Falling roof...

[Booztit]

Hey guys, the fabric under the roof of my car is kinda...sagging....
I m sure I m not the first one with that issue, I was wondering what you guys did to fix it ?
Take it off and glue it again?
Any pics ?
Did any of you guys replaced it with a different type of material?
thanx

 

[steve]

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-exterior-interior/193478-how-redo-your-1g-headliner.html

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...-part-i-removing-cleaning-your-headliner.html

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...nterior-part-ii-relining-headliner-board.html

 

[badabing33a]

It's called Headliner . If you didnt notice. These threads Steve posted helped me out. Should help you too.

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

I've redone my headliner twice, its a pretty easy job. You can do it in an hour or 2 by yourself, but its a lot easier with another set of hands. Just take your headliner out, remove the old fabric, spary some 3m general trim adhesive #08088 and spread out your new material. That 3M stuff works!! I redid my headliner about 5 years ago in blue suede and just redid it again a few weeks ago in black suede. The blue was still going strong, not sagging at all. Hope you find this helpful!

 

[badabing33a]

+2 on the 3M adhesive.

 

[Booztit]

yea headliner , thanx Steve for the links.
btw it looks really good 9!'clipseDOHC , I think i m gonna go with suede too that was my original idea.
Maybe throw some soundproofing material underneath too probably wont hurt !

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

btw it looks really good 9!'clipseDOHC

Thanks! Its a cheap, quick, easy job and it looks great. Just take your time getting the old headliner out, it is very fragile. I had to reinforce a few places with duct tape.

 

[motozachl]

^^ z the duck tape reinforcement. I'm fiberglassing/resin mine and recoerving it with blak perf vinyl w/o the center lights and visors

 

[badabing33a]

^^ z the duck tape reinforcement. I'm fiberglassing/resin mine and recoerving it with blak perf vinyl w/o the center lights and visors

Post some pics when your done. Id like to see how it turns out.

 

[Boost4U]

9!'clipseDOHC that black suede look so amazing. I have to do mine again when I did it the first time I left some of the stuff it so it sagged again in about a week.

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

^^ z the duck tape reinforcement.

Hey you gotta do what you gotta do. You can't tell and it looks great so I'm happy with it.

 

[motozachl]

Post some pics when your done. Id like to see how it turns out.

Will do. I'm also doing the door trim in this.

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

9!'clipseDOHC that black suede look so amazing.

Thanks dude!

Will do. I'm also doing the door trim in this.

Yeah I matched my door trim to my headliner as well. Good luck, I want to see how yours turns out too.

 

[Booztit]

That looks awesome

Any of you guys tried to put some sounddeadeners in between?

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

That looks awesome

Any of you guys tried to put some sounddeadeners in between?

Sure haven't. That wouldn't make much sense for me since I pulled out all the factory sound deadening material that goes behind the dash, in the engine bay, and under the carpet. Whatever you want to do though, its your car.

 

[Never Satisfied]

I have used many different materials to cover headliners. Suede, vinyl, leather, crushed velvet, and standard headliner material. Even have done a few with designs embossed in them.

Cars that have sunroofs have a little less sagging trouble because the area is smaller and there is added support.

The heavier materials (suede, vinyl, and leather) put more of a strain on the adhesive to hold it up, especially on the large center section of the headliner. With a bit of heat during the summer, sagging issues can occur.

The 3M spray adhesive is good stuff, but I have seen it let go on quite a few people. Try using Weldwood contact cement. You can get it at Lowe's for about $10 and that's enough to do 2 headliners. Just have to use a foam roller to put it on.

I haven't had any problems with the Weldwood cement, except that it smells very strong when you are applying it.

I attached 2 pictures to show you some different options you have other than stock material. The first one is a Supra headliner that was done using crushed velvet and has the "Supra" emblem embossed in it. The second is a Probe headliner and visors that I did using suede. Both were done using the Weldwood cement.

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Almost forgot your question about sound deadener...

The stock padding is sufficient for where it is and what it needs to do. I wouldn't worry about replacing it with dynamat or anything like that. You really wouldn't notice much difference if any.

 

[motozachl]

Thanks dude!

Yeah I matched my door trim to my headliner as well. Good luck, I want to see how yours turns out too.

Looks good brotha I was also going to do the bottomw part where the carpet/speaker was too

 

[91 TSi GP]

I will have to get some pictures of mine later, it might sound "ghetto" but it looks pretty good and people dont even notice until I say something. Mine was sagging real bad so I took it out and took the fabric completley off. Then I went at it with a wire wheel to get all the nasty old glue off it. After that all I did was spray paint it black and let it dry for a while and reinstalled it and it looks awesome. And then you never have to worry about redoing it or it sagging again.

 

[motozachl]

Post some pics when your done. Id like to see how it turns out.

See this post.....
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/attachments/appearance-interior-exterior/108015d1270040480-black-vinyl-door-panel-4477522325_0461611e70_b.jpg