[V8] Headliner Fell

[FreddyP]

I may actually give this a try.....

Thanks for all the input!

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LOL.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:49 PM, eric anderson
<stikboy2002 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> A quick fix for the headliner is to ....(this is what i did)....scrape

> off as much of the cheeto goo dust ....you MUST get as much of this 
> evil off the liner as you can. 1. buy a big can of really nice 3m 
> adhesive spray( 3m-very important!!) 2. work closest to the sunroof 
> first and get everything to stay up while slowly moving and 
> spraying(lightly) toward the back.....if the "cheeto goo dust" is 
> gone...the 3m spray will work great!! After it is all up
> 3. take some unused paint sticks and push the liner back into the rear
trim
> on top of the window and side pillars..
> NOTE: This will NOT be a pretty fix....but it does do the trick....and
the
> real headliner job is a NIGHTMARE.!!!
>
> Please go ahead and laugh now.
> Eric
>
>
> --- On Fri, 7/16/10, NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Headliner Fell
> To: "Curtis" <fatboy03 at gmail.com>
> Cc: "v8audi" <v8 at audifans.com>, "toml99 at todomundo.com" < 
> toml99 at todomundo.com>
> Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 9:34 AM
>
> If you redo it I have a few tips for you, I just finally finished my 
> whole interior project the other day.  I need to get pictures up for 
> the list sometime in the future.
>
> Oh, also, the V8 headliner is mostly fiberglass, and pretty durable.
>
> I'd start by getting it out, and making a list of where everything 
> goes. Its a pain in the arse.  There is a good detailed "how to" done 
> by Ron W. in response to me in the list archives from summer 2009, so 
> that might help you out.  Its not fun putting it back together when 
> your lost.
>
> Scraping the glue mess off is a bitch.  Some goo gone or soap in very
> liberal quantities makes it much better.   I also sanded the surface
down
> afterward and put a think coat of fiberglass resin down and sanded 
> that as well.  Made the surface clean again.
>
> If you want to do it yourself, when you choose material you need a 
> material that will stretch some.  Or you have to be wicked good at 
> sewing.  I made the mistake the first time in 1. not choosing a
stretchy material and 2.
> thinking I knew what I was doing.   Suede doesn't work unless it has a
1/8
> th 1/4 inch bit of foam backing (non sitcky) so that it can stretch 
> over the contours.  I have a few yards left I'll get a photo for you, 
> to show which of the two works.
>
> In the end, I did all the pillars, the rear shelf, the sunroof, and 
> the roof.  It looks pretty bad ass.
>
> One more tip.  If you get the headliner out for a while, it must stay 
> flat. Don't lean it upright in any way, I tweaked mine by leaving it 
> standing for a week.  it sucks.
>
> Nick
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Curtis <fatboy03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Lol... That pimped out look would be cool!! :D
> >
> > Curtis
> >
> > On Jul 16, 2010, at 10:41 AM, "toml99 at todomundo.com" <
> toml99 at todomundo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Fred, while both mine are intact, every 80's Saab I've owned 
> > > was saggy.  The temporary fix(which was temporary for the duration

> > > of my owning of the Saab's) is to go to a large chain type fabric 
> > > store/ upholstery store and get some upholstery tacks.  They've 
> > > got a corkscrew pin so you screw them in as you push.  Kinda gives

> > > it that "overstuffed chair/ pimped out look"....Tom 
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