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Custom Ford Capri headliner

18 Sep 2017
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Vedran Relja
Ford Capri Build Log

The time has come to start thinking about the roof. I had a several tasks to accomplish – good sound deadening system, temperature insulation, and the last, but not less important – the material had to be black and perforated.

The original insulation.

After the insulation was removed, everything was brush painted.

Ford Capri headliner

After the cleaning, I mounted the 3mm thick sound deadening material on the roof. I used the self adhesive aluminum tape to make an airtight seal, just in case there’s smell from the deadening material. To achieve maximum adhesion of the material, I’ve been doing it during the summer heat, so both the roof and the material were quite warm.

I heard horror stories of deadening  material letting go during the extremely hot days, so I decided to left the car on the sun for 5 days during the hottest period. The insulation has endured the test, so it was ready for the next step.

Ford Capri headliner

The first step was followed by putting 10mm of closed cell foam that is usually used for duct insulation. It’s a good sound and heat insulator, also, the self adhesive side can hold on temperatures more than 100 Celsius, and that is a good thing.

Ford Capri headliner

I realized that the ducting insulation gets in the way of roof hanger springs, so I had to make room for them.

Ford Capri headliner

Before putting the side deadening, I covered the holes with the aluminum tape from both sides.

Ford Capri headliner

After that, the deadening was placed. Since the headliner material had tiny holes, I needed to darken the sides.

Ford Capri headliner

I created the stencil and cut the retex, but that didn’t work quite well. I decided to use artificial leather instead.

Ford Capri headliner

The whole interior was redesigned, so I couldn’t use the original trims so I needed to create new ones.

Ford Capri headliner

I used this thick plastic to make the trims.

Ford Capri headliner

And painted them black.

Ford Capri headliner

The forex was cut to size.

Ford Capri headliner

It was used to fill the hole of the original mirror mount so there won’t be any surface imperfections when the headliner is installed.

Ford Capri headliner

And for the same reason I used the polyurethane glue to fill up the junctions.

Ford Capri headliner

There’s quite a lot of cables required, mostly because of the overhead console, bunch of lights and a rear view mirror with a display.

Ford Capri headliner

Cabels have been cut to size.

Ford Capri headliner

I used this 3M cockpit tape to reduce the possibility of rattle noise, but also for extra protection.

Ford Capri headliner

Cables ready to install.

Ford Capri headliner

Everyone who ever tried to install Capri roof is probably familiar with this horrible plastic that holds the ends of hanger springs. Usually they fall apart from age. The new, and much stronger set was created.

Ford Capri headliner

Never trust the old headliner! I had the original one and when I started measuring the distance between the springs, nothing lined up. The original headliner has stretched over time and the only thing I could to was to take my own measurements directly from the roof, and hope for the best.

Ford Capri headliner

Of course I got the black headliner material.

Ford Capri headliner

Here you can see the precise and super boring job of marking.

Ford Capri headliner

During the sewing I needed to be extra precise, because every imperfection will be visible after stretching.

Ford Capri headlinerUsually when they make headliners, craftsmen use couple of segments and stitch them together. I decided to go with the “no error allowed” method and do it from one big piece.

Ford Capri headliner

First I wanted to powder-coat the pilar trims, but at the end the decision was made to upholster them in alcantara end get more luxurious feel.

Ford Capri headliner

Because glue, that’s why.

Ford Capri headliner

Now there’s a level of luxury added to the interior. I hope :)

Ford Capri headliner

The mounting started with inserting the roof springs.

Ford Capri headliner

Next step was to stretch the roof without glue, just to see if it works.

Ford Capri headliner

So far so good. Still need to cut the material around the pillars.

Ford Capri headliner

During the mount, I used the door seal to hold the material while the glue drys.

Ford Capri headliner

Looks straight enough.

Ford Capri headliner

Thanks to Josip who helped with the stretching, the whole procedure was much easier.

Ford Capri headliner

I left a full width of roofing material so there was more than enough.

Ford Capri headliner

You can’t have enough paper clamps while stretching and gluing the headliner.

Ford Capri headliner

The view from our balcony.

Ford Capri headliner

Cleaning after the successful operation.

Ford Capri headliner

Here are few shots of a final headliner.

Ford Capri headliner

Ford Capri headliner

Ford Capri headliner

A detail of a trim. Pretty glad how the whole thing turned out.

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