one thing leads to another...

[branndon_b]

alright, got 2 layers of raammat bxt II on the ceiling today, dropping the headliner wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be. gonna put a layer of foam (that ensolite knock-off i referred to earlier) and hopefully put the headliner and trim back in tomorrow. don't know if i'll get to putting the back seats in or not tomorrow, just kinda eager to get all the trim back in and get the pile of plastic off the porch and back in the truck. as far as the headliner goes, there's the oh s**t handles that need to come off, the other a/b/c pillar trim and the trim above the 4 doors plus barn doors. the front overhead console comes off with a single phillips screw all the way to the front of the overhead console, and the rear light for the cargo area has 2 phillips screws. and the 2 front visors have 3 screws on the hinge side, 1 screw on the clip side (i think, going from memory). i think that's all the screws holding it up. the only tricky part was the rear a/c controls, don't know if it's supposed to come out this way, but if you pull the knob off the front, i think the headliner just drops from there. was kinda nervous, but managed to get it down. i'm not gonna get cocky until i manage to put it all back in. lol.

 

[branndon_b]

alright, managed to wrestle in all the carpet and trim. kind of a bear, but managed to get it in. it would be much easier if you had good factory carpet to get everything to fit back in easy. it just took forever to get all the carpet fitted and trimmed and then get the trim to go back in over the half inch, give or take, of sound deadener everywhere. the pieces that gave me the most pain were the interior trim panels from the fronts of the rear fenders down to the door sills. made up some new curse words while i was at it. think i called something a cheesef**k. anyhow, i've still got the doors to deaden, but the headliner and floor are done. got all the trim back in, still gotta put the rear seats in. don't let yourself be fooled into this being an afternoon project. don't tackle this unless you either have some friends to help, maybe your buddy jack daniels could give you a hand, and places to put all your stuff while you jerk it all out. i'd give a trained person probably a GOOD 3 or 4 days to redo the carpet and put all the trim in, but for a first timer like me, i know it was probably closer to 7 or 8 days, not always full days, but a good while. but then again, you're often more careful with your own stuff, so it takes longer. i'd help a buddy do it if i had to, not quite to the point that i would never wanna do it again. but i'm not gonna get a moonlighting gig at a stereo shop or an upholstery shop just to do it all over again.

 

[riviera rider]

i did my 96 monte carlo the floor and new carpet and i ended up pulling the seats getting them redone and the car sat with no carpet for like 2 months before i finally decided to start cutting the carpet haha, ended up finishing it within 2 days after i started cutting finally, dont know what the hell i was so scared of

heres some pics of my adventure

i want to do my tahoe but not sure if i feel like tearing it apart haha

 

[branndon_b]

i hear ya on the fear of cutting. it didn't take long after i got started, but that first cut was hell. from the looks of your pics you feel my pain there. funny the things we'll do huh? let's tear it all apart to put it back together. i was telling my girlfriend that the biggest complement i could have about the whole ordeal is someone asking me what i did, cause it looks stock -- the best you can do is when it looks like you did nothing at all. sucks. all that work and it still looks the same. (my case, similar carpet, etc.)