HeadLiner dropping
#1
HeadLiner dropping
Is the actuall headliner not the superficial fabrik, suppose to be glued to the roof or its just held in place by trims and screws?
Mine is dropping around the front sunroof, it has a plastic trim, which is not able to hols it in place anymore, Ipulled the trim and thought I will reverse it, but it goes only one way, back sunroof is fine and the trim on back sunroof is covered in fabrik and not plastic only as in the front. I am not sure if a new trim will keep this up, could I just use liquid nails to make it stuck to the metal roof? or any other suggestions?
Mine is dropping around the front sunroof, it has a plastic trim, which is not able to hols it in place anymore, Ipulled the trim and thought I will reverse it, but it goes only one way, back sunroof is fine and the trim on back sunroof is covered in fabrik and not plastic only as in the front. I am not sure if a new trim will keep this up, could I just use liquid nails to make it stuck to the metal roof? or any other suggestions?
#3
if the fiberglass is drooping then it must be soaking wet, which makes me think you have a leaking sunroof. i would pull the headliner out, clean the drains on the sunroofs re-seal them. then you can see if the headliner is repairable with fiberglass or not. you can always get one froma pick and pull and either re-cover it or just pull the fabric and foam off and paint it.
#4
Dry it out and a fiberglass repair is very cheap and easy to do. I have mine off right now, one of my back corners is broken from previous removal.
DIY replacement will run you around $75 for repairs, fabric material and glue. You could do it in an afternoon. These take 60" wide headliner material do not use anything less than that as you will run out of material in the area near the back door windows. you can measure to be sure, but usually ask for 3 yards of material @ no more than $10/yd.
You need three cans of good fabric material spray (glue pot is better)
Removal:
Removal of the old material should take about 2 hours with a wire brush.
Installation:
Start in the middle draw a line on both the headliner and under side of the material
Spray the shell and the material about 1 foot width at a time working along the center towards the outside. wait a few minutes before you start to lay the material down.
*Be very carefull once it touches its set.
Pull with one hand lightly stretching the material press the material into place with the other. Make sure you get in all the little nooks and depressions. GO SLOW, this is an art if you have ever seen it done.
Wrap the material about an inch around all the edges.
So good luck!
DIY replacement will run you around $75 for repairs, fabric material and glue. You could do it in an afternoon. These take 60" wide headliner material do not use anything less than that as you will run out of material in the area near the back door windows. you can measure to be sure, but usually ask for 3 yards of material @ no more than $10/yd.
You need three cans of good fabric material spray (glue pot is better)
Removal:
Removal of the old material should take about 2 hours with a wire brush.
Installation:
Start in the middle draw a line on both the headliner and under side of the material
Spray the shell and the material about 1 foot width at a time working along the center towards the outside. wait a few minutes before you start to lay the material down.
*Be very carefull once it touches its set.
Pull with one hand lightly stretching the material press the material into place with the other. Make sure you get in all the little nooks and depressions. GO SLOW, this is an art if you have ever seen it done.
Wrap the material about an inch around all the edges.
So good luck!
#6
if the fiberglass is drooping then it must be soaking wet, which makes me think you have a leaking sunroof. i would pull the headliner out, clean the drains on the sunroofs re-seal them. then you can see if the headliner is repairable with fiberglass or not. you can always get one froma pick and pull and either re-cover it or just pull the fabric and foam off and paint it.
#7
Dry it out and a fiberglass repair is very cheap and easy to do. I have mine off right now, one of my back corners is broken from previous removal.
DIY replacement will run you around $75 for repairs, fabric material and glue. You could do it in an afternoon. These take 60" wide headliner material do not use anything less than that as you will run out of material in the area near the back door windows. you can measure to be sure, but usually ask for 3 yards of material @ no more than $10/yd.
You need three cans of good fabric material spray (glue pot is better)
Removal:
Removal of the old material should take about 2 hours with a wire brush.
Installation:
Start in the middle draw a line on both the headliner and under side of the material
Spray the shell and the material about 1 foot width at a time working along the center towards the outside. wait a few minutes before you start to lay the material down.
*Be very carefull once it touches its set.
Pull with one hand lightly stretching the material press the material into place with the other. Make sure you get in all the little nooks and depressions. GO SLOW, this is an art if you have ever seen it done.
Wrap the material about an inch around all the edges.
So good luck!
DIY replacement will run you around $75 for repairs, fabric material and glue. You could do it in an afternoon. These take 60" wide headliner material do not use anything less than that as you will run out of material in the area near the back door windows. you can measure to be sure, but usually ask for 3 yards of material @ no more than $10/yd.
You need three cans of good fabric material spray (glue pot is better)
Removal:
Removal of the old material should take about 2 hours with a wire brush.
Installation:
Start in the middle draw a line on both the headliner and under side of the material
Spray the shell and the material about 1 foot width at a time working along the center towards the outside. wait a few minutes before you start to lay the material down.
*Be very carefull once it touches its set.
Pull with one hand lightly stretching the material press the material into place with the other. Make sure you get in all the little nooks and depressions. GO SLOW, this is an art if you have ever seen it done.
Wrap the material about an inch around all the edges.
So good luck!
#8
Look closely for water stains. My leak seems to come and go. It'll rain for weeks, and stay bone dry in the cab. A couple weeks later it will sprinkle for a half an our and I'll take a corner and get rain water dripping down my left shoulder.
---> On a side note, how easy is the foam/fabric to remove if the headliner is NOT sagging? Mine isn't sagging at all strangely, but is stained in certain areas from water ingress, dirty from the PO, and I need to get at the sunroof drains anyways, so if I'm going to take the time to pull it out, I want to go all in and repaint it.
---> On a side note, how easy is the foam/fabric to remove if the headliner is NOT sagging? Mine isn't sagging at all strangely, but is stained in certain areas from water ingress, dirty from the PO, and I need to get at the sunroof drains anyways, so if I'm going to take the time to pull it out, I want to go all in and repaint it.
#9
Look closely for water stains. My leak seems to come and go. It'll rain for weeks, and stay bone dry in the cab. A couple weeks later it will sprinkle for a half an our and I'll take a corner and get rain water dripping down my left shoulder.
---> On a side note, how easy is the foam/fabric to remove if the headliner is NOT sagging? Mine isn't sagging at all strangely, but is stained in certain areas from water ingress, dirty from the PO, and I need to get at the sunroof drains anyways, so if I'm going to take the time to pull it out, I want to go all in and repaint it.
---> On a side note, how easy is the foam/fabric to remove if the headliner is NOT sagging? Mine isn't sagging at all strangely, but is stained in certain areas from water ingress, dirty from the PO, and I need to get at the sunroof drains anyways, so if I'm going to take the time to pull it out, I want to go all in and repaint it.
it pulls off very easily. chances are the foam is deteriorated already but just hasn't let the fabric go completely.