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I strongly recommend stripping and painting the headliner instead of recovering it with fabric. The fiberglass headliner shell has a lovely pebble finish once the old fabric and foam are removed. Denatured alcohol takes off the old adhesive like magic. After the shell is cleaned up, roll on some Kilz, using a brush in the corners. Take a piece of the old fabric to your favorite paint store and have them match the color with a quart of a good exterior latex.
Here's the label from the paint I used, showing the product and the color blend that works beautifully in my '99 with the Bahama Beige interior.
That’s a great idea! I liked the durability of the rhino liner applications I’ve seen, but wasn’t wild about the heavy texture and black color. Didn’t think about matching paint to my beige fabric. Thanks for the tip!
I thinks that’s a great idea. Pictures on the link to the old post won’t load; may be too long ago. If you have ones you can post here, would love to see the finished product.
Here's a pic I took today, with my truck in the garage. I used a trouble light to give some off-axis lighting to show the texture of the headliner shell surface.
In my opinion, if you didn't know the headliner was originally covered in fabric you'd never suspect the painted headliner wasn't factory-original. And it will never again sag.
Things are coming together well with my Disco. Trying to get A/C functioning now; blower works great but no cold air. Vacuumed system down and it will only hold a vacuum for about 10 minutes. Since it sat idle for 8 years with the PO, I’m assuming all the seals have dried out and are leaking. Is it a MAJOR job to replace all of the o-rings? Any other suggestions?
