Date:         Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:53:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Installing new headliner material in an '82 Westfalia.  Tips?
              Or, Sites?
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Hi all:



I've purchased a couple of yards of Trim Panel/Headliner material from Go
Westy and now I'm mulling how to go about doing the job.



It's clearly a situation where you use an adhesive spray on the headliner
itself and on the headliner material and slap to two together, but I expect
that the adhesive will be very "grabby" and that you have exactly one chance
of getting the material on smoothly without puckers, folds or whatnot.



I've got the headliner out of the vehicle and, naturally, it doesn't lie
flat, having assumed the shape of the cab's interior after 32 years in
place.  I expect that will only add to the problem of getting the material
properly mated to it.



Anyway, if anybody has ever done this job before and has some tips,
techniques, insights or knows of a site titled "Installing Headliner
Material in an Air-cooled Volkwagen Westfalia for Dummies" I'd appreciate
the feedback.



Tom Young