How To Fix Headliner?

[x2o 10+ year member]

Did a quick search on this and found nothing. Basically the fabric is falling off of my headliner around the edges/corners and was wondering how to put it back on. It's very annoying, makes my car look bad, and kinda blocks my rear view. I was wondering how should I put it back on? I want it to look nice, factory if possible. Any suggestions? Figured this would be the forum to ask even though it doesn't get much traffic.

Thanks!

-Ryan

EDIT : I can take pics of what's the problem if you'd like, it's kinda hard to explain.

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[97gp 5,000+ posts]

Staples,duh.

Some ideas here

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=254592

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

Staples,duh.
Some ideas here

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=254592

Thanks for that! So apparently some spray-on CA is the way to go. Sweet!

Oh but wait, they are talking about the actual headliner onto the metal of the car. I mean it's just my fabric coming off of the foam.

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

google it basically tear the old headliner off take all of the glue off. Get headliner upholestry from fabric store, also could use other stuff depending on what you want. Get 3m spray adhessive and spray it on the stripped carboard stuff a little at a time. Make sure the glue gets tacky before putting fabric down. YOu will see what I'm saying when you do it.

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

google it basically tear the old headliner off take all of the glue off. Get headliner upholestry from fabric store, also could use other stuff depending on what you want. Get 3m spray adhessive and spray it on the stripped carboard stuff a little at a time. Make sure the glue gets tacky before putting fabric down. YOu will see what I'm saying when you do it.

I tried google but got quite a few different opinions. Figured I'd post up here and see what people had to say. Okay then, looks like I need to find the right color headliner upholstery. How time consuming is this? And considering I live in FL where heat and humidity wreak havoc, what would be the best time of day to do this and should I do it indoors / outdoors?

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

usually takes like 3 hours just take your time and roll over the fabric onto the edges. Outdoors would be fine just make sure it is not windy. I will give you a link to a good place where i learned some things.

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

http://www.sr20forum.com/classic-se-r/202426-redoing-b13-headliner-can-i-just-sand-paint.html here is a link to show you some tips

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

usually takes like 3 hours just take your time and roll over the fabric onto the edges. Outdoors would be fine just make sure it is not windy. I will give you a link to a good place where i learned some things.

Cool thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

hope that helps

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

hope that helps

It definitly does, that link pretty much has step by step details //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Hopefully I'll be able to tackle this next weekend.

Thanks a lot!

 

[visitor]

anyone know if a good source for headliner material? i want suede, or the automotive equivilent, however, i cannot find it local more than like 3 ft wide..

 

[morgans432 10+ year member]

no problem man just make sure to take your time and it will come out good.

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

anyone know if a good source for headliner material? i want suede, or the automotive equivilent, however, i cannot find it local more than like 3 ft wide..

http://www.gahh.net/smp-v20-c11-a.php

 

[visitor]

http://www.gahh.net/smp-v20-c11-a.php

yeah, you pretty much kick ***. thanks

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

Haha sweet thanks for the link psycho, might order the foam backing from that site //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif