Headlining from the factory, how did they do it?

[cunning plan]

I am currently fitting new headlining in my bus which is fairly difficult and is taking a long time. I then started thinking about they fitted headlining at the factory to reduce the fitting time? Were there a team of fitters working on one bus at a time or was it more like a production line where one person does the front, then the second does the middle etc? :|

 

[Davydomes]

I'm dreading do this also - it looks a pig to do and currently my van doesn't have anything, not even bows.

Check out the thread "Headliner" for names of people/companies who can do it if you get stuck.

 

[Resto-raider]

I did this myself and it was a day work for me alone. I'm imagining that in the factory they had a 2 man team do this. One on the left and one on the right. They probably put the bows in place, started gluing front to back and tightened it all into place.
If you do this day in day out it can probably be done in an hour. That still means they would have needed a number of teams to keep the production lines running.

 

[dodge6x6]

hiya

dunno about factory fitting,

but just done mine full lenght delux so down the window edges and below as well, did the sides the day before with spare material supplied, pleanty of cups of tea and **** and looking at it hanging there then me and mate started about 9.30 and he left at 3.00 with just some small bits and pieces left for me to do, photos in my thread,

we decided to go back to front unlike everyone saying front to back, only did this as seemed better to tension from back and through the rear side windows as a start, as front got complicated with locating material in tabs over doors, (needed glueing there to hold in place), bows were virtually in same place as origional, with sides used one and half tins spray glue with sides pieces as well,

good luck it actually looks harder than it is and is very satisfying to complete yourself.

 

[cunning plan]

I'm dreading do this also - it looks a pig to do and currently my van doesn't have anything, not even bows.

Check out the thread "Headliner" for names of people/companies who can do it if you get stuck.

Cheers dude, but I don't mind doing it, I was just curious how the factory did it. I am not sure how many buses were completed an hour, but can you imagine what a bottle-neck fitting the headlining and quarter-lights were?

hiya

dunno about factory fitting,

but just done mine full lenght delux so down the window edges and below as well, did the sides the day before with spare material supplied, pleanty of cups of tea and **** and looking at it hanging there then me and mate started about 9.30 and he left at 3.00 with just some small bits and pieces left for me to do, photos in my thread,

we decided to go back to front unlike everyone saying front to back, only did this as seemed better to tension from back and through the rear side windows as a start, as front got complicated with locating material in tabs over doors, (needed glueing there to hold in place), bows were virtually in same place as origional, with sides used one and half tins spray glue with sides pieces as well,

good luck it actually looks harder than it is and is very satisfying to complete yourself.

I'm going front-to-back as that was the first thing I read about fitting headlining and it seemed logical with the flexible 'holding' clips above the cab doors, but I guess it is whatever way works for you! :character0036:

Thanks, I have quite a bit left to do, but you are right, it has a big impact when you get an idea of what it will look like. arty0021:

I did this myself and it was a day work for me alone. I'm imagining that in the factory they had a 2 man team do this. One on the left and one on the right. They probably put the bows in place, started gluing front to back and tightened it all into place.
If you do this day in day out it can probably be done in an hour. That still means they would have needed a number of teams to keep the production lines running.

Yah, that is what I was thinking, possibly a team of 3 experienced fitters per bus. As you say, if you do it over and over again you must find ways to become quick at it.

 

[Resto-raider]

I started in the back too. If you start at the front i don't see how you can tension the material when you get to the back.