i fucked up my headliner. i tried to use vinyl and it came out like shit. wrinkled and bubbled. i give up.

does anyone know a place that sells custom headliners??? i need one asap.

tia


-johnny

"Few people understand
the psychology of dealing
with a highway traffic cop.
Normal speeders will panic
and immidiately pull over to
the side. This is wrong. It
arouses content in the cop
heart. Make the bastard
chase you, he will follow..."

Any upholestry shop should be able to do it for you. Satan might even sell'em.

Is the original piece of headliner usable?

If it is..then start over and get some 3M adhesive trim spray. {(black top) on spray can.} Spray it entirely with that goop and let it set in for 2 min. Now, get any type of fabric or bedsheets and smooth it on, starting from inwards to outwards. Good luck.

no i think i killed it. there were like 4 layers and i think i took too much off when i took the old carpet off. cause now its really flimsy and wonld hold straight. vinyls just too damn hard to work with imo.

-johnny

"Few people understand
the psychology of dealing
with a highway traffic cop.
Normal speeders will panic
and immidiately pull over to
the side. This is wrong. It
arouses content in the cop
heart. Make the bastard
chase you, he will follow..."

HOLY SHIT! I just did this last night with black vinyl also and fucked it all up! haha, what a coincidence!

dude, now i feel better knowing im not the only one!!! haha! i called mitsu and they want between 150 and 210 for a replacement!!! he didnt know for sure without my VIN #, apparently there are sever different versions for a 97 with a sunroof. WTF????? oh well i guess im roofless for a while, the sun roof looks kinda cool without the carpet.. hmm...

-johnny

"Few people understand
the psychology of dealing
with a highway traffic cop.
Normal speeders will panic
and immidiately pull over to
the side. This is wrong. It
arouses content in the cop
heart. Make the bastard
chase you, he will follow..."

Try a junkyard I guess, but that sucks. I'm confused about the "layers" part though...my headliner (which I assume is like 110% of everyone else) has two layers...a base one then with the felt type carpet like layer glued over that. Just spray the adhesive over that "messed up" layer and you wont even see that when you spread your fabric over it. Heck, try sanding down or roughing up the vinyl stuff even. Try to salvage it if you can I guess.

i have a vinyl headliner, its got a few inperfections on the edges but its okay though, i had it done professionally (only like 20 dollars), but they use a vinyl that has little holes in it, kinda like katzkin leather or the leather in some porshe's and prolly other cars.

i just dyed mine using RIT dye. came out good. i'll post pics when i get them or just ask me for them.
later

id like to see some pictures.

johnnycorona@mac.com

my problem is my entire is going white. i dont know how i can get the stock headliner white. any ideas? what about paint?? i think that would look bad but i dont know.
tia

-johnny

"Few people understand
the psychology of dealing
with a highway traffic cop.
Normal speeders will panic
and immidiately pull over to
the side. This is wrong. It
arouses content in the cop
heart. Make the bastard
chase you, he will follow..."