Factory Headliner Material in 87-88 T-Top GT's

[Aaron]

Does anyone know what material Ford used for headliner material in 87-88 T-Top GT's? My car has a thin vinyl feeling material, but all the Mustang parts sites say cloth is factory replacement material. I want to replace my headliner this spring, but I can't figure out what material to use, and I want to restore it to it's original look. Any ideas?

 

[Blown83GT]

I reused my old 91 hardtop non sunroof headliner. Took out the 87 t top one and traced over the hard top one. Cut the cardboard to the t top shape and left 3 1/2 inches of material to fold over the channel. Had to move the dome light foward to match the new location, but it works for cheap.

See pic.

Didn't turn out too bad.

 

[dgollem]

I've owned my 88GT since new it came with a cloth headliner. Let me add my car is a hard top, no sunroof or T Tops

 

[QUICK91LX]

interesting, my 85 t-top car had the vinyl stuff as did every factory sunroof car ive ever owned...

maybe searching for sunroof headliner material would help...

 

[Prime Lord]

My 87 had that vinyl type material too.....it makes sense for me to put the same back in. I know I've left the tops out when it started raining before, I'd hate to have water soak into the cloth headliner and destroy the cardboard.

I actually need to do my headliner here in a week or so, so while we're on the subject, how much material needs to be left in the openings to wrap up and over the lip of the roof?

 

[Gixxer750]

I plan on re-doing mine as well, I was just going to get thin leather and re-wrap it at the same time I re-do the door panels.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Car's with removable roof panels (sunroofs, t-tops) come with a vinyl material for the headliner.


Car's with plain roofs, come with cloth.

Same deal goes for the visors. Vinyl headliner, vinyl visors. Cloth headlines, cloth visors.


When i converted my '88 from red to black interior, i had to dye the headliner since the parts car had a black cloth solid headliner and i have a sunroof. I tried for the longest time to make a trade for headliners on SN or corral butg no bites. Nobody had a black sunroof headliner for some reason.

So i died the red material and then used the black OEM cloth headliner to cut a sunshade out of that fit into the sunroof and would block the sun in the summer. Worked great because I could then take it out in the spring and fall. Better than tinting the roof in my opinion

 

[BLOWN 5.0 FOX]

I can agree- my 88 GT w/T-Tops has vinyl as well

 

[Roland69]

my 88 with sunroof has vinyl and the 88 4cyl has cloth

 

[hsean]

88 with t-tops porno red shredded vinyl headliner soon to be black leather everything including the headliner

 

[Prime Lord]

How much material needs to be left in the openings to wrap up and over the lip of the roof?

I hate quoting myself, but I just wanna make sure that someone actually saw it.

 

[cenok is family]

hmm...i didn't know that...my old t-top car had a red cloth headliner...then again the guy i bought it off of said he had just replaced it before i bought it.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I hate quoting myself, but I just wanna make sure that someone actually saw it.

I wanna say an inch or so but it's been a while since i did it

 

[Aaron]

Does anybody know where to get matching material? I plan on keeping my interior red (yes - I'm in the minority), and wouyld like to use the same material, color shade, etc. when I do it.
Unless I missed it, I don't think 50resto carries the stuff. I also checked cjponyparts, laurelmountainmustang, etc...
Anybody have any good ideas?

 

[rickd93_lx]

t tops and sunroofed mustangs have the vinly head liner for a reason, the reason being is the vynyl is less porous than the cloth and wont catch air like a cloth headliner will with the roof open or t tops removed, to replace with cloth headliner is not advisable as it will have to be replaced sooner than the vinyl liner. your best bet would be a fabric shop or an aphoulstry guy who could give you info on where to find such a material. buy a couple yards and problem solved to get the exact texture of the oem top will be extremly difficult.

sorry 4 the bad spelling

 

[speedytang]

Jo-Ann Fabrics has the Vinyl and the Cloth in all the basic colors.

 

[25thmustang]

Car's with removable roof panels (sunroofs, t-tops) come with a vinyl material for the headliner.


Car's with plain roofs, come with cloth.

Same deal goes for the visors. Vinyl headliner, vinyl visors. Cloth headlines, cloth visors.

I agree and disagree here... Plain roofs got cloth headliners yes, and TTop and sunroof cars did get vinyl headliners. Where I disagree is the fact that vinyl headliner = vinyl sun visors. My teal daily driver is a sun roof car, with a vinyil headliner, and cloth factory visors...

 

[92GreenGT]

How hard is it to redo the headliner in a car with a sunroof? I noticed that mine has came loose from one of the sides and its starting to sag.

 

[Prime Lord]

I agree and disagree here... Plain roofs got cloth headliners yes, and TTop and sunroof cars did get vinyl headliners. Where I disagree is the fact that vinyl headliner = vinyl sun visors. My teal daily driver is a sun roof car, with a vinyil headliner, and cloth factory visors...

Agreed. My 89 w/ Sunroof had a vinyl headliner and cloth visors....move the visors to the T-Top car...much nicer.