The start of the interior

It was time for starting to fit some of the bigger interior parts. It is nice to be working on the car with all clean bits and pieces to put together. That said we fully waxoyled the car. All the bits and pieces inside the door panels, any nocks, heater channels etc. All to keep it going longer.

So the original felt and roof sound deadening in, time to start on the headlining. Having read lots on the internet and looked at pictures, one thing i learnt, they are really hard to fit! The door post went really well, Got it on nice and smooth with a really good spray glue that grabs instantly. Couldn't resist getting the grab handles on to.

 Next was the headlining itself. After getting the old rods in and all up on the roof i started at the front and moved it to the back to lay it out. Then i started from the front, gluing to the front and working my way back. It fitted really nicely around the door opening and looks really smooth a the front

 Moving back, as the instructions said it got a lot harder. Although i have the TMI headlining, turns out they aren't made the way they used to.  I soon realised that they don't taper the rear parts of the headlining like they used to and struggling to find any good fitted headliners online i decide to tailor the back part to try and get a better fit. A bit of unpicking and re-sowing i wished i had realised before starting to save doing it in the car. So after 2 whole days to get that far it was time for the big glue and fit around the back. I really took my time to get as smooth a finish as possible. There are a couple of little areas that i want to try and smooth out with the hairdryer but i'll wait and see if they settle first.
But all in all it looked good and the truth is, when everything is in you don't even look at the roof. I put the read door panels in that i have recovered, gives you a sneak peak at what my interior will look like. Put the old original part of carpet in the back to get a feel for what it will look like. Really pleased how it is coming together