Re: RE: Headliner Repair

From: Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com
Date: Fri Sep 30 2005 - 13:10:08 EDT


It's just foam backed fabric glued to a formed cardboard backing. Remove a few
screws and trim pieces and it'll come right out.

Walt

In article <dhh5fr$d3h$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, jon@dakota-truck.net writes:
>
>
> "Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com> wrote:
>
> : My only experience was in a Ford Station Wagon that I had once and bought
> : some 3M stuff that I just sprayed on it and stuck it back up there. I cut
> : the headliner open on one side and then sprayed the headliner and the board
> : it stuck to and put it back up.
>
>
> That would be my first inclination as well. As long as the fabric
> still looks OK, it'll probably be a lot easier and cheaper to get access
> to the top side of the fabric, spray some adhesive in there and stick it
> back in place. I have seen carpet/headliner adhesive in spray cans at
> Autozone; I think its an orange can. Getting access to the top side of
> the fabric is probably going to be the tricky part; you might need to cut
> it as Rascal did, or it may be possible to remove some trim on both sides
> so you don't need to cut it.
>
> If sticking it back up doesn't work, you aren't really out any
> money; you will have used up some spray adhesive, but you'd need
> to buy a can anyway to put up a new headliner.
>
>
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> -Jon-
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