Headliner talk

[lunchbox]

So…I have deleted the sunroofs in my D1. Best decision ever. But…now I need to resolve the headliner issue. I planned to fill in the holes from the sunroof. But the headliner is so shit, it just fell apart. My options are to try again on another headliner. But they will all be old and prone to fall apart. I could try to find one without sunroofs. Good luck there. Or I could glue material to the roof. Dynamat makes some cool options that could work. I could also foam it and cover it old school style.

any ideas are welcome

thanks

chad

 

[kris812]

First off BEAUTIFUL WORK!!

Check out this guy that did a CHOP TOP on a Disco. If link is removed search youtube for "Roof Chop on a 1998 Discovery Pt7".
He made his own headliner out of wood and covered it in carpet. It would be more difficult to do with the Stock roof, but possible!
Just an idea, hope it helps! Disco on Brother!

 

[robertf]

the non sunroof cars have 2 metal brackets riveted to the roof structure and 2 tan fir tree pins go through the liner to hold it up since there isnt a sunroof surround piece to keep it from flopping around

 

[robertf]

like this

 

[Combat Sloth]

I am currently redoing mine with this duck fabric. There is headliner fabric I redid under it. No holes were cut at time of photo. I will post photos after I'm done. I've been working on it all this week.

 

[Frobisher]

I just removed the fabric on mine and painted it white. While I had sunroofs, in your case if it were me, I’d find 2 cool maps to affix in the sunroof holes and install the stripped and painted headliner back in place.

 

[DarylJ]

My options are to try again on another headliner. But they will all be old and prone to fall apart.

Try PVA glue (wood glue) and water 50/50 mix. Brush it on liberally - on each side. Let it soak in and dry. Make sure the headliner is on a table/supported well because it's going to stiffen it right on up and stay in that shape. And obviously you need to clean it very well before this.

Works great on pretty much any old headliner. I just did this to the one in my D1 when I had it out for repair and I'm not going to say it's brand new, but it's no longer a floppy mess and was easy to work with again.

 

[robertf]

Try PVA glue (wood glue) and water 50/50 mix. Brush it on liberally - on each side. Let it soak in and dry. Make sure the headliner is on a table/supported well because it's going to stiffen it right on up and stay in that shape. And obviously you need to clean it very well before this.

Works great on pretty much any old headliner. I just did this to the one in my D1 when I had it out for repair and I'm not going to say it's brand new, but it's no longer a floppy mess and was easy to work with again.

thats bascially aquanet hairspray

my headliner guy uses something solvent based out of a pressure chamber air sprayer. Don't know what it is, but its held up on some that are over 10 years old. I'm pretty sure I had a saggy OE headliner in 2005 so its better than original.

Ray's Auto Trim, Inc.

Auto Upholsterer in Dallas. Where quality still counts.

raysautotriminc.com

 

[lunchbox]

I have to drive an hour and a half to get my spare headliner. So it will be a while before I get another swing at it. I think I’m going to use a chip board material to fill the holes and glass it for strength.