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I'm going to be replacing my headliner in the near future and had a few questions. My current headliner is torn at the seams in several areas , so I plan on simply buying a new headliner and installing it. My question is do I need any special tools and what kind of headliner do I need to buy? I think I have all the cross member spans that can be re-used, so I assume they just thread through the new headliner. I've also read something about sails, but am not completely sure I know what it is referencing. Can someone provide me a little guidance and help me understand what I'm getting into. Thanks!!
 
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The headliner is available at any resto house and it already has the pockets for the wires. You reuse your old wires, but make sure to mark their location before you remove them. Some guys have had good success installing the headliner themselves, but I opted for the guy that recovered my seats. Cost me $80. One point of caution...on mine, one of the screws for the dome light would have pierced directly through a seam, and probably would have lead to unraveling. I left that one out and just relied on the other.

The sail area is the area between the quarter window and the back glass. There are trapezoidal shaped heavy paperboard pieces that are covered with the same material as the headliner. The kit comes with extra material for these, and I think enough to redo the visors. The sail panels get held in place with velcro or push pins like the ones on the door panels.

If you don't have the paperboard pieces, you might order the kit with them already assembled.
 
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There are more than one hole for the bows to go into in your roof
mark the one that yours came out of.
Also they are color coded and keep track of which one goes in which position. ( they are different lengths )
One more thing , the plastic clips that the bows snap into can get brittle so soak them in hot water just before snappng them into your roof and snapping the bows into them. This helps those 40 year old pieces of plastic be a little more flexible.
 
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