a question of headliners

[polywideblock]

  I've noticed that a lot of  the cars in  the newer car shows don't have headliners installed  when they are supposed to be finished   

   got to wondering if its a trend or just cars not finished , so who has or doesn't have a headliner in your rides ? any particular preference     

[68X426]

No headliner?  Might just as well leave out the front windshield and still call it complete.  

[myk]

Gotta have a headliner.  That's one trend I want no part of...

[Ghoste]

Are they hardcore racers?  Maybe they're trying to save weight. 

[1974dodgecharger]

Just emulating death proof. ....

[tan top]

 anything other than a race car ! should have a headliner     

[SovereignZuul]

Cover up those ugly roof supports!  Wouldn't settle for no headliner, even a crappy one is better than none!

[Troy]

Laziness or possibly in too much of a hurry. When a project runs late it seems like the details get left out. A headliner (or lack thereof) generally can't be seen from the outside so it's a good place to cut corners. Hope it's not a "trend" because I think it looks terrible!

Troy

[crj1968]

My cars is missing- looks terrible.  I have anew one in the box with the insulation stuff too, but it seems a daunting task.

[rt green]

are they that hard to put in?

[myk]

are they that hard to put in?

I think it requires a bit of skill and experience to do it properly; something like installing a convertible top maybe?  It has to be tight, even and all of that.  I look at it this way too: at the local show and shine most people aren't going to bend down low enough to check out the headliner.  If someone's going to cut corners that'd be where it's at...

[moparnation74]

are they that hard to put in?

had
They do require a particular experience/skill set.  I have done headliners in bots A and B bodies and they turned out perfect but they all were a PITA.  My last headliner I paid the expert 300.00 to install it and it was worth every penny to me.

[polywideblock]

so 7 days in and 96% of responders have a headliner , so not a trend with chargers anyway   

[Patronus]

I've found it much easier to install the headliner first rather than after the rest of the interior. 

[Indygenerallee]

Yes, I have done two and have put them in first before the rest of the interior. Not too bad of a job just take your time, you work from the back to the front.

[HANDM]

I've found it much easier to install the headliner first rather than after the rest of the interior. 

I do the carpet, back seat then the headliner, makes for a much softer crawl......

[6spd68]

are they that hard to put in?

had
They do require a particular experience/skill set.  I have done headliners in bots A and B bodies and they turned out perfect but they all were a PITA.  My last headliner I paid the expert 300.00 to install it and it was worth every penny to me.

After doing my own on a G-body Bonneville a few years ago; I couldn't agree more...  Never again!

[timmycharger]

Headliner was much easier in my opinion then putting on the vinly top.  Got to have both the windshield out and back glass out if you are a newbie to putting one in in my opinion, just makes pulling it tight so much easier. Not saying its impossible to do w/o taking them out, just much easier.    For me, it was lots of research  on the net, patience, the correct glue and a heat gun that made it possible. 

Got to have a headiner in though 

[timmycharger]

I've found it much easier to install the headliner first rather than after the rest of the interior. 

I do the carpet, back seat then the headliner, makes for a much softer crawl......

Ha! probably would have been a good idea to do that.. ended up stealin my wife's garden knee pad thing that she had.  Never did replace it though, hope she didnt notice 

[HANDM]

I've found it much easier to install the headliner first rather than after the rest of the interior. 

I do the carpet, back seat then the headliner, makes for a much softer crawl......

Ha! probably would have been a good idea to do that.. ended up stealin my wife's garden knee pad thing that she had.  Never did replace it though, hope she didnt notice 

I need to modify my original statement a bit, once the headliner is in, I would need to pull em back out to install the door panels but you get the idea