Chris Warren
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Mine is poor. Anyone on here who does the job?
You should talk to @2work. - AndyMine is poor. Anyone on here who does the job?
Hi Tom,Thanks Andy,
I see you suggest me whilst I was writing War and Peace.
Kind regards,
Tom
Hi Tom, any further thoughts on this enterprise?Hi Chris,
It’s something I have done a few time recently (A2s) and many many times in the past (Jaguar XJS and Saab 900 Turbo).
Earlier in the year prior to the lockdown I was going to offer this as a service. The pandemic kind of got in the way of this and I no longer currently have the space to do it due to home renovations. The garage is full of building materials etcetera.
This is certainly something I am still going to offer as a service but see it more of a summer task as I need to fully dry out the old headlining biscuit (the compressed material board the fabric is adhered to).
Once I start this as a service it will require you to be in my driveway for a few hours whilst I remove your tired headlining and fit a reupholstered on which I would have prepared for you in a colour of your choice. I’d be keeping you old biscuit to prepare for the next A2. Hope that all makes sense.
The charge for this hadn’t really been thought about as I stopped this idea in the current climate. What I can tell you though is the rough time for this is:
1. Approximately 2 hours to fully clean the headlining biscuit ready for your fresh new fabric. This will be done in the background and completed before you get here.
2. Roughly 1 hour to adhere your new fabric and finish off the trimming around the edges.
3. 1-1.5 hours to remove your old tired headlining.
4. 1-1.5 hours to fit your new headlining.
Long story short, within 3 hours (don’t forget my 3 hours work behind the scene) of you arriving you should be on your way with a replacement headlining fitted. We will obviously would have had contact prior to your arrival to discuss your colour choices.
If you was looking at a non standard colour then there would be additional labour/time to reupholster the A&C Pillars. Sun visors aren’t that easy as you cannot seller ate them for a true factory finish. This is something that I’ll play around with after the spring to see what finish can be achieved without damaging said sun visors.
It’s hard to put a price on this as I won’t be doing this to live from, just to help people out where I can as I have plenty of experience in doing this task. If I was to suggest £30 for wash hour that would obviously total £180 which I think it probably too much. As I said this would just be a hobby to help people so probably £20 per hour totalling £120 plus the fabric of your choice. The fabric usually costs around £50-£80 colour depending along with 2 tins of Trim Fix HT spray adhesive.
I’ll announce it in here once we’re all safe again and I’m ready to go.
Kind regards,
Tom
Hi AlanPaul. It's very easy to remove the headlining, you can see my guide here:
How-to: Removing & Reinstalling the Headliner [Headlining]
How-to: Removing & Reinstalling the Headliner [Headlining] This how-to describes how I removed and reinstalled my headlining. It includes part removal of some of the boot trims. It covers the removal of the fabric and glue but not recovering. The headlining tends to fall down when the A2 is...www.a2oc.net
Recovering is more challenging as the glue used is an impact adhesive. Finding someone to cover it is also a challenge. Specialist upholsters seem to concentrate on classic cars - presumably the owners have deeper pockets! I paid £192 inc. vat last year.
I've read through you guide and very informative it is too. I would like to have a go at the recovering myself purely for the challenge, my headlining has to fit the open-sky though and I'm trying to guage whether that would make the task easier or harder.Paul. It's very easy to remove the headlining, you can see my guide here:
How-to: Removing & Reinstalling the Headliner [Headlining]
How-to: Removing & Reinstalling the Headliner [Headlining] This how-to describes how I removed and reinstalled my headlining. It includes part removal of some of the boot trims. It covers the removal of the fabric and glue but not recovering. The headlining tends to fall down when the A2 is...www.a2oc.net
Recovering is more challenging as the glue used is an impact adhesive. Finding someone to cover it is also a challenge. Specialist upholsters seem to concentrate on classic cars - presumably the owners have deeper pockets! I paid £192 inc. vat last year.
I think easier as there is (maybe) no groove, but I stand corrected.I've read through you guide and very informative it is too. I would like to have a go at the recovering myself purely for the challenge, my headlining has to fit the open-sky though and I'm trying to guage whether that would make the task easier or harder.
I will PM you.Hi Alan
I also need my OSS headlining retrimed. May I ask where you had yours done? As I am fairly local to you.
I already have a spare headliner card so if that one was retrimed I could do a straight swap
Evening Paul,Hi Tom, any further thoughts on this enterprise?
Paul