sounds good, mine are cloth covered and I will be on the look out for
charcoal/grey trim pieces for the visors and a replacement oh shit bar
On Saturday October 1 2005 11:32 am, James Calder wrote:
> I'm sure you know you can pick any color you want. I also had my visors
> done at the same time but they were the ones that were covered already.
> I'm sure the vinyl ones can be covered too. They look factory installed,
> not a cheap afterthought. I'm sure the headliner color doesn't make a
> degree (get it?) of difference.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bill Day
> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:08 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Headliner Repair
>
>
> OK, thanks I will start hunting around for a re-upholsterer(real word
> hehe).
> Guess I can take it out and put it in the bed... Put driver seat back in
> and then take it over to him lol.. I still dont like the fact the my
> headliner, visors and oh shit bars are tan and the rest of the interior is
> grey but I guess it helps aleviate the heat in the cab not sure what the
> reasoning behind it is...
>
> On Saturday October 1 2005 7:06 am, James Calder wrote:
> > I can't remember exactly how I got mine out but I do remember I
> > cracked mine in one place. Headliner dude said it's no problem.
> > After the new material was installed and I put everything back, you
> > couldn't tell at all where the crack/crease was, even if I tried to feel
>
> for it.
>
> > Mine's a ext cab too AND the seats were out!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bill Day
> > Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 12:28 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Headliner Repair
> >
> >
> > Any tips for getting it out of ext cab without breaking it?
> >
> > Mine's is saggin to beat all hell and looks like crap being I have
> > charcola interior and seat and the sun visors, "oh shit" bar and cieling
>
> are tan.
>
> > Sad part is my dads truck was same way...
> >
> > On Friday September 30 2005 1:10 pm, Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com wrote:
> > > It's just foam backed fabric glued to a formed cardboard backing.
> > > Remove a few screws and trim pieces and it'll come right out.
> > >
> > > Walt
> > >
> > > In article <dhh5fr$d3h$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, jon@dakota-truck.net
> >
> > writes:
> > > > "Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com> wrote:
> > > > : My only experience was in a Ford Station Wagon that I had once
> > > >
> > > > and
> > > >
> > > > : bought some 3M stuff that I just sprayed on it and stuck it back
> > > >
> > > > up
> > > >
> > > > : there. I cut the headliner open on one side and then sprayed
> > > >
> > > > the
> > > >
> > > > : headliner and the board it stuck to and put it back up.
> > > >
> > > > That would be my first inclination as well. As long as the
> > > > fabric still looks OK, it'll probably be a lot easier and cheaper
> > > > to get access to the top side of the fabric, spray some adhesive
> > > > in there and stick it back in place. I have seen carpet/headliner
> > > > adhesive in spray cans at Autozone; I think its an orange can.
> > > > Getting access to the top side of the fabric is probably going to
> > > > be the tricky part; you might need to cut it as Rascal did, or it
> > > > may be possible to remove some trim on both sides so you don't
> > > > need to cut
> >
> > it.
> >
> > > > If sticking it back up doesn't work, you aren't really out any
> > > > money; you will have used up some spray adhesive, but you'd need
> > > > to buy a can anyway to put up a new headliner.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > -Jon-
> > > >
> > > > .-- Jon Steiger --- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com --.
> > > >
> > > > | '70 Barracuda, '90 Dakota Convertible, '92 Ram 4x4, '96 Dakota |
> > > > | '96 Intruder, '96 Kolb FireFly, '99 Cherokee, '01 Ram 3500 |
> > > >
> > > > `----------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
--Bill Day
"A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he can give and ever wanted.." http://counter.li.org #384146 284016
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Nov 01 2005 - 09:50:03 EST