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
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2488/94409354tq4.jpg


The whole thing
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/681/p1010001fa5.jpg


And this is the slut bitch the headliner is going into
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5918/p1010005mh3.jpg


I know, the pics are dark. My computer is a pile of ---- and I erased photoshop to free up space.

Re: Headliner revitalizing- For your inner ricer
 

sorry but that headliner is kinda feminine....

flame on

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Looks like space

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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.

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pics of your first choice fabric

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Car looks good. Headliner :X

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It was black with silver swirly things. I threw it away after ------- it up. I figure the headliner is the least seen thing on the car, so I wanted to do something a little more than basic.

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maybe I'm boring but I would have just went with black. What wheels are those? Yes 3m glue is the best!!

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i'm thinking of doing my headliner and doors in the ugliest pattern I can find....faux tiger or yellow plaid, something along those lines.

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I think flesh would look cool. Like if Leatherface or Ed Gein did auto upholstery.

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I know. They had the thin foam black headliner material, but I figured if I was going to spend time on it, I wanted something a little off the wall. The wheels are some old enkei model. I'm not sure which ones. I found them on ebay with damn near new tires for $400 shipped. The kid that had them before spray painted them black, so I had them sandblasted and painted black with satin clear.

As soon as I can find a carpet for this pile, the interior should be done.

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thats what I thought, they look the same as the ones that were stolen from me. I like them.

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I suggest doing every different section in a different design/color. Only a blind person would ever buy it, but it'd be ugly as ----.

I would have stuck with black headliner personally, but this is good to know for redoing mine someday.

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this just in, steve likes black things with swirly things

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steve have you been watching home and garden tv?

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No, but I should. The first attempt was when Austin and Colin came over, and we all went to the fabric store like a family. The bacardi fucked up our mission though and we had to trash the fabric. For this second and final round, I called my mom over to help me. Having my mom over got me in that Martha Stewart frame of mind, and we conquered it.

I put the headliner in tonight, and there may have been a reason honda put a light colored headliner in these cars....to make them seem bigger than they are. All the dark colors inside are going to make the car feel like a go kart inside.

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Well, now you can say that your mom helped you build the car. That always impresses people.

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Didn't think about that. Always wondered why the CRX interior couldnt have just been all black. Still will probably throw in a black headliner though. I'm hoping the process won't be too different for this vinyl ---- they used instead of cloth.