Thread: Headliner cloth sagging
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01-25-2005 11:07 PM #1
Headliner cloth sagging
I guess the years are starting to catch up on the malibus interior headliner. I hate the feeling of it rubbing against my head. Perhaps if I had more hair, it wouldn't be so bad!
What is the trick to getting it back in place? I once tried using a spray adhesive on an older camaro, when the cloth sagged, by poking the end of the spray tube through the cloth. Once I sprayed it around inside a bit, in a few spots, I pushed the cloth back up against the roof, or particle board/cardboard. What a mess The glue came through the headliner cloth and got all over my hands, and then proceeded to leave a messy residue. I won't try that home made idea again!
How is the cloth held on originally?
Any solutions?
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01-26-2005 03:34 AM #2
Time for a new headliner.Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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01-26-2005 04:32 AM #3
Per de experts...
This is from one of my sources !
To permanently fix the headliner, go to your local auto body paint
store and get 3M 8088 spray adhesive- it comes out in a spiderweb
pattern.
Remove the headliner and fabric from the car.
Clean off (stiff brush) the cardboard liner and the fabric.
Spray the headliner and the fabric, one section at at time.
Press, roll the fabric back on the headliner.
Put the headliner back in the car.You miss 100% of the shots you never take
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01-26-2005 06:22 AM #4
Re: Per de experts...
Originally posted by Jerilynne1965
This is from one of my sources !
To permanently fix the headliner, go to your local auto body paint
store and get 3M 8088 spray adhesive- it comes out in a spiderweb
pattern.
Remove the headliner and fabric from the car.
Clean off (stiff brush) the cardboard liner and the fabric.
Spray the headliner and the fabric, one section at at time.
Press, roll the fabric back on the headliner.
Put the headliner back in the car.Mike
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01-26-2005 08:07 PM #5
Thanks for the info!
I guess my idea of doing it while still in the car, "is" a bit of a pipe dream...but I was hoping..
For a laugh I'll tell you how I ended up getting the camaro's headliner cloth back in place..
You remember the little upholstery do-hickies that your mom used to hold arm rest covers on her favorite chair. They were clear plastic buttons, with a corkscrew wire. Yup, I used about 10 of those to hold the headliner in place. They did the job, and kind of gave the button tuck upholstery look to it. The buyer of the car didn't say boo about them.
A guys got to be inventive!
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01-26-2005 09:54 PM #6
Originally posted by Chev malibu
You remember the little upholstery do-hickies that your mom used to hold arm rest covers on her favorite chair. They were clear plastic buttons, with a corkscrew wire.
A guys got to be inventive!"Whad'ya want for nuth'N, ..............aaa,rrrrrubber biscuit... ?"
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01-26-2005 11:01 PM #7
Hey, its no worse than mine. 1/4 inch strips of wood across the liner. Worked surprisingly well and it came with the car. So i had to leave 'em in, but i painted them blue to matchRight engine, Wrong Wheels
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01-27-2005 12:32 AM #8
Originally posted by drg84
Hey, its no worse than mine. 1/4 inch strips of wood across the liner. Worked surprisingly well and it came with the car. So i had to leave 'em in, but i painted them blue to match
How the heck did he keep them in place? Tap screws?
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01-27-2005 10:28 PM #9
CSF,
I never felt any layer of foam under the headliner cloth, but regardless, it sounds like its time to strip it out, and see what I have to work with. I have done some minor upholstery work, so if worse comes to worse, I may just use a similar color, foam backed vinyl, and do a button tuck style headliner. This is if the cardboard type backing is strong enough to take the additional weight, of the vinyl material and foam...
First step is to get it out! Are headliners secured, other then the dome light and the plastic trim pieces around the front and sides? There is no retainer clips in the roof itself is there? If there is I imagine they may be a little brittle after 25 years....
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01-27-2005 11:24 PM #10
Originally posted by Chev malibu
Now there's an idea I never thought of!
How the heck did he keep them in place? Tap screws?Right engine, Wrong Wheels
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01-28-2005 04:57 AM #11
Originally posted by drg84
Actually, its kind of cool. ...Also it gives it this "I'm too damn cheap to buy a new headliner" lookYou miss 100% of the shots you never take
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01-28-2005 07:58 AM #12
Originally posted by DennyW
I did that to an old olds I had. Except, I had some sheet metal laying around. I cut pieces 3" wide, painted them, and installed. I used 5. It actually looked pretty good.
"It actually looked pretty good." i bet that was a matter of opinionMike
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01-28-2005 08:15 AM #13
Originally posted by DennyW
I actually had people ask me where I got those at.Mike
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