[V8] Headliner poll

[John Bysinger]

Well just got it all done.  I ended up just picking up some foam backed
fabric from the local fabric store.  It turned out pretty good, the fabric
matches the visors much better than I thought it would too.  There was a
great writeup on removing the headliner a year or so back by Ron I think?
 That orange evil though... wow.  That is like sticky little orange hate
balls.  I'm glad cleaning the roof card is done.  I don't ever want to see
that stuff again.  I ended up using a heavy plastic pot/pan brush on it and
it cleaned all of the last bit off very well.

There's a couple issues, little thing I think I can fix easy enough.  I
broke the passenger side visor clip, and around the sunroof there are some
exposed cuts near the folding tabs at the edge.  But I can see out the back
window again!

Thanks for all the advice.

-John
'90V8Q

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:11 AM, NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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