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When I did my white S I used correct dunlop type adhesive...treacle in a tin, this worked for me and has held firm todate.
Did my lastest S project with a quality spray adhesive as my treacle had dried up, went on good ...but have noticed some curling at the edges so not as strong a bond.

Glen, extremely good advice regarding who to choose as your helper

I'm hoping the spray glue I'm using will be adequate. It's used by a local trimmer and is certainly better than the 'Kwik Tak' crap we use at work.

I used spray glue at first but it definitely doesn't give the same bonding as the tinned stuff...unless I wasn't liberal enough with it?

Another tip would be to paint the black behind first - I only realised this once I had inspected and unmolested car very close up... and it was just brushed on quite roughly really.

I wish I'd got the black backed trim too - both suppliers at the time only offered the white backed stuff and I painted the edges very carefully - soaked up easily

Whilst I'm not saying its as good as tinned glue (I used Evostick on 9748KO - good to get yourself into another dimension ) this spray glue sticks like the proverbial to a blanket.

I'll look into painting the ends black too

Another tip , make sure your glue is heat resistant / high temp . I made that mistake and in the summer months when its nice and hot inside the car the material comes loose

The two I've done, I didn't fold over the window flange, just trimmed it off flush with the flange, much easier, and, no problems....

Job done and I'm fairly happy with it, thanks to the hints and tips on this thread.

See HOY's build thread for pics of the results

I have used this forum for a few years now and the information given has been invaluable. Although I have had to revisit some jobs as people have commented on their project and I have found different ways of doing jobs.

The vinyl dash installation gives some great hints and tips which I have used when putting the dreaded vinyl on.

Great forum with good ideas
Thanks

Must be one of the fiddliest jobs to do... nearly clevis pin level!!!

Guess what I am onto next!!

Why do all the difficult jobs come at the same time!!!