fj80 headliner
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I fought the headliner and the headliner lost
So you have an old school headliner? And you would like to remove it because perhaps your sunroof leaks? Or you need to run a cable? Make sure your hands are clean they say. Its tedious but doable they say. NO WAY I SAY! Is glued, its screwed, you need to take our your damn windows cause its...
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thanks for showing that link, it did giver me some ideas of what I am in for.I fought the headliner and the headliner lost
So you have an old school headliner? And you would like to remove it because perhaps your sunroof leaks? Or you need to run a cable? Make sure your hands are clean they say. Its tedious but doable they say. NO WAY I SAY! Is glued, its screwed, you need to take our your damn windows cause its...
but talk about a long winded thread. I was hoping to find a little more strait to the point thread.. what I am looking for is someone that has done this and has a list of things that work and don't work i.e. you need a pillar, b pilar trims, your going to need to change this mounting point or that mounting point. hopefully someone has done this and documented it with pics. I will be solving this goofy 1993 headliner swap one way or another haha.
thanks again though for showing me the link any info is helpful.
I think he is the only one that has documented even that much.
Little things I'm aware of:
* Seat belt shoulder brackets need modified
* All trim pieces need to be pulled from donor vehicle (A, B, C, D pillars and sunroof opening)
* There are still variances with the trim pieces around the A-pillar and dash due to different dash designs on 91-94 and 95+
* 91-92 seat belts are different than 93-94 seatbelts (bracketry wise)
* 93-94 seatbelts are different than 95+ (bracketry wise) I think, but not sure.
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I have not seen any other post on this ether, wishful thinking this was going to be an easy afternoon swap. just started pulling old one out this afternoon and your correct looks like all trim pieces are different and for a factory look pillar trims would need to be from the same vintage as the headliner as well as other bits and pieces.
I’ve done it in my 92 Carpet is out, any PM during? - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/carpet-is-out-any-pm-during.1015656/
and my 94. Happy with the results. I haven’t done the seatbelts in the 94 yet (still using the originals).
and my 94. Happy with the results. I haven’t done the seatbelts in the 94 yet (still using the originals).
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thanks for the link, the pictures always help, honestly I don't mind the uncovered B pilar and non adjustable seat belt. my build will not be a daily driver but more of an adventure rig. so the exposed metal Pilars is kind of cool. its only going to be a two seater back is for the dogs and gear. now if I could just come up with a way to install a fj60 metal dash I would be really happy..
I am in that same process right now. I waited until I could find the right headliner. I am recovering the material. I wanted black and that was not an option. I deleted my sunroof because of all the hassle and I never wanted it opened anyway. So I had to cover the whole in the headliner. The good news is, is that the 96 headliner fits just fine. Not any issues at all. just gotta find a donor
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I am also wanting the heavy, rattly, leaky sunroof gone along with pulling the roof rack and filling all the holes. how are you going to fill the sunroof hole in the roof not the headliner?
I have the 96 headliner just did not grab the trim pieces.