Headliner
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Headliner
The headliner in the back seat area is starting to come down, glue failure I guess. It also came off the sunroof, but I got some headliner glue, it is a spray glue, and remounted it and it is fine.
Anyway I took the car to a interior shop, I have used for years but has a new owner, the original owner retired. The new owner told me the headliner would have to be replaced. Over the years I have had cars with drooping headliners and was always able to get them re glued. The owner of the shop said the rubber backing is probably gone and the cloth won't stick without the backing. The other situation is they down have an exact match for the stock liner. The best they could come up with is a shade of two off, which is OK with me. But there is so little hanging down and when I press it back it stays for a day or two and droops again. The cost for a new liner is $250 installed, not bad. What do you guys think? I have re glued headliners before, but with my terrible back I would have to have my son help, and he is not into doing stuff like this.
Anyway I took the car to a interior shop, I have used for years but has a new owner, the original owner retired. The new owner told me the headliner would have to be replaced. Over the years I have had cars with drooping headliners and was always able to get them re glued. The owner of the shop said the rubber backing is probably gone and the cloth won't stick without the backing. The other situation is they down have an exact match for the stock liner. The best they could come up with is a shade of two off, which is OK with me. But there is so little hanging down and when I press it back it stays for a day or two and droops again. The cost for a new liner is $250 installed, not bad. What do you guys think? I have re glued headliners before, but with my terrible back I would have to have my son help, and he is not into doing stuff like this.
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For the price that it costs, I would say go ahead and try to fix it first. If you fudge up and the headliner falls down more, then you are no worse off than you were originally. Personally, I would just take some really heavy duty glue to the edges of the headliner to make it stay and then use the spray stuff for the general area. I put a headliner back up in a saturn with gorilla glue and I really didn't plan on doing the job very well. The end result was something that you wouldn't notice unless you knew it was there. Keep in mind that I took many short cuts with my gorilla glue :P. So just get out there and try it cause you really have nothing to lose!
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Adam, this is what I did. Have your son use some masking tape and newspaper and tape the newspaper to the glass. Cover all the glass with either tape or newspaper. At this point, you can sit down in the car, put your hands over your head and with the headliner pulled back some, spray some 3M adhesive in between the fabric and the headliner backing. From there, press the fabric in place and see what you have at that point. You don't like it, not any worse for the wear. Worst case, I am sure you can get your son to lean over the back seats and spray in some glue that way. If you are worried about him getting glue on the seats, cover the top of the seats with some newspaper and hold it in place with some masking tape. Cheap and easy to do.
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Adam, this is what I did. Have your son use some masking tape and newspaper and tape the newspaper to the glass. Cover all the glass with either tape or newspaper. At this point, you can sit down in the car, put your hands over your head and with the headliner pulled back some, spray some 3M adhesive in between the fabric and the headliner backing. From there, press the fabric in place and see what you have at that point. You don't like it, not any worse for the wear. Worst case, I am sure you can get your son to lean over the back seats and spray in some glue that way. If you are worried about him getting glue on the seats, cover the top of the seats with some newspaper and hold it in place with some masking tape. Cheap and easy to do.
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Headliner
For the price that it costs, I would say go ahead and try to fix it first. If you fudge up and the headliner falls down more, then you are no worse off than you were originally. Personally, I would just take some really heavy duty glue to the edges of the headliner to make it stay and then use the spray stuff for the general area. I put a headliner back up in a saturn with gorilla glue and I really didn't plan on doing the job very well. The end result was something that you wouldn't notice unless you knew it was there. Keep in mind that I took many short cuts with my gorilla glue :P. So just get out there and try it cause you really have nothing to lose!
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