Headliner screws
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Headliner screws
On my 1977 Olds 98 Regency Coupe , the seller recovered the headliner but did not do the finishing touches which I fixed.
One finish was putting the clothes hooks back up. I had to pull down the headliner on one side to reattached the dome light wire and when I did I could see the roof had a double metal wall where the clothes hook screws went into.
After playing with it awhile to no avail to line up the screw hole with the hooks. I got smart and noticed the screws were self tapping and the metal it went into was a double wall on each side. So I drilled new holes and easy as pie screwed in my hooks.
The last item that is a bit loose is the block in the front that holds in the sun visors. I really cannot find the screw hole. Is there a double wall there? Anyone know, I suspect there may be but do not want to drill a hole in my roof.
I have come to the conclusion on assembly, they must have drilled holes and screwed these items in. It would have been slow to actually find a pre-drilled hole with the headliner in place. No way they could have perfectly aligned the headliner with a pre-drilled hole. Thus the reason for a double wall to add strength and to aid assembly.
One finish was putting the clothes hooks back up. I had to pull down the headliner on one side to reattached the dome light wire and when I did I could see the roof had a double metal wall where the clothes hook screws went into.
After playing with it awhile to no avail to line up the screw hole with the hooks. I got smart and noticed the screws were self tapping and the metal it went into was a double wall on each side. So I drilled new holes and easy as pie screwed in my hooks.
The last item that is a bit loose is the block in the front that holds in the sun visors. I really cannot find the screw hole. Is there a double wall there? Anyone know, I suspect there may be but do not want to drill a hole in my roof.
I have come to the conclusion on assembly, they must have drilled holes and screwed these items in. It would have been slow to actually find a pre-drilled hole with the headliner in place. No way they could have perfectly aligned the headliner with a pre-drilled hole. Thus the reason for a double wall to add strength and to aid assembly.
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February 23rd, 2020 06:02 PM