I know everyone has come across a sagging head liner and a cracked dash board and worn off electric buttons (windows and locks) How do you all make them look better, Isthere a trick or just replace.

 

Replace is the best, it'll be authentic... for the switches, they're only about $10/ea. The dashpad is a salvage yard item if you can find a nice one it shouldn't run you over $40... Dealer price is over $300. For the headliner, check the aftermarket for a fiberglass base and do it yourself.

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www.tacreationsusa.com

they sell real nice used stuff i passed by there and they tossed in the lock buttons free in addition to another purchase
and the dash pads ive seen in there are in good condition
they also sell the fiberglass headliner backing

 

The power window switches are $8.00 each.
Power door lock switches are $4.00.
Power mirrow controls were about $15.00.
These are the prices at one of our local Pontiac Dealers.

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recovering a non t-top headliner is a piece of cake and won't cost you over $50 including all necessary items. If it's a t-top car, that's another story. Mine didn't exactly come out too good

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I know all too well the headaches of an interior resto when it comes the the dashboard arena. I still have mine all apart and am dreading the day when I start plopping that crap back together .... uhg. I'll do it ... waiting for winter months I suppose so it'll drop below 80 outside a few days down here

 

I did my headliner on my 87 for under $30. I bought headliner fabric at a fabric store for $22 and special headliner spray-on glue at an autoparts store for $8. You can reuse the backing board. Just clean all the crap off it first so the new material sticks good.

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I redid the back valance panel and headliner in my '78 T/A (w/ t-tops) with black velour and it turned out awesome. I reused the original backing piece (or mold or whatever you call it. Then laid down some thin styrofoam packagin material--the kind you wrap big things in--for extra padding. Then, I used duct tape and a staple gun to secure the actual material down. turned out great.

 

Just replacing the swtiches alone adds nicely to an Fbody interior.

When I added power windows and trunk release to my Camaro back in July, I got 2 new window switches ($10.50 each) and a new hatch switch ($8) from the local Chevy dealer, and it did a lot to dressing up the junkyard console. (Someday I gotta get off my lazy butt and carefully cut holes in my original console and put it back in....it looks like brand new!!) My factory PDL ones have never had a problem with the logos wearing off for some reason.

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