[V8] Headliner poll

NIck Miller chance9121 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 13 10:11:19 PST 2010


The rear package tray really makes it, swear to god.  So beautiful in suede
with the oem pieces.

The healiner material is super easy to work with, but I had to get suede
which isn't avail. In that prebacked stuff.
On Nov 12, 2010 8:14 PM, "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> And I like to use Sand bags or bags full of water when you get done to
hold
> it till the glue dries. As Nick said, it won't come off.
>
> BTW, I've done several, and other than the sunroof panel, I like to us the

> standard headliner material because it's easy to work with. It's designed
to
> fit whatever contours you wish, stretchy and flexible. In our car, we used
a
> defferent velour for the sunroof, sunroof motor cover, and d pilar covers.

> We had also planned on doing the sun visors and rear package shelf, but
the
> car dies first :(
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Re: [V8] Headliner poll
>
>
>>I had a tan headliner with grey interior and it looked great. I used
>> material I found at an upholster shop. Did the pillars down to the sills
>> and the rear package tray and it looked great really. I put photos in the
>> list if you searchback for the email.
>>
>> I would get a better grade cloth than headliner crap. Make sure your
>> material has some depth, like padding ofr foam to it because its hard to
>> match the contours well. Use 3m spry glue to attatch it and it'll never
>> come off again. The good strong upholstery stuff they sell. Work from
>> the
>> middle out is the easiest, and once its all glued down you cut it to fit
>> the
>> little nooks and crannies.
>


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