BignBlue-headliner

[Langdon]

I just replaced mine. The boards were not serviceable, so I made new ones from 1/8 inch panelling. Lightly scoring the bend line allows for proper shape, but don't go too deep cause you'll snap it when installing. The edjes looked ragged, but you cant tell once the material is on. I found material at a local fabric shop, 3 yards was enough. I used 3m Super90 adhesive. Apply the fabric with the bends in the board, or it will crease when you bend it (mine did). It looks OK, not perfect but definitely an improvement. Time will tell how it holds up. Also, I found that 7/16 E-clips work on the rear window regulator arms ($.92 for 2).

[bignblue]

Thanks, Langdon! I'll give it a shot this weekend.

What are e-clips? (showing my ignorance...)

[irbob]

I did a headliner in my granddad's Catty. What a pita to get in and out but the actual work is fairly strait forward. He bought a headliner backer foam and white felt for replacement material. I tried to talk him out of the felt but couldn't. I will definitely recommend the headliner backer which is a stiff foam material.

Here are my recommenced installation instructions that have been modified into the way I should have performed this task myself, i.e. all errors removed.

Draw a two-foot wide path down the center of the glue surface. Place the material in position without gluing then fold it back half way. Start spraying from the center to the back only in the 2' middle area making sure not to stretch the material at all. Just let it go down naturally and smooth out the wrinkles. Now half of it is done so fold the other section back over the one that was just glued and do the same thing. Now do the sides always working from the center, out. After the pretty side is finished flip it over onto a clean surface and glue the overlap on the backside. Most of the liners don't have the overlap but it will make it look a lot tighter around the edges when installed.

When spraying the glue make sure you have a good area to work with that can handle a lot of over spray so you won't hesitate to get close the edges.

It's very important to have the liner in the right shape before starting to glue.

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[Langdon]

That comment had nothing to do with the headliner. E-clips are retaining clips that look a bit like a lowercase 'e'.

[JERRY88GW]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by irbob:
I did a headliner in my granddad's Catty. What a pita to get in and out but the actual work is fairly strait forward. He bought a headliner backer foam and white felt for replacement material. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Where do you het the headliner backer foam?

[Treadted2]

you can go to pepboys and get a headliner kit. It comes with the material, and you can some adhesive there. It's really easy. I did mine myself a few years ago. The hardest thing was getting the old crap off of the cardboard panels. I spent less than $40.

Ted

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[irbob]

If you don't find what u want at PB as Treadted2 indicated then u can get the Backer Foam from any good upholstery shop. We have a friend here that does upholstery work as a hobby and he got it for us.

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[Langdon]

The material I got was already foam-backed.