So very delighted, in fact I think I'm f%$king marvellous. It's alright, I'm self-effacing really, I just get a very high octane-like rushes when I've doubted my abilities pre-job, then succeeded. Whoooooppppeeeeeeeeeeee. I love you all, like everyone in the whole wide world!!!!!!!!1 Just got my headliner off. No rips or tears, just lots of condensation above. I was gonna do something flowery as a new fabric, but I might just try and re-glue the original with trim-fix. I dunno if anyone sees updates on project threads, but just in case:
a) gonna milton fluid the carcass and dry out.
b) might source some new fabric.
c) I watched a youtube video on taking the rear view mirror off (obviously a 2 second pull) but I can't find a video on how to put it back on again?
d)Do you know how they future-proof new houses laying cables etc.?? Well any suggestions on what I should lay before putting liner back on much appreciated. I am gonna run wire for two reversing cameras, but what else d'yall think?
e) condensation proof the future. Gonna buy silent coat. I'm bamboozled by all the other things people have put on, and I dunno which else to go with now other than what's marketted as the best. Gonna try and seal any leaks including around sunroof.
Cheers. Can't contain my happiness. Whoooooooooooooooooopppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
a) gonna milton fluid the carcass and dry out.
b) might source some new fabric.
c) I watched a youtube video on taking the rear view mirror off (obviously a 2 second pull) but I can't find a video on how to put it back on again?
d)Do you know how they future-proof new houses laying cables etc.?? Well any suggestions on what I should lay before putting liner back on much appreciated. I am gonna run wire for two reversing cameras, but what else d'yall think?
e) condensation proof the future. Gonna buy silent coat. I'm bamboozled by all the other things people have put on, and I dunno which else to go with now other than what's marketted as the best. Gonna try and seal any leaks including around sunroof.
Cheers. Can't contain my happiness. Whoooooooooooooooooopppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Oh well. One should still always celebrate good things, as we know there'll always be bad things somewhere around the corner anyway. Got my first bit of fabric washed, vanish sprayed then zoflora'd, and spun in the washing machine. Unfortunately, the next piece, whilst taking the staples out, disturbed a hibernating fly and a big, dead, teganara domestica. I can't continue, so a job for the other half tomorrow. Highs and Lows :0(
Milton fluid, strengthened soggy bits (found scrim and trim-fix better than fibreglass kit) and mixed some grey stain block and washed to strengthen further. Headlining came out crap so it's fabric or something else. Sikaflex around sunroof and anywhere else, silent coat tiles and insulation over that to do next week, which has left me wondering if I need fabric at all on the headlining carcass. Might paint an acrylic ground colour and get the graining combs, scumble and badger brushes out the shed and do it all a medium oak? Peg clips on the way (might use a hot knife to shape them as oak square pegs) and paverpol varnish it all?
light to buy (door courtesy switch on its way), wire to other courtesy light (is existing one in wrong place behind sunroof, should it be in front near mirror?); is there a clip stud in rear centre or has last owner done this. Might I use it as second light fitting? alarm wires, reversing camera wires, leave a mouse string in and I might even hide a time capsule.
light to buy (door courtesy switch on its way), wire to other courtesy light (is existing one in wrong place behind sunroof, should it be in front near mirror?); is there a clip stud in rear centre or has last owner done this. Might I use it as second light fitting? alarm wires, reversing camera wires, leave a mouse string in and I might even hide a time capsule.
You have certainly come a long way in the past few weeks. I always enjoy your threads and try and help you where I can 
It's great to see you taking on jobs like the headlining, keep up the good work!
It's great to see you taking on jobs like the headlining, keep up the good work!
Cheers for thatYou have certainly come a long way in the past few weeks. I always enjoy your threads and try and help you where I can
It's great to see you taking on jobs like the headlining, keep up the good work!
Spurs me on. Confidence is a delicate flower. It's only with cars that I've never had a 'have a go hero' mentality towards in my life. I'm starting to feel like it's just like knocking a wall down (though I did that once without acros and was VERY lucky 
mick the builder
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Have to agree, it's good to see that you have put aside the doom and gloom when you first got your landy and are now getting stuck into it and seemingly enjoying it.Cheers for that
Oh definitely. Now that I'm two months in, I realise what a complete knob I was. Mind you, 10k's a lot of dosh to spend and I'd never driven a tratter before I bought it. A lot of reassurance seeking in hindsight and a lot of daft questions which I realise now I've got used to it. Went to the fabric shop in town and got some fake crocodile skin for my roof today. 18 quid for five metres in the sale (a place called abakhan). 4 way stretch binyl. Not looking forward to the front headliner which is more moulded, but did the back one this aft. Looks better in real life than on the pic. Unfortunately I've got a bubble where I had to lift back the vinyl to restretch (it seperated the layers of cardboard), so I'll have to get a syringe and get some glue in then roll it out.
A lot of it is about having the confidence to crack on, whilst knowing what's beyond my gift too.
mick the builder
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Thats different
Just washed roof with sugar soap and a light spray of diluted bleach to kill the any invisible mould spores ready for the 2mm silent coat tiles arriving on Wednesday. I'm doing 6 mm Dodo insulation over that (everyone advocates camping or yoga matting but it's actually not as cheap as some think). I nearly used tri-iso, which I used on my kitchen extension and is brill, but decided against it for a tratter. I just need to find out what to cover with the butyl tiles now, for example, should I do the strengthening frames and cover the holes above the front windscreen or not?.
Looks really clean, a lot better than my roof!!
It looks cleaner in real life to be fair, but the camera never lies. Do you know the answers to any of these? I started a thread so I'll put it on there too. Cheers.
The red circles are the holes that give access to the roof bolts so I wouldn't permanently cover them.
EDIT: Your roof looks different to mine so I have misled you, sorry!!
If you want to keep the roof flat, I would butt up to the beams.
The battery is on the passenger side so that would be logical for a single conduit, but I would put in two just to be sure.
That's all I've got
, I am sure those with a sun roof will be able to help with that!Cheers for that. Good advice.The red circles are the holes that give access to the roof bolts so I wouldn't permanently cover them.
EDIT: Your roof looks different to mine so I have misled you, sorry!!
If you want to keep the roof flat, I would butt up to the beams.
The battery is on the passenger side so that would be logical for a single conduit, but I would put in two just to be sure.
That's all I've got
mick the builder
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All very good for sound insulation and keeping a bit of heat in but all condensation will be concentrated on your sunroof.
It does that already (or it did before I hung x2 .5kg water collecting reusable, microwable silicone bags inside). Only had 2 night weathers were any condensation gathered so far anyway). Spring soon.
Yeah it's made a big difference The cab carcass looks like it's gonna be a bugger to line tomorrow. Not gonna re-fit til my toad alarm arrives on Monday, then I'll put the headliner on and then I'll have to leave things for a month or so til I've got some more spare dosh.
The cab carcass looks like it's gonna be a bugger to line tomorrow. Not gonna re-fit til my toad alarm arrives on Monday, then I'll put the headliner on and then I'll have to leave things for a month or so til I've got some more spare dosh.
