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Weeds,

Here are a few words of advice and encouragement.

- Let the pieces get warm and let them unroll as much as possible on their own. Mine unrolled easily after they got warm.

- Be sure that all the rear door (upper) hardware and covers are in place and adjusted correctly for closing the rear doors. Once the headliner is in place, you will not be able to make adjustments or tighten bolts (many of mine did not have captive nuts).

- Make sure the side ledges/grooves are not pinched - the cardboard should be able to slide easily in these grooves/channels.

- Is your front windshield installed? If not, you might want to install it before you install the last piece of headliner (it is held in place by the windshield seal/rubber. Same goes for the side-door windlace.

- If you did not mark your metal bows when you took them out (I forgot to do this). "Dry-fit" the bows and mark them before you start installing any of the headliner pieces.

- Try to get another person to work with you. That is the best way to hold up a piece in place, while installing a bow.

- Install the headliner pieces from the rear to the front.

- A metal bow is placed over each piece (except for the front piece), before intalling the next piece. The grooved side of the bow goes forward (to receive the back edge of the next piece of headliner).

Please let us know of your progress with this project. I am also interested in how well the Chevy Duty (Classic Parts of America) headliner pieces fit. The set I received from Jim Carter had its problems. Some pieces needed trimming and other pieces had been cut too small.

Tim