[T3] Headliner install guy

[Bryon Garvin]

Called around....

found a guy who was recommended thru a mechanic's shop I use for my Eurovan.
 Called him up and he didn't even blink when I asked if he could do it.  No
problem.  He asked if I had the headliner and I said "no" but I can get it.
 He said either that, or he makes his own.  I asked what making his own
would cost and he said headliner plus installation is $350.

The fact that he knows how to do it is more than I've found already today.
 Most places don't return my calls or the people that recommend them say
things like "I bet he can probably do it".  At least this guy knew what a
Fastback is.

I know that's a lot of money, but if you put a price on your time and factor
in that I don't have a garage, this price looks tempting.  Plus, its
hand-made so maybe the fit is better than the kit.  A kit would be $80-90
anyway.  So, the 350 starts looking better and better.

- Bryon
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Dennis Stiefel <dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org>wrote:

> I will be watching how yours turns out. This is something I will have to do
> after my paint job is done and just before I have my glass guy do his
> thing.
> My headliner is in very bad shape.
>
> Dennis Stiefel
> Rainsville, AL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Bryon
> Garvin
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:18 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Headliner install guy
>
> I remember reading a number of posts about people asking how to get the
> rear-view mirror out.  It involved yanking backwards or something.  Does
> the
> mirror mount come out in one piece or does this break something?  I didn't
> pay much attention because it wasn't something I was dealing with at the
> time.
>
>  - Bryon
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
> > On 13 Oct 2011 at 11:06, Brent Bottolfson wrote:
> >
> > > I've been wondering how to install the light above the driver door and
> > > the rearview mirror when installing a headliner as I'm getting close to
> > > that job.  Do you just cut an X in each location?  I'm still undecided
> > > if I'm going to do it myself or pay.
> >
> > Look at the headliner you took out. I think the interior light was an
> > X, but a simple vertical slit is probably enough for the mirror.
> >
> > I always erred on the side of caution doing these things: cut a
> > little and try. It's easy to cut a little more; a lot harder to undo
> > a bit of excess cut.
> >
> > BTW, those little bits will be the very last things you do after the
> > headliner and windows are all done.
> >
> > --
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> > Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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