Vinyl vs Cloth Headliner from Joann's Fabrics

[NIck Miller]

I'd stay far away.  The faux leather with white cotton backing is the
ticket, period.   Just trust me.  You will hate your life when you try to
fit the vinyl to the roof.  Unless you're really great at sewing, then heck,
have at it.

You're roof has a number of contours, correct?  Mainly the bump over the
rear passengers heads, the area around the sunroof, and up front with the
center overhead console?   Those are going to be huge problems using any
material that does have a lot of play in it, and you gain this by using a
thick material that has some stretch and depth.

Good luck.  Also, the A-b-c pillars give you the same greif, but I made it
work with a non-stretchy material like vinyl, its just really hard.  But it
came out sexy as hell.

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM, <wadd-wadd at usa.net> wrote:

> Went shopping for a 100/200 headliner material today. Joann's Fabrics had a
> nice selection. Bought some black vinyl so than I can make the C pillar
> look
> like the A and B pillars.
>
> I am considering doing the headliner vinyl too and need some BTDT. Flat vs
> glossy, type of backing that will hold up to heat, adhesive, etc. There
> were
> some faux leathers with white cotton like backing, flat vinyl, glossy
> vinyl,
> etc.
>
> I am thinking leather like vinyl will add richness to the interior.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
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