headliner recovering

[George Roffe]

I would do it right. It looks like a scary job, but having done it I can honestly say that doing it right is easier than trying to kluge it.
Oh, and I wouldn't try gluing it back up. Once the foam starts to disintigrate, you're done.
Geo

---- Eric Waterman <eric.waterman at gmail.com> wrote:

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You can try spray glue, but it might not last too long.  Make a small cut so you can spray it behind the fabric, then press it back up.

I pulled the headliner out of my car, but I had to bend it slightly.  There wasn't enough room to get it through the door.  You might have more luck if you remove one of the seats, but I don't remember if they got in the way or not.

Eric


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:58 PM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
Really? I would have thought that it would come out fine, if with difficulty due to its unwieldiness, once you took out all of the upper interior trim and maybe also the seats so that you could rassle it through one of the doors. The only car with which I have even indirect experience was my mom's old '94 Accord, many years ago, in which the dealer replaced the headliner under warranty.

On another headliner-related note, is there any hope for re-sticking headliner fabric that has pulled away and having it look OE? The interior of my Accord is immaculate save that, inexplicably (it was a FL car, but always garaged) the headliner has pulled away from the two rear corners near the passengers' heads. It's annoying.

David


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Erik Halvorson <hammer_down at hotmail.com> wrote:
Good topic.  Two of the B13's under my care have good headliners but one is falling apart.  The foam has definitely died and the material over the top is quickly following.  I know the best way to do these fiberboard based headliners is to remove them from the car.  Not sure that can be done without cutting it or removing the windshield or back glass first.  There are some good videos (youtube) that go over headliner refurbishing and they talk about suggested/reccomended materials too.


> David P wrote:
> Based on the same sentiment that Geo expressed re:tints....
>
> Where does one go to get a headliner recovered? And is it possible to
> get it recovered in anything like the OR mouse fur fabric? I suppose
> upholstery shops do this kind of thing. And I could do it myself, but
> I'd want to get fabric that, if it didn't match the exisitng grey
> exactly, at least ended up with an OE look. And I think the degradation
> of the foam backing is at least half of the problem.
>
> It isn't the highest priority, but my SE-R's interior is in really nice
> condition except for a ratty headliner (and disintegrated sun visor
> padding) that seems to have happened via nothing more than the passage
> of time.
>
> David
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