The front part goes ON TOP OF the a-pillar) (if you put them on closest to the front of the car, you can then slide them backwards into place, as the rear part of the trim goes ABOVE the B-pillar. (2 long screws pn the top, 1 small screw on bottom) that’s fine, just put them back in place on the trim piece. (the clips may come off when you do this. twist it down from the front side (nearest the dome light), then unsnap it from the window side. Work side to side progressing toward the front of car while removing the trim.ġ. You will remove everything from the back of the car working your way towards the front. (you can see Regal dome light wiring here) These 2 wires are attached together along the length of the entire wire.) (the white is the ground, the orange is the power. The white wire and orange wire are for the dome light (on all Gbody cars). The purple wire is for the rear window defogger (may be a different color in the regal).
#REINSTALLING REMEMBEAR DRIVERS#
These wires run up from under the drivers side a-pillar trim piece. There are 3 wires that run on top of the headliner. So all of the pieces overlap (go on top of) the last piece that was installed. The A & B pillars, as well as the sail panel, are plastic.Īn easy way to remember how the trim pieces are installed (when finished), is that they go on from the front of the car, to the rear of the car. The front windshield trim, rear windshield trim, rooftop door trim, and doorsills, are made out of metal. The rooftop door pieces are snapped into place, held in by 3 clips (the clips themselves are each held in by a phillips screw). The rear windshield trim piece is held in by 3 plastic clips (and 2 screws on the ends, 1 on each side).
The front windshield trim piece is held in by 5 plastic clips. The below are for each side or each piece:Ģ medium (with attached washer), a-pillarĢ medium, on the (entire) rear window trim piece (1 on each side) There’s 3 lengths of screws used within all the trim (all phillips): – phillips screwdriver (most of the plastic trim parts, coat hooks) (the Pontiac has plastic clips in all spots, some of the Regal ones may be made of metal) (note that the new replacement clips are slightly different looking than the stock ones are, but should work equally as well as the OEM versions) We had all of them new on hand, but didn’t break any of the old ones while uninstalling the trim pieces, so we just left the old ones in place. – you may need to acquire new molding clips (for the front, rear, & above door trim) – new headliner, sunvisors, sunvisor brackets (about $300 with shipping, from “classic to modern muscle cars” on ebay) To keep things in theme, he also bought a new pair of matching sunvisors.Īnd since all that was new, a set of shiny chrome visor brackets was also included in the purchased bundle. The owner of this Poncho GP chose a different color than stock when he ordered the new headliner. Since the G-bodies are at least 34 years old (and some older), that factory padding (backer board) that’s behind the fabric material you see from the interior, has pretty much disintegrated.īe prepared when you pull it down for it to make a mess everywhere with all the crumbs and shreds of pieces! It’s a 1984 Pontiac Grand Prix, but close enough to the Buick Regal that we can look at how and what’s all involved in replacing it, since the parts are almost identical. The factory headliner (AKA head pad, roof liner, roof panel) isn’t going to last forever in your Gbody Regal.Įventually it will start sagging, tearing apart, or actually fall down.
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