So Christmas was here and I was bored. I thought last major job was the headlining..... cant be that hard....?
The old head lining was nice and crusty at least all the bows and wires were there
The underside of the roof had been previously prepared with primer and cavity wax
Getting started
Before anyone cans me, I have never done this before, never seen it done so I dont know if this is the right way..... its my way
I started by installing the bows and wires and hanging the head lining in position
I found the centre of the head lining and temp held it to the windscreen bracket with clips. I was doing it by myself so I came up with a G clamp string system for the back to keep it tight.
I roughly installed it with bits of pinch weld clamps. Its pretty important here to make sure everything is central running down the centre of the van.
Looking from the back to the cabin with the cabin bow in position
In this picture you can also see a bunch of pressed spikes in the roof support I dont know if this is a Sandman only item as it holds the wire against the roof?
I started with the cabin area around the windscreen streching, moving creases around, takes a while, dont try this if you dont have patients
The marks on the head lining are only dust and were washed off when finished, they look horrific with the camera flach but were barely noticable in real like
This pic also shows pinch weld holding it to the screen bracket
Slowly getting there, also using the pinch weld around the door frame to lock it tight
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