New headlining - shame it doesn't fit!
Posted: 08 May 2019, 17:25
As my bus is fresh out of the paint shop, I decided to treat her to a new headlining. I did a bit of asking around (and googling) and decided to go with Newton Commercial for a headlining made in velour cloth. Unfortunately, I didn't factor for the 6 week turn round on my order so was left twiddling my thumbs.
2 days before the Bank Holiday it arrived. Yippee! Grab the missus and let's get working. First problem is when I find that the pockets for the cross rods have been fully stitched, no where for the rod to go through. Out comes the stanley knife, and a needle and thread to strengthen the stitches afterwards. Now the rods fit and up goes the lining. All looks good until I get to the back where the extension pieces to cover the D posts have been sewn on backwards. They angle forwards instead of backwards, as in the photo below. Now out comes the trusty hand powered Singer sewing machine of 1911 vintage to sew them back on correctly. Finally, all is looking good. Just that all the alterations have taken so long that it will have to wait until next weekend. (I won't mention that I broke the windscreen in removing it!)
I contacted Newton Commercial about the problems but their only offer was to arrange for it to be returned to them for rectification. They wouldn't even consider a donation to my daughter's mental health fundraiser as recompense. Most likely, in case others wanted recompense for shoddy workmanship as well. They even tried to blame me for having a South African vehicle!
https://www.facebook.com/donate/7017435 ... /?sfnsn=mo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll post further photos once it is completed.
Sent from my SM-T320 using Tapatalk
2 days before the Bank Holiday it arrived. Yippee! Grab the missus and let's get working. First problem is when I find that the pockets for the cross rods have been fully stitched, no where for the rod to go through. Out comes the stanley knife, and a needle and thread to strengthen the stitches afterwards. Now the rods fit and up goes the lining. All looks good until I get to the back where the extension pieces to cover the D posts have been sewn on backwards. They angle forwards instead of backwards, as in the photo below. Now out comes the trusty hand powered Singer sewing machine of 1911 vintage to sew them back on correctly. Finally, all is looking good. Just that all the alterations have taken so long that it will have to wait until next weekend. (I won't mention that I broke the windscreen in removing it!)
I contacted Newton Commercial about the problems but their only offer was to arrange for it to be returned to them for rectification. They wouldn't even consider a donation to my daughter's mental health fundraiser as recompense. Most likely, in case others wanted recompense for shoddy workmanship as well. They even tried to blame me for having a South African vehicle!
https://www.facebook.com/donate/7017435 ... /?sfnsn=mo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll post further photos once it is completed.
Sent from my SM-T320 using Tapatalk