I beleive doing mu headliner was WAY more difficult than installing my vynil top
Tips:
1. You need 2 people: 4 would be better I did it with 2, myself and my wife. I had never done a roof before
MARK, MARK (Did I say, "MARK") with PERMANENT MARKER, the exact bottom line of where any stainless trim goes that finishes out the vynil top. Just a hair above that line is where you want the vynil to end. You dont want to end up too short, and you dont want to glue down to far. Removing newly glued down top is somewhat a ***** and can ruin the paint if not careful. You only have about a 1/4 to 1/2" to play with here
2. DONT use the spray can type adhesives. It doesnt work that well in this case and causes a hell of a mess. Instead use the any high quality contact cement that brushes on from a can. I got mine from Wally Mart, in the hardware / adhesive section
3. DONT trim down the vynil too much. You would be surprised on how easy it is to trim too short
4. Surfaces must be perfectly clean: Any dirt or grit will show up big time as little bumps
5. Let the glue tack dry before attempting to place it on: READ AND FOLLOW THE GLUES DIRECTIONS!
6. Dont heap on the glue: Brush on just enough to create a light. "sheen". BUT every square inch you want to stick must be covered, on both the vynil and the top of the car. Watch the excess and drips. It gets VERY messy if you aren't careful and its easy to get it on the top of the vynil
7. Only glue somewhat small sections at a time and work and stick with those sections and put them in place before moving on to large sections. In other words, get a "feel" of what you are handling
8. Start from the center line of the roof and work down the sides. I only put glue on half of the roof and its vynil and worked from the center line down to the rain gutters
9. Take your time. Its a little stressful, but easy if you let it be. SLOWLY sort of roll the material down, while you smooth out any bubbles or such. Smooth out left to right as you lay it down The hardest area is around the rear window Take a close look at the that area before you get there and figure out how you will lay it out. It doesnt take a genuis
10. Pick a warm day to do it, but out of direct sun. A warm or hot garage will do it
If you get tired, just stop after you have stuck the last glued section in place. Pick it up again later.
When you start again you can take a small 1 or 2 inch brush and reach back into the fold where you stopped and put the glue on the vynil and roof, and start again till you finish
Mine came out FLAWLESS. Two years now and everything is still in place. Frankly, believe it or not, it was easier than laying carpet and doing the headliner, and I have down both. Im not kidding. It was so easy. Just take your time
You can do this : I had the top on (minus the stainless trim) and glued in place in under 30 minutes. Local shops qouted me from $400-$600 to do the job! I have never done this job before and was surprised how easy it was
Heres another hint: Take all of the vynil top trim and polish it (MARK like I said above before you remove it) : You wont beleive how good everything will look when put back together. I did it myself with about $30 worth of parts (bench grinder polisher wheel and rouge) from Harbor freight , and it took about an hour to do it all
