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Headliner Reinstallation

twiget

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The headliner in my 'burban is no longer sticking to the under side of the roof like it is supposed to. It is in really good condition, so no need to replace it. Any recommendations on what to use to get it stuck back where it is supposed to be?
 
The foam backing deteriorates and lets loose from the panel. I haven't had very good luck reattaching it. I just went to a fabric store and bought headliner fabric. I removed the old foam residue from the panel and used spray adhesive to glue the new fabric. Looks like new.
 
twiget said:
The headliner in my 'burban is no longer sticking to the under side of the roof like it is supposed to. It is in really good condition, so no need to replace it. Any recommendations on what to use to get it stuck back where it is supposed to be?
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Yeah even though it looks good, the foam turns to powder, and you can spray on some adhesive and it'll work for a few weeks or less then same thing will happen, your headliner is done.
 
Your headliner should be a piece of particle board material (pre-pressed), then glue, foam, glue, covering. Easiest way is to hold it up with pins. Better way is to remove the headliner, get rid of the old stuff and start over, working from the middle. Take it back to the particle board, use a spray glue (industrial sprayers are supposed to last longer than the aero cans from the parts stores). Still, the finish is the prep.
 
Yah, you have to recover it. I bought teh material and glue (about $100 for the good stuff), scraped all teh original foam off of it, glued it up per directions on teh 3m adhesive.....and it only stuck enough to ruin the material.

Went down to a small upholstery shop, and paid the guy $100 to recover it with his material. Should have paid to have it done in the first place. The burb is a LOT more surface area than the small truck cabs, or even blazers. ****, it took me more than 1 can ($15 a can 3M super whatever adhesive), with LIGHT coverage to cover the smaller of the 2 burb boards.

If you want it to look professional, remove the board yourself, scrape the foam (at least an hours job with a putty knife), and get someone to recover it.

Plus, the easily avilable stuff at fabric stores isn't wide enough for a burb, so you have to special order it.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245292&highlight=burb+headliner

That is a link to my thread about just this. Good luck!

I am very happy with the way mine came out after getting it covered. So much less trashy to have a nice headliner :)
 
I've been watching this thread for a few days. The links posted here answered my questions. The headliner is my next project.
 
Document yours too. This way if you wend up useing different methods or materials someone else will knwo there is more out there.
 
Thanks for the links and advice. I think I'm just going to take down the fabric for right now and live with the foam. Replacing the headliner looks like more work than I want to put into it right now.
 
Might try a junk yard. I got a replacement(20 bucks) that was in good shape for mine last year. Same color and all.
 
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