Here it is in place and all polished
up but the flash of the camera makes it look washed out. The angle of
the new bezel fits great and all I need to do now is install the glass
and wiper arm. I guess I'll have to wait till after the car is painted
for those two items. At this point, it's on to more upholstery.
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What I'm going to be working on next is my headliner. It
measures 38" X 44" X 1/8" and is a one piece fiberglass
panel like the rest of the interior panels. The rear of the headliner
has a large radius which curves-up about 2". As we go towards the
front, those curves start to flatten-out along with no radius' at the
corners. What I'm doing here is roughing up the surface so glue
will stick to it. I used some 80 grit sandpaper on my sanding block to
do most of it and did the curved sections by hand. Notice all the holes
in this panel (small white dots). Those holes are for all the mounting clips that hold the panel in
place. I'll be installing the clips before I glue the foam on.
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Here you can see the foam that has
been glued down. I cut the foam 3" larger on all sides in case I
put it on wrong. Once you touch the two surfaces together, that's it so
this was just a little insurance on my part. Now you can still pull the
two pieces apart but it takes the top layer off the foam which leaves no
glue on your working surface. Now how do think I know that! I had my
wife help me with this larger piece which made life much easier. Four
hands were better than two in this case. After the foam was glued on, I
trimmed the excess off with a razor blade.
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It's a little hard to see here but if
you look close, you can see two bumps in the foam in this shot. The reason for the
bumps is because of the metal mounting clips that were covered by the foam. I had
already experienced this on a previous panel so this was no surprise. I
have to remove the bumps or they would show through so to do that I used
some 100 grit sandpaper and carefully sanded them down till they were
gone. Now you don't want to go too far either or you'll be in trouble as
the leather will mold to the smallest rise or recess. Taking your time
here is key.
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