d00d wemon do love the fur stuff. I had my gf's kid in the car(with her car seat) and she was all feeling on the stuff and asked her mom what is it and stuff. Pretty cool, even a todler likes it.



Shane

 

lol i wondered if youd keep readin this shane lol.

dont worry man that red stufs goin in my car if i cant get it round here ima order it off ebay and do it up lol.

i love the fur and hey after searchin ebay i could have went worse....

they had faux fur yes its spelled faux on there...
that was red leopard print or zebra print lmao.
i said nah thats a lil too pimp for a white boy lmao.

 

Red velvet....alright....and faux means fake.

 

yea that what i figured as well faux meaning fake fox fur lol

called some places today and they want way to much per yard like 20 a yard for red velvet liek in the picture i can get 10 yards for like 45 bucks shipped and insured off ebay so i know were im buyin my materials at.

itll be a couple weeks maybe the 1st parts or april before its done but ill post pics of it either in this thread(if it dont die by then) or on a new one and post up pics on my website check my sig for that.

 

Should be interesting....that is surprising that it is so much per yard, I know velvet is more expensive than other materials, but $20 is a bit steep. I believe I saw it for like $12 a yard at my local place. Faux just means fake in general.

 

yea thats what i was thinkin like man that much **** on that.

i got 5 yards coming fomr ca now shipped and insured for 28 bucks.
i think that was a good deal.
guy round here saleing a already re done headliner in grey wnated a 100 for it said i had my friend do it for me n he only charged me for materials. n im like huh?
even the same exact oem stuff here is 20 bucks for enough to do it.
and jcwhitney has it for like 40 im like dude u got screwed lol.

so mines on its way well money order is goin be sent out tomorrow sometime gonna get it tomorrow and i bought it now on ebay today.
place sales alot of fabrics syfabrics i think on ebay.

 

just so you know, 2 yard is plenty for a headliner. if youre gonna do other stuff in the car...i.e. sail panels and visors, then you should get about 4 yard. i bought 2 yards to start, and did all the plastic trim pieces, along with the sails and stuff. i went back and bought 3 yards for the headliner, but never got it done, then i sold the car, so someone out there is gonna have a mismatched interior....o well not my problem

 

man you stil got ripped, i paid $6.57 a yard for my fur at walmart.

It'll be awesome to see velvet on a car, you must shot pics once its done.




Shane

 

no worries shane i am.

man velvet aint cheap.
not crushed and not red lol thats bout most expensive combo u can get.
i iwshed my wal mart sold nice junk
they had sweat shirt junk for 5 bucks a yard and only was 3 ft tall
like 1 yrd sqaure almost
so that meant id need to stitch it in th emidle n look bad i think.

this junk ima gettin 60 inches by almost 15 feet.

i got visors sails, and headliner and my sub box to do and prolly some other stuff liek console sides maybe interior trim in back dont want to over kill it.
and i knwo once done my dad want it done in hsi red interiored s10 since his is saggin.

 

oh yea shane look tho 5 yards for say 5 bucks liek yurs since u got 1 and 1/4 5 times 5 25 bucks for 5 yards.

what cost me was shipping 8 bucks insurance 1.30 and trackin number 45 cents usps.
18 bucks buy it now price for 5 yards.

but thats what u get in logan co.
no goo dplaces for anythgin we dont got not one speed shop or hot rod shop and only 1 body shop supply within an hour or 2 drive logan almsot dead lol.

 

i sorta know what your talking about where nothings near you. I've lived in jacksonville, florida my whole life, and when my step-dad got orders to go to dahlgren, virginia, i didn't know what todo. We had to drive 2 hours for a good hospital(DOD hospital). We used to have to drive no longer than 7 miles for that. It was like being in the moddle of nowhere. The local walmart was 45 minutes(used to be 3 minutes) away. The nearest mall was an hour("used to be 5 minutes). We then moved back to jacksonville 3 years later(got new orders) and all was back to normal. The moral of the story was that i know what your coming from, nothing being near you.



Shane

 

I went to walmart yesterday, for red velvit cloth, it was $8.50 a yard. They were out at the time but thats seems like a pretty good deal to me.

While i got some cash i'm gonna go buy some leather to recover my door panels and some on the interior plastic panels. I'll be sure to take as many pics as i possibly can so that everyone will be able to see it. Maybe even make a nice tech article on it too.




Thanks,
Shane

 

yea man that sounds good im thinkin of doin the sides of my console n stuff w/ my left overs maybe