hey guys i was wondering has anyone tried to do a fiderglass headliner for the hard tops,NOT T-topd?? if soo how did it work out and how did u do it? i was going to try it and using the original head liner for the template make the mold and go from there. this would only be my second fiberglass venture! if anyone has any pointers i sure could use them. thanks in advance - TOT

 

Are you worried about destroying your old headliner? If not, you could always just glass over it. If you want to make a mold though, I would cover the old one with something like aluminum foil, or something that can be smoothed and molded relatively easy, then coat it with wax and fiberglass around it to make a mold.

Mathius

 

well i never thought about just goin over my old one? would i need to just strip all the liner of and leave the foam? and would i need to do it any differently than if i started from scratch? thanks for the help guys- TOT

 

Just strip off the old material and sand down the foam/cardboard part until there's no more headliner fabric or loose pieces stuck to it.

Mathius

 

great! thanks guys! ill post pics as soon as i get it done

 

Cool Idea. I want pics!

 

well guys i did it and rather tahn sand the hell out of it and what not i test fit it and it fit great!! and i know it would have looked cool but the next day i put my cage in and now i cant get it to clear between the roof and the main hoop its to stiff so now its back to the drawing board. ill prolly still do it in fider but ill have to do some smoothing out where the seat belts went through. i think im going to try glassin a dash cover see how that turns out, anyone do that? and have pics?

 

I think I've seen a fiberglass dashpad done before. It was on someone elses car. The backseat housed several subwoofers on a fiberglass wall and the dashpad was painted a neon green to match the car and subwoofer box. It might have just been spray paint on the vinyl dashpad though.

If you get into fiberglass and like working with it, then you might try taking the dashpad one step further and fiberglass a complete dash assembly. I doubt it would be that hard to get some foam to cut out your design on and make a mold. Harwood use to make a fiberglass camaro replacement dash but the model has been discontinued for a long time. I've seen them on ebay rarely ususally worth around 400 to 500 bucks.