i thought i would share my installtion of a new head linner in my gen 2 , but dont look hard ! its a camaro  which have the same set up as firebirds up too 1973 i understand.....

first off pull out the old, you will need to remove sun visors, a pillar trim, then door opening trim then c pillar sail panel, and then the c shaped molding front and rear of the header. in my case then the only thing holding the linner in was the contact adhesive. every single clip had crumbled !

 

the new linner was one i bought from classic industries and it was folded !!!! hence all the creases !!!

i got the boss to have a go at ironing them out....

then i had a go...first and last time at ironing !!!!

the oem clips next to the old ones 

At the front and rear are retainers that i unscrewed and buffed to remove all the old adhesive 

then sand the left and right sides where the adhesive was above the door openings, this all makes it much better for your new adhesive to bound 

i left the screws in the steel for the interior lamp, and it made it easy to locate once the new linner was up 

i used my trusty milwaukee to get the centre line and marked the sheet metal so i had each bow dead centred 

i removed the steel rods from the old linner and buffed all the rust off them and slid them into postion in the new linner and centered them 

i then slid each row into place centreing the linner on my referance marks starting from the centre and working to the front then to the back

adhesive on each surface ... i used ados f2 contact adhesive, and it sticks like shit to the blanket 

i started by pulling in the centre towards the front and from center outwards to the a pillars, it doesnt need clamps at all, as this adhesive is very strong, i then pulled the back half seen here.

once again center first and then work you way out to the pillars , you can also see in this picture the new clips in there slots.

once the front and back are pulled nice and tight its time to pull the sides into the adhesive in the door opening,,, i took my time and had a couple of goes at getting it nice and tight.

once i was happy i tucked the front and rear linner into the slot of the trim retainers and cut off the excess, then did the same with the door openings .

reversal of the trim removal .......

and this is how it came up ....

i still have a very faint crease mark showing but i expect this will dissapear in time, i did think about heat gunning it but i will leave it for a little while and see if it doesnt smooth itself out 

Edited March 15, 20242 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Wow - nice job. I was too terrified to attempt the GP headlining and so it went to an upholsterer. They went to a lot of trouble in the old days. In modern cars, they just glue a pad to the inside of the roof.

Well done Kiwi! Thanks for sharing.

Nice job, thankz for sharing.