Repro Headliners??

GearHd6 · Jan 11, 2006

I was wondering if anyone has tried one of these reproduction headliners with the ABS plastic backing like they sell from 5.0 Resto? They seem like a good idea but I was just wondering how they fit. Thanks in advance!

cjman15 · Jan 11, 2006

Why don't you just recover your existing one?

nmk_61802 · Jan 11, 2006

I installed one on my 92 GT. I went this route, because I had when I purchased the car it had an after market sun roof installed that had been leaking for who knows how long with being fixed, and the backing board was ruined. The cover job was the same quality you would get anywhere. Besides the abvious of cuting the hole for the sunroof, the backing board was molded about 1" to long in all directions. I had to test fit repeatedly, and cut the board to fit. After I had it trimmed approptiatly, it fit pretty well and looked much better than my old torn up board.

CarFreakGT · Jan 11, 2006

I'm curious about the repro units as well. My headliner is sagging and I am considering switching over to black (from gray) if the quality of these is good. Looks like a pretty straightforward project that takes a little muscle.

nmk_61802 · Jan 11, 2006

I wouldn't recommend buying this to anyone that has a usable backing board though. You can get a board recovered at any upholstery shop (a common practice) for about a third of what this will cost.

scott1119 · Jan 11, 2006

i just had mine redone at a appolstery shop, cost me 50 bucks, looks like showroom.

wht93gtEd · Jan 11, 2006

you can do it yourself for cost of materials in whatever material you want...hell, you could do it in flannel if you wanted to. It's not hard.

OonDeanisS · Feb 9, 2007

where can i buy spray glue?

GearHd6 · Feb 9, 2007

OonDeanisS said:
where can i buy spray glue?

You can get the glue at most autoparts stores. The stuff I used is made by 3M called General Trim Adhesive. The stuff worked great and the headliner came out awesome.

getusummm · Feb 9, 2007

You can go to almost any fabric store and buy headliner material for cheap cheap. Headliners are very easy to do.

GearHd6 · Feb 9, 2007

Yes they're pretty easy. Just make sure you scrape or sand off all the old foam backing thats stuck on the stock cardboard backer. I bought my color matched material right from 5.0 Resto and it matches nicely and was fairly cheap and its real good quality material also.

Glaze · Feb 9, 2007

Guys be careful of the adhesive you use. Make sure the stuff you get is for high temp (think of all those hot days your car sits in the sun with windows up).

3M sells a line of spray adhesive which they advertise as:

3M Headliner Spray Adhesive is specially formulated for fast tack and high heat resistance. Fast tack holds the headliner in place for easy assembly. The bond holds under the heat of the summer sun on the roof.

OonDeanisS · Feb 23, 2007

where would i get some of that?

Red88 RICK · Aug 14, 2007

You can get the spray adheasive at any craft store..

didnt want to have to make a new thread so im kindof stealing this one..
my headliner is vinyl the car is an 88. with a sunroof
All the headliner kits that are for 83-93 say cloth the ones that say they are for 74-82 say vinyl i dont know weather or not i should get the vinyl or the cloth i kindof like the vinyl but the one "right" for my year is cloth.?
even the sunvisors it says cloth for a solid roof and vinyl for a vert i also have the vinyl i dont get it mayb someone redid it before?

OonDeanisS · Apr 16, 2008

just wanted to say i used black spray dye on my blue headliner and it looks brand new, came out amazing.

fiveohlxhatch · Apr 16, 2008

Has anyone used a fabric style headline for a factory sunroof car?

svtpower · Apr 16, 2008

yep

fiveohlxhatch said:
Has anyone used a fabric style headline for a factory sunroof car?

Mine should be here next week. I ordered it from 50restoration.com.

I would have just recovered mine, but the board was turning to dust on mine.

I will post up when I get it and let everyone know how it turns out.

Mustang5L5 · Apr 16, 2008

Red88 RICK said:
All the headliner kits that are for 83-93 say cloth the ones that say they are for 74-82 say vinyl i dont know weather or not i should get the vinyl or the cloth i kindof like the vinyl but the one "right" for my year is cloth.?
even the sunvisors it says cloth for a solid roof and vinyl for a vert i also have the vinyl i dont get it mayb someone redid it before?

Nope that is correct.

Sunroof and t-top cars get vinyl roofs and visors. Solid roof cars get cloth visors and roof.

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