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89 burb headliner insulating question

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I have run a search on this before I asked - my eyes are going crossed looking and I haven't ponied up the money yet to be able to reply to threads or see pics so I have to ask here until I upgrade my acct.

I live in Ga so having the bare metal top ain't that bad this winter. However we are taking the burb up to Chicago for christmas and I'll have my wife n kids in it for 10hr drive and then dd up there. It is 5degrees up there today yikes so I want to insulate a lil better.

1)I have my headliner shell out.
2)I have to scrape it down this week.
3)going to lowes to get the 3M 90 hi-strength spray adhesive.
4)tonight going to fabric store to find some swank something or other to use as a headliner.
5) type of insulation???? foam board from home depot? sometype of dyna mat (pricey$$)? I have heard bubble wrap? and closed cell foam sleeping pads.

I have a couple questions in regards to how it should be installed.

1) cut whatever it will be to fit inbetween the cross beams right?
2) do I glue it to the other side of the headliner board (opposite side of the fabric) or do I glue it first to the fabric side and then glue the fabric over it? OR do I stick it to the metal - which I am not entirely sure its a good idea b/c of condensation and a pain in the butt if I ever need to remove it.

Lil help please b/c I need to get it done within the next week and 1/2
 
I'd say the closed cell pads would be the best insulator. Isn't Dynomat mostly for sound dampining? Fill in what space you can above the headliner shell.
 
yea I think dynomat is for sound deadening but it is a closed cell foam.

I was looking more at the factory cardboard and it had some sort of foam glued to back and then the foam that was under the actual headliner fabric on the other side. Both are dry rotted. What types of thicknesses of foams will fit. Will the insulation portion just be to fill in the voids between the cardboard and the roof?
 
Hey

I've been looking at this stuff for my 'burb..I made the mistake of ripping my headliner out a couple of years ago.

Now my head gets fried in the summer time....
 
I know for the headliner it has to be thin. What I did in the back of my blazer. I put dynamat down on the floors and the bedsides. Inside the rear bed panels I glued the jute padding insulating material that would be on the back side of the carpet. It was cheap, i think like 3.95 from classic truck parts, and one roll did one bedside. I feel that did a really good job and it filled in behind the panel nicely. I also put that beneath the carpet in the back where there wasn't any insulation.

I have some pics in my profile showing the bedsides before I put it back together.
 
Thanks guys some good places to look now. Now does anyone know for a fact that there may be condensation problems with the roof in the burb?
 
Heres a question. How many cans of that 3M Hi-strength 90 spray can do you think it will take to get the fabric fixed to the card board headliner?
 
Yea I was pretty dang sad to see that myself I wanted to look back on that. I was following that last year sometime.
 
ryoken beat me to it.:D minimull set the bar in my opinion for headliners and insulation.
 
My brother used that silver bubble wrap stuff sold in rolls at places like Lowe's on his '41 Studebaker's roof as insulation and it worked very well to keep the heat in and cooler in summer,he left it as is for about a year till he got the cash to have a new headliner and interior done,and he left it glued to the ceiling ,the guy who did the headliner said he often uses the same stuff,he hadn't had any trouble with condensation or anything..

The guy who owned my van used foam backed carpeting glued to the 3/8 plywood walls and ceiling,it keeps it warmer in winter,but gets pretty toasty in it in the summer--it woukd be better with some foam board glued directly to the roof under the plywood I think..I painted the roof with silver roof coating and that helped keep it cooler ..
 
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