So I wanna do my own headliner
11-05-2008, 01:52 PM
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Re: So I wanna do my own headliner
Black tweed is the best choice IMO. It looks nice and it's not super pretentious so you won't get tired of it after awhile. Suede looks sort of ghetto and something other than tweed is going to get girly boys and manly, vw loving girls wet in the pants.
11-05-2008, 01:53 PM
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Re: So I wanna do my own headliner
Originally Posted by Stealthmode
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.
11-05-2008, 08:22 PM
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Re: So I wanna do my own headliner
Originally Posted by 97EconoBox
and then stealthmode drops knowledge son. so you skipped the Padding bullshit eh? Just straight up fabric to ceiling?
and suede isn't played. it would just seem like that because it comes in very high end cars.
11-07-2008, 11:00 AM
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Re: So I wanna do my own headliner
Nah rawr and I are talking about how everyone in the VW scene does the microfiber or suede headliner. its like its either that or some variation of plaid or burberry.
Had a second look at the cord and i think what ill do is get the regular headliner with foam backing and then the cord overtop of it for just teh roof. Of course the slide for the sunroof and what ever else I decide to do will get just the cord.
Had a second look at the cord and i think what ill do is get the regular headliner with foam backing and then the cord overtop of it for just teh roof. Of course the slide for the sunroof and what ever else I decide to do will get just the cord.
