How do you fix this?

3/4/2008 10:14:28 PM

you can use glue if you dont care what it will look like. or staples if you want.

3/4/2008 10:23:55 PM

my shits is doing this too


I was going to get a tube of crazy glue, put the glue inside the plastic and push the headliner into the crack and hope it holds. The roof of my Jeep looks like a mexican redesigned it.

3/4/2008 10:24:20 PM

they sell spray adhesive for these very reasons, but from prior experience (2 different cars) the only real way its gonna look nice is if it gets re-done. you can use the spray glue, but if it bunches up it'll look like a brain.

3/4/2008 10:30:01 PM

get a faster car.

3/4/2008 10:33:55 PM

most newer cars use a kind of foam/glue to adhere the headliner to the top of the car panels. It'll be better to just redo the whole thing with new fabric.

3/4/2008 11:22:50 PM

I know in my mom's old jaguar I fixed it with those flat metal thumbtacks.

This sucks though I do not really want to do that to my car. On the other hand I do not want to pay.

3/5/2008 1:05:02 PM

re-do it yourself

I'm currently in the process... I'll let you know how it turns out.
To do it right it'll cost you a good number of hours & < $50 (i.e. 1 can spray adhesive & a couple yards of headliner fabric).

3/5/2008 1:16:35 PM

Heads up makes headliner replacement kits. I put one of these in my last car and it was fairly simple. The hardest part was getting the roof piece out of the car. My only regret was not using the entire spray can of glue that I bought with it, cause it came undone the next summer when it got super hot.

3/5/2008 1:17:08 PM

According to what I've been reading, the re-sagging tends to happen because you didn't remove the old adhesive well enough-- not because you didn't apply enough new adhesive.

And it would be cheaper to just buy the headliner fabric yourself instead of purchasing their 'kit' and the adhesive separately... plus shipping.

[Edited on March 5, 2008 at 1:24 PM. Reason : ]

3/5/2008 1:22:42 PM

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"According to what I've been reading, the re-sagging tends to happen because you didn't remove the old adhesive well enough-- not because you didn't apply enough new adhesive."

I thought it was because you're gluing it to a piece of foam that is old and crumbling.

3/5/2008 1:38:03 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/E-Z-FIX-SAGGING-HEADLINER-REPAIR-PINS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247QQcategoryZ42612QQihZ016QQitemZ260213875838QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

3/5/2008 1:38:11 PM

^^ I was referring to a complete removal and replacement, not patch jobs.

3/5/2008 1:42:55 PM

shit, I took studs and cut them into ~1/8" thick strips and was in the process of making a wooden headliner in my old Cherokee. Just cut them to length and bend them in. The trim panel held them in place really well. Double up or just use a thicker piece where a rod holder was going to be used. You could paint or stain them if you wanted to, or get cedar lumbar for the great smell.

[Edited on March 5, 2008 at 2:15 PM. Reason : 0]

3/5/2008 2:14:00 PM

3m spray adhesive

3/5/2008 2:53:04 PM

depending on vehicle, I can have them done for ~$300 which is a pretty good deal.

3/5/2008 6:36:02 PM

shit i did my dakota twice( 1 learning experience) and a ram once for maybe 50$ worth of 3m spray adhesive and fabric. just make sure you get the old glue crust off super well with say 80grit sandpaper, do half the new liner at a time and cut the holes out from the back afterwords. takes like an hour tops. it took more glue than i thought cause the first try with the dakota didnt stick for long but the second one is still there 4yrs later.

i wouldnt want to do anything bigger than a truck tho cause i see getting the liner board in and out being a bitch and that fiber board, or whatever it is, isnt that tough so be careful wrestling it. even so i'd say you'd have to be a real slowblack96 to fuck it up.

3/5/2008 8:14:48 PM

unless I am mistaken the original poster is talking about a land rover. not fiberboard and definitely not a pickup truck. even $400 is a deal.

3/5/2008 8:44:52 PM

Auto Tops & Interiors in Raleigh re-did the headliner in my 1990 Jeep Cherokee laredo (which has now probably caught on fire or something). It was well under $300 for whatever we did and looked great. I thought it was like $180-220 or something but I can't remember, I don't have the invoices for that car any more (sent them off w/ the car I think).

Just make sure, whatever you do, you do it right. You only really need to do it right if you give a shit about the car though. If it's a beater just stick it back up with some pins or something.

3/5/2008 8:56:38 PM

If it's a beater just rip it out. My brother pulled the headliner out of his Cherokee in high school and drove it for 5 or 6 years that way. A little noise never killed anyone.

3/6/2008 10:23:48 AM

^Yea, I just ripped the headliner out of my nissan pickup and it doesn't look bad. I can tell a little more noise, but not much worse.

3/6/2008 11:20:08 AM

Just finished prepping-- now for actually attaching the new headliner material

3 yds headliner fabric $19.78 (10.99/yd + 40% off coupon)
1 can spray adhesive $ 8.99 (14.99 + 40% off coupon)

New Headliner Total.... $28.77

[looked for 3M-- but both cans I found explictly said not for headliner use... so I went with Loctite's Heavy Duty Permanent High Temperature Resistant stuff]

3/6/2008 6:05:16 PM

Sweet! Good luck with that. If you pull off anything remotely close to what it used to look like, I'd say it was well worth your time.

That would be a shit ton of savings.

3/7/2008 3:28:02 PM

lol

3/7/2008 9:50:43 PM