If i get someone to take my ront and back window out is it easy install the head liner
it is a 65 coupe

 

that is the correct way the headliner is supposed to be installed

 

No not easy! But rewarding. I just did my own on my 68 coupe back in april, the headliners are inexpensive but can drive you nuts depending how fussy you are. First your already on the right track removing front and rear windows, make sure you order your new seals ahead of time. you will have 4 rods that hang the headliner they are location specific, your insulation on the roof is probably like mine and just about gone so you will need that as well. I used hot water heater insulation and sprayed 3m on the roof to stick it up. I will be breif here you thread all the rods through the hoops from front to rear and install them in the car from rear to front hanging down then turning them up into place one at a time. then the fun starts you pull enough through the front and spray the headliner with 3m and the window frame on the outside after it tacks up you stick it! secure it with clothes pins (about 2 inches apart) then the same at rear. then you pull your sides and secure them with old pieces of windlace about 2 inch strips. after your all satisfied with your stretch you can install new windlace then your windows. it took me about 3 evenings of patience to get it the way i wanted it, then the darn window install. definately makes you appreciate what the men that turned these cars went through! good luck

 

I have to do this soon, as in the next week, for our 67. I used 8 sheets of SecondSkin Damplifier Pro on the roof first to help deaden vibrations and sound. This made a huge difference and there is now a very solid thump if you hit the roof with your hand instead of the original twang. This will kill 99% of the roof vibration noise in the car which is quite a bit. I highly suggest adding something like this when you replace the head liner. I also put the original style insulation up as well to the DP.

boots6868.. once you had the sides stretched out did you glue them in place as well? Sounds like you just used the windlace..?

 

Just used the windlace on the sides and left the extra stick out because i had to release and retighten a couple times till i got all the saggies out. the windlace does well enough on its own at the sides. your doing a 67 so thats pretty much like my 68 and the sail panels at the back are bear you will find a small piece of cardboard like strip that held the lower portion with pinch punch on the rear deck. i used a paint stirrer cut to the same size. Im serious i must have loosened and re-adjusted 10 times on those panels. Actually though looking back the real pain was the install of the windows that can be a real mess.. oh also check and double check your wiring of your dome light cause that will be the last time you get that oppurtunity. good luck guys

 

I thought the headliner was pretty easy, pull the front first, clip it so it'll stay, then pull the rear and clip that as well. Then do the sides alternating one side from the other for every 6 inches or so and glue it in and put on the windlace. Once the sides are done fasten the front and rear permanently.

At least thats the way I did it I believe. Just take your time, it will be worth every minute (or hour )

 

wow you guys are awsome sounds like a job that is more attention to detail then anything. Also will be something to look back and be proud of. So um..... taking out your front and back window is that pretty easy

 

We had mine done by a friend who rebuilds mustangs into elenaors. Unfortunately our front windshield broke. You just have to be careful when using the trim removal tools. Other then that little tid bit couldnt tell you personally how hard it is.

 

removing the windows isn't too hard, I believe on your model you have weatherstripping on both. Just use a razor blade to cut the weather stripping around the window and pull it out, just have to be careful.

and yes installing the headliner is more of an attention to detail than anything else. You'll figure it out more as you do it, just play around with it, be careful and take your time. I did mine twice, the first time with windows in (much harder, had 1 wrinkle), then I did it properly after i got my car painted and had the windows out, it came out near perfect. I was 17 at the time too...