Headliner revitalizing- For your inner ricer
04-27-2008, 02:06 PM
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Headliner revitalizing- For your inner ricer
So, instead of storing the original headliner for 5 years, we just used it as a snow sled, and then tossed it. I had to pick up another headliner, and it wasn't that clean. Here's how to revitalize that ----.
Go to the fabric store and pick out your favorite fabric. The time you spend doing this won't be as gratifying if you go with a solid color, so pick out something with a print. I almost went with the Lightning McQueen fabric, but instead went for one I call "Jr high school picture background".
Don't buy the fabric store spray glue. It's garbage, and overpriced. I used 3M Super 77 spray adhesive. It comes out as a mist, where the fabric store junk comes out as stringy, and if you have puddles of glue and you put your fabric down too soon, the glue will soak into the fabric and make it look like you jizzed on it. Mist the headliner, and the fabric seperately, wait a couple minutes, and then lay it over the headliner. You don't want to stretch the fabric too much, or you'll end up with creases. Figure that you'll lay the center, and then have to reapply glue to the corners as you work your way around. The corners can be difficult because of the contours, but just stretch here, press there, and ba-bing.
I didn't pics during the process, but here it is. Total cost was $17
Fabric pictured with dome light hole
The whole thing
And this is the **** bitch the headliner is going into
I know, the pics are dark. My computer is a pile of ---- and I erased photoshop to free up space.
Go to the fabric store and pick out your favorite fabric. The time you spend doing this won't be as gratifying if you go with a solid color, so pick out something with a print. I almost went with the Lightning McQueen fabric, but instead went for one I call "Jr high school picture background".
Don't buy the fabric store spray glue. It's garbage, and overpriced. I used 3M Super 77 spray adhesive. It comes out as a mist, where the fabric store junk comes out as stringy, and if you have puddles of glue and you put your fabric down too soon, the glue will soak into the fabric and make it look like you jizzed on it. Mist the headliner, and the fabric seperately, wait a couple minutes, and then lay it over the headliner. You don't want to stretch the fabric too much, or you'll end up with creases. Figure that you'll lay the center, and then have to reapply glue to the corners as you work your way around. The corners can be difficult because of the contours, but just stretch here, press there, and ba-bing.
I didn't pics during the process, but here it is. Total cost was $17
Fabric pictured with dome light hole
The whole thing
And this is the **** bitch the headliner is going into
I know, the pics are dark. My computer is a pile of ---- and I erased photoshop to free up space.
04-27-2008, 02:37 PM
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Re: Headliner revitalizing- For your inner ricer
I spent like 2 hours trying to decide what fabric to get. I really liked the first one I got, but I fucked it up with the glue puddles, and when I went back they didn't have more of it. They had one with dollars all over it, which would have been straight hood, but then I decided this one would be plain enough, yet not solid black or whatever.
04-27-2008, 03:15 PM
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Re: Headliner revitalizing- For your inner ricer
Originally Posted by ghettoturbo
pics of your first choice fabric
