The problem with injecting glue under the fabric is the foam layer is falling apart so the glue does not have anything to hold on to. It sticks to the decomposing foam and will soon fall apart and drop. The pins are a good idea. I have held up a few headliners in the day with straight pins with the plastic round heads. On a dark blue liner, it looks like stars. when you drive with a window open, the fabric would flex in the wind and the pins would slide out. Sometimes they would become airborne and sometimes they ended on the seat. next time you sit down... well you get the picture...

With these being similar to a corkscrew, as long as they are tightened into the backing material good, should stay in place. the only issue is if there are a lot of inside corners. the fabric will tend to stretch across them instead of molding to them as when it is glued or spray painted. I have seen the corkscrew pins used but never knew where they came from. Sounds like they would be worth a try or as a temporary fix until a new liner could be put in place. My liner has gotten worse over the last 6 months and I will most likely get a bunch of these pins and see how it does for now.

 

JIMVW57: The pins get a pretty darn good grip. Doubt they will come out. Fit can be as good as the number of pins you elect to put in. I found that just 7 pins in 'critical' areas did the job.

 

Must say, this is pretty inventive. But ......I'll just pay the money to have mine re-done. But nice find though.

 

$70? Where, please?

 

I got mine from eBay. The sellers name is autointeriorsupply. They are out of Arkansas. They have wonderful reviews and a lot of BMW owners use them. I got the beige suede and it Is foam backed.

I bought 3 years at 14.95 plus 11 dollars shipping. One can of 3m super 90 adhesive and you are right at $70.

 

And it was wide enough to fit a Discovery's headliner?

 

Yes 60" wide

 

Isn't the headliner 62" at it's widest? Or is headliner express full of it?

Sorry for all of the questions, but I would be suuuuper pissed if I spent a ton of time pulling my headliner only to find that the material wasn't wide enough!

- H.

 

You talking about this stuff

Suede-Tex Fibers

I bet that would work awesome on speaker boxes!!!!

 

That's the stuff. It makes an awesome headliner finish in nylon and isn't affected by damp or water. You could always do a pattern like this:

https://www.google.fr/webhp?sourceid...se%20wallpaper

and feel like your at home in an Indian restaurant