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Old 08-25-2014, 12:52 PM
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video showing seat

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Old 09-06-2014, 06:31 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sztxkARh2Jw

making some progress..

maybe get the back done tomorrow.
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Old 09-08-2014, 07:02 PM
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done with the seat swap

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Old 09-13-2014, 06:23 PM
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New seat installed

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Old 09-16-2014, 12:51 PM
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Looks really good......

I wanna see your headliner video...... I gotta do my Dakota one year.....

Gunna watch you do yours first.....

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Old 09-16-2014, 01:25 PM
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coming soon. I was at the yard Sunday got about 1/2 done with removing trim then it was closing time. I plan to go back weekend and finish. My MO is to experiment with pulling parts at the yard to get experience (what breaks easy, any hidden problems etc..) and then also to have a backup (in this case a 13$ investment in a head liner). Then I can try it out on the yard part and see if I can get a decent result, if so it goes in and the old one comes out and goes into storage (space permitting). I like to keep the car in running condition just in case I really foul up the process.

Now fords have an interesting problem on headliners. They are made from a kind of pressed fiberglass, like the kind used in making duct work, not the hard resin impregnated like used in boat hulls.

Removing the orig foam backed material seems problematic, if you just try to peel off the foam it tears up the glass not sure how deep (the glass is about 3/8 thick but comes apart in layers).

Some suggestions I have read about:

remove foam with wire brush careful not to dig into glass

use acetone to "melt" foam into glass using a brush to smash the liquified foam into the glass forming a hard shell (as the acetone evaporates leaving the now flattened out foam.

I orig was thinking of plan A followed up with some glass resin brushed on. but the melted foam sounds interesting as well.

I understand the "normal" headliner material is just cardboard, but the FG must have been one of fords "better ideas".
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Old 09-17-2014, 03:23 PM
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Ha Ha on the better ideas...

Mine is card board, and the glue between the felt and card board easily dries, and a layer
of cardboard comes off with the glue on it.... I think I would have to seal it with some
magic chemical that penetrates the cardboard. I may just get an after market thing
and put it up, so what if it don't match completely..... I used a office swingline staples
and just pushed them into it with a little elmers on the ends to keep it in there....
Sometimes I push them in and then use two pliers and twist the staple to make it harder
to fall out... But it only lasts a year then falls down again.... It's not really something I'm
worried about But you know one day I'm just gunna have it get under the right piece of
skin and then I'm gunna have to fix it.....

Don't JC Whitney got some after market fix for yer car....?


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Old 09-18-2014, 10:24 AM
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no after market, but would be too big to ship anyway. I am sure the yard is the way to go. the foam backed material is cheap so I know I can make it look good, I just like to have something to try out on 1st in case something goes big time wrong, besides its only a few miles away and cheap.
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