To say that my headliner needed replaced would be a massive understatement. I should have done this a year ago. Or 2. The headliner was getting so low that 2 year olds could grab it from their car seats. Yeah … it was bad. Here’s the photographic proof:
I started by getting all of the seats pulled:
Once the seats were out I was able to remove the plastic trim pieces. Once they were removed I was able to get the front half of the carpet removed. Yay!
That’s going to get cleaned like crazy while it’s out. Once the carpet was out up front I was able to inspect the floorboards for rust. As I pulled the carpet out the passenger side was soaked. Not really sure where that water is coming from but I need to find out. Both the front driver’s side and passenger’s side floorboards were pretty rusty. Doesn’t appear to be unfixable, but still something I need to correct. In addition to the headliner, this project will also consist of me painting the interior floorboards with the same stuff I painted the underbody of the Jeep. I’m not yet decided if I’ll paint the whole floorboards or just the front where the rust is. Here’s a couple pictures of the rust in question:
Other than the front row of seats, however, the rest of the floor is in great shape. No rust anywhere. After investigating the floors I started working on getting the rear floor out. That’s where stuff stopped going so smoothly. I broke 2 star bits. The first one was a cheap-o from Wal-Mart Stanley set:
The second one was a slightly less cheap-o from Lowe’s
All the seatbelts came out just fine but the one last bolt holding the driver’s side rear seatbelt won’t give. It does’t appear to be rusty but I am going to throw some WD on it tonight and try and find a 1/2″ version of the T-50 star socket. Luckily I was able to continue working, despite my broken sockets and after a little fight I got the headliner out:
Roof of the Jeep appears to be in great shape from the inside. Outside not so much, but at least I know the exterior rust is just surface rust.
At this point the kids awoke from their nap so I had to start playing the Dad role again.
Special thanks to this cart I got from the local surplus sale. It works great for rolling my tools and stuff around.
