sagging headliner
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From: Hodgenville, Kentucky
Well my last experience with a sagging headliner involved me stapling it to the roof ('89 POS Bonneville I used to drive). But take it to an upholstery shop or interior shop (whatever they're called). I also say that autozone or other car places would have glues and adhesives that can be used to reattach it. If you went that route I'd say you would have to restrech the headliner to make sure it laid flat (I don't know how to get the pieces out though). I hope this helped a little bit
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From: Milton, FL
i did the headliner myself in my old car
3m headliner adhesive - 13 bucks
2 yards of headliner material - 20 bucks
bondo fiberglass repair kit (to fix headliner backing, if ripped) - ~10 bucks i think
total cost was like 45 bucks ... local shops wanted 100+
how i did it was i ripped the old material off, then took a shop vac and used the suction to scrape off the old nasty backing so it got down to the yellow harder part.
then i repaired my ripped headliner backing with the bondo fiberglass repair kit on the BACK side of the headliner (not the side the fabric holds to), then i layed the fabric over the top and cut it. you need to leave plenty of room around the edges, almost can't have enough. around the t-top area you need to leave prolly 10 inches or so more than you think you need, i left quite a bit but when i stretched it out to go around that corner it didn't cover all the way because i cut too much.
once you've got it cut out and the backing as clean as you can get it, glue the fabric on a section at a time as the glue dries FAST. don't worry about doing the sides so much, just make sure you get it on. after it has dried a few hours go back and wrap the sides around to the back and secure it with the glue.
use plenty of glue, its stringy and wierd looking. i used EXACTLY one bottle but i prolly should have used one and a half.
its a huge pain in the ***, one side of my t-tops looks awesome and factory but the other side looks like a mess because i learned on that side that i didn't leave enough room
i have pictures somewhere...
3m headliner adhesive - 13 bucks
2 yards of headliner material - 20 bucks
bondo fiberglass repair kit (to fix headliner backing, if ripped) - ~10 bucks i think
total cost was like 45 bucks ... local shops wanted 100+
how i did it was i ripped the old material off, then took a shop vac and used the suction to scrape off the old nasty backing so it got down to the yellow harder part.
then i repaired my ripped headliner backing with the bondo fiberglass repair kit on the BACK side of the headliner (not the side the fabric holds to), then i layed the fabric over the top and cut it. you need to leave plenty of room around the edges, almost can't have enough. around the t-top area you need to leave prolly 10 inches or so more than you think you need, i left quite a bit but when i stretched it out to go around that corner it didn't cover all the way because i cut too much.
once you've got it cut out and the backing as clean as you can get it, glue the fabric on a section at a time as the glue dries FAST. don't worry about doing the sides so much, just make sure you get it on. after it has dried a few hours go back and wrap the sides around to the back and secure it with the glue.
use plenty of glue, its stringy and wierd looking. i used EXACTLY one bottle but i prolly should have used one and a half.
its a huge pain in the ***, one side of my t-tops looks awesome and factory but the other side looks like a mess because i learned on that side that i didn't leave enough room
i have pictures somewhere...
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