Will do, going on vacation for a week right after. Will post info when return.
Gonna miss my daily fix of LRF!

 

I used 62" wide material and it was close. I wouldn't go any less. I got the fabric and 2 cans of adhesive for about $50 from an upholstery supply co. here in town. It will take both cans to do it, and remember to spray the fabric and the backer board.

 

that came out nice... how much stretch was in the material you used? for what i want to do all i can find is 60 inch material, but it has a 4 way stretch to it... so i figure pulling it tight and lots of adhesive should make it..

 

Thanks, it was pretty stretchy. I just got normal headliner material, but it is pretty stretchy. You will want it that way for the corners where it raises in the back. My suggestion would be to work fromt to back, where you will have the most problems is the rise towards the back, in those corners. Make sure to get enough adhesive in there too. I think 60 may work, I was told before, but don't remember. Remember to leave enough on the sides to fold over as well...

 

I saw this headliner redo on Craigslist with matching parking brake cover.

 

I got a bit of the sagging headliner. Will it work to use an iron and a cloth protector to carefully heat up the liner and reactivate the glue to get it back up?

 

probably not, the adhesive on the back of the sagging material is attached to a foam backing, and when the headliner falls it takes the adhesive and some of this foam with it, really the only way to fix it is to pull the headliner out, remove the old material, scrape all the old foam off the board, and recover it with new material...

most auto upholstery shops will do the job for around 200 bucks depending on the shop and what type of material you want it redone with

 

So like i said i was gonna do..

I removed the fabric, cleaned off the glue and painted the board.

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and check out my wide rear view mirror ...dont laugh but it is so much better esp when off road. my mirror is a few years old.

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That really doesn't look all that bad at all. I kinda like it, maybe I'll do the same to save a few $$. And I like the mirror! Where'd you get it?

 

To me it wasn't all that much about the money, but it was the work involved, (dont have adequate space and table) getting the right length/type fabric shipped down here, and then having it only last a year or two. The "paint" will never sag.

I used about 2 cans of spray paint and the mirror was about $15 at advance auto parts. they sold two lengths and this one was the larger one. I LOVE IT. Just be careful when using the vanity mirrors while applying make-up on your daily commute, it will push the rear view mirror slightly. =)