Ok, well If you wanna see how to do this as a walkthrough I can post some pics. Im not the greatest gift to upholstery, but Im decent. My desire here is to create functional matching upholstery that doesnt cost a rediculous amount. So far I have around 50 bucks in the project. That includes fabric(dont have enough yet), glue sticks, 3m headliner glue, and some small misc. stuff.
I have the headliner done. Here is a picture of it prepped to go in the truck.
I think this camo looks sweet. It cost me 5.99 a yard locally, but my supplier ran out and cant get me more, so its off to the internet to get more. Actually one of the few things that will cost more on the net. Still worth it.
Heres my whole list of what will be done. Headliner, visors, seat covers front and rear, cloth piece in each door above the handle, and the backrest/side pieces for the seats that are cloth in the rear. So far I estimate that I will use around 8-10 yards of material. I will probably use less, since several of the pieces can be done using scrap from other larger pieces. I will be using a pillowcase like technique on the seats, and velcro to hold the open spots. The fabric Im using is called vanish hybrid. You could use anything you wanted really. As long as the fabric will hold up to your uses. Im using cotton fabric, since these will be able to be taken out and washed. I dont personally like neoprene type covers, since they just pool water/mud/crap in the seat. Really its just extra expense without benefit. Cotton also doesnt heat up as bad in the summer or give you a really cold seat in the winter like leathery seat covers. Anyhow....thats the idea. Feel free to pitch in ideas or comments. Ill update it as I go, and again if anyone is interested in doing this themselves let me know and Ill put it in more of a walkthrough style rather than a picture show.
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It's been almost a year since I took mine down to recover (and it's still not back in the truck ) but, it wasn't that hard to take down. If I recall the visor clips and arms and the dome light are the only three things that screw through it to the cab. The rest is just carefully removing all the plastic around the cab. I also took this opportunity to start dismantling the interior to paint it black and replace all the blown speakers. Needless to say, the speakers are still in the original boxes and the parts I did paint are still in the garage with the newly covered headliner. No wonder my wife gets pissed when I say I'm starting a new project. I never seem to finish them...
Its really not bad at all. There are 3 screws in each visor, one per visor holder thingy(the one that holds it closed), two on the passenger ohh s*** handle, two on the interior light, and one on each side for the hanger thing. Course thats an extended cab, dont know on the standard. Then you need to take out both upper seat belt screws(large star head) on each side. There are 2 small philips screws up top on each side as well. I would suggest fully reclining your seats and just take your time. Going out and in the passenger door is easiest.
I used 3 cans of 3m glue. I sprayed it really heavy as well. My cloth is relatively heavy.
Custom interior part 1
) but, it wasn't that hard to take down. If I recall the visor clips and arms and the dome light are the only three things that screw through it to the cab. The rest is just carefully removing all the plastic around the cab. I also took this opportunity to start dismantling the interior to paint it black and replace all the blown speakers. Needless to say, the speakers are still in the original boxes and the parts I did paint are still in the garage with the newly covered headliner. 
No wonder my wife gets pissed when I say I'm starting a new project. I never seem to finish them...
