Thoughts about the interior.

[chp1982]

Speaking of the '82 interior...I have been trying to find the correct colors for the headliner, carpet, and interior dye. Unfortunately all I have to go by are pictures, the remaining carpet on the bottom of my door panels, and a very tiny shred of headliner material that I found around the map light. Fox Body Restoration sent a ton of samples and one, Almond 1251 matches the carpet pretty well but no matches for the headliner yet.
Any thoughts or experience with this?

[ImEvil1]

Can you post up a few of your samples for us to take a look at. Does FMR have the correct-grain vinyl for the headliner?

[chp1982]

The picture is going to be delayed until after the weekend. FMR sent 2 headliners samples that were a felt-like material and not even close on color. 2 of the carpet samples were close, one being almost exact.

[ImEvil1]

No prob, post up the pics when you can. The headliner is definitely vinyl.

[litsnsirn]

Originally Posted by ImEvil1

No prob, post up the pics when you can. The headliner is definitely vinyl.

Great, something else I'll have to have made.

[ImEvil1]

I need to find the link...but there is a place that sells the correct vinyl (color and grain) in bulk.

[Mustang Matt]

Was helping Matt (FMR) move his shop yesterday and mentioned this post. The samples he sent out are the reproduction pieces- neither of which are correct. If you want the real deal he has all of the sample books from back in the day and the contacts to track it down for you so give him a call and he can find the correct vinyl. I know he has the coreect SVO and 82GT vinyl stuff in stock so worse case it could be matched to the grain and dyed to fit your cars color.

[ImEvil1]

Matt,

Tell him to register here.

Here is a link to Paddock Parts (correct grain, but not color):
http://www.paddockparts.com/Paddock/...ID=&position=0


A link to the vinyl place (the one I couldn't find...I think "tan" in the tier is pretty close, but I need to double-check):
http://www.automotiveinteriors.com/h...l_material.htm


A link to another place...with ABS backers:
http://www.restoremustangs.com/AbsHeadliner-17437.html

[Mustang Matt]

All of the ABS headliners are made by Acme headliner company. I am not really impressed with the fit or their upholstery work either for that matter.

Matt is waaay too buried at work to be on the internet web sites. However, a little birdie told me that he may be hiring a very knowledgable someone on to help him with the business. This and other websites will certainly get some more attention at that point.

He will hopefully put some more effort into SSPs, SVOs, Cobras etc. and really catering to the hard to find parts.

[jarhed123]

Originally Posted by Mustang Matt

...ABS headliners... I am not really impressed with the fit...

The headliner that I had ordered for my '86 I had to do plenty of small trimmings so that it could fit correctly. It also brought the opening for my interior light farther back than it should have been.