So I have had my 95 for a couple month now and am looking to fix and mod it here's a list 1. Need to fix riverside tail light as there is a loose wire 2. My cigarette lighter is very touch as I go over a bump it will stop working 3. Would like to add a tube roll cage/ bed bar and some kc lights 4 would like a bull bar
4. My rear bumper is rusting out where my plate is and i would like a affordable oem one or nice metal one 5. Need a new 3rd break light 6. I need to fix my headliner I currently just put thumb tacks in it.

 

I have the one piece headliner. I imagine the two piece would be similar. I just took it out removed the existing cloth off the board it is mounted on and brushed away whatever loose stuff was there. You may have to clean it more?? The threads I read said they had to clean the board completely.Then I used some materiel I got at Joann Fabrics. It is cloth on a thin foam backing you would think it was OE materiel, to recover it. They pointed me right to it when I said headliner. I used spray glue adhesive to attach it. The hardest part was dealing with the visor mounts. Edit- Oh yea do it inside a close garage or on a day when there is no wind.

 

I made the mistake of mentioning that I had done a couple of headliners and got swamped with more work than I wanted. I usually get my fabric at Jo Anne myself. I use spray adhesive I get at Autozone to glue it together.

Make sure the fabric you use is NOT water proof. Glue won't stick to that. Get an enclosed area with no breeze and it's easy. Stretch the fabric out and make sure you have enough material before spraying glue. Place some heavy material told hold 40% of the material in place. Fold the unweighted material over the weighted and spray your glue. Gently work the material onto the glued area and work it flat. I use body putty tools to smooth it out. (The little flat ones for application.) Work along the fold and it will go nice and flat. Now you take the 40% and fold it over. Spray your glue and work the fabric across the glue and smooth it out.

When you cut the material, you want at least 4 inches or more overhang off the sides. This will give you enough to trim and snip to fit and I use staples to hold the edges on the inside. This supports the edges so they don't try to pull away from the backing material. The openings for the dome light you cut diagonally. Staple the folded over material then too. I thought I was asking a lot of money but everybody seemed to like the results. No, I won't do your headliner.

One last thing, before you spray glue, clean, clean, clean! The last Dakota I did have a fiberglass headliner panel. Yours being a conversion, it might be cardboard or fiberglass. A wire brush does the job but it's most labor intensive part. Laying fabric is just fiddly bits. Cleaning the foam will make or break the job ad you can't chintz on elbow grease.