Damn Headlining

[The_Hawk]

Looks like I now have another little job to do now. I went out tonight and parked in the undercover (underground) carpark at the Catho (Campbelltown Catholic Club for the uninitiated). It's been pretty warm, but I wouldn't have thought it was THAT hot. Anyway, I got there at about 7:15pm and left at about 9:15pm.

As I got in the car my hair brushed the roof... which I thought was odd, the I looked up...

The head lining is starting to sag all down the drivers side.

Looks like I'm going to have to give bboyskidz's nice looking DIY a bash.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=8687

Has anyone else done this? Results? And more importantly, does it last?

[peedman]

i did it and failed miserably coz my headliner was falling apart in the first place, i used crappy glue and i cbf by the end of it. im so over headliners now im just getting a replacement one its just too much fuss esp if ur repainting all the trim.

[The_Hawk]

I"m going for basically a stock replacement or there abouts. I'm actually thinking of cutting out a section of the old one to take with me to try to match up, it's easier that taking the whole lining and you look less crazy

I was debating about going a different colour, but I quite like the OEM look.

Ah well, I think I will head off to bed so I'm ready to give it a bash in the morning.

On a side note, I wonder what it would cost me to get someone else to do it for me... especially I was to remove and deliver the head liner... Interesting to know, after all, the job sounds fiddly (although supposedly easy). Wonder how much I will be saving myself.


As for adhesive spray, I'm looking at the 3M range:

http://www.embossingtapesupplies.com.au/prod06.html

The system 90 looks like the strongest but has a very low dry time which I think would work against you.

[rayray086]

3M stuff is recommended, but where can we get it??

[The_Hawk]

Bunnings I would have thought had it? That or maybe Spotlight or a craft shop??

We also have a Hudsons and a Mitre10 (I think) nearby, Will have a look see tomorrow.

[peedman]

a couple of online shops do em last time i google checked.

[The_Hawk]

It begins...

Seems the booster wire for the antenna was cut and rejoined, although I use the words "rejoined" rather loosely, it was twisted together, will fix that properly.

Now it's off to Spotlight/Lincraft to get some materials (and to let the wife do some shopping, this may end up being the longest portion of the job)

[The_Hawk]

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[The_Hawk]

Add this:


and BAM!







And now we play the waiting game for about 24 hours for it to cure 100%

[The_Hawk]

Tomorrow will be interesting to see how it all goes back together, those little clip thigs are going to be interesting, but it shouldn't be too hard.

You can just make it out in the photos, but the headliner board itself had a few minor cracks, if you know where they are look close, you can see them in the finished product, but you have to be REALLY looking. Nothing that would make me want to do it again (or bother to buy a new headliner if I was).

So far:

2 x spray adhesive @ $21.99 ea = $43.98
2m x 1.5m fabric @ 3.99/m = $7.98

Total time to actually strip and fit new material to liner board (after it was removed from the car: about 65 minutes.

Note: Make sure you have two people, it makes moving a sticky fabrix THAT much easier.

[Jondarren]

Nice work. After seeing your job and bboyskidz's job, i actually looked up and took notice of the headliner in my SEAT........and DAAMMMNNNN!

I need to do this to mine really soon as it's a total mess. How thick was the fabric you used for yours?

Cheers

J......

[The_Hawk]

I just used polar fleece, when I picked it up to put over the headliner board I thought it was a little thin, but it went on and came up great. For reference the original is very thin anyway.

The only thing I could suggest if your worried about it being too thin would be to give the headliner board a quick coat of paint in a similar/same colour as the material to ensure it doesn't show through a different colour. ie if your using black put on a coat of black. I would suggest a die, something that will stain the board rather than leave a cost of something else to peel off.

I was really suprised at how eazy the whole process has been (so far). Look forward to finishing it off tomorrow.

[The_Hawk]

Done and done, about an hour this morning and it's all back in. Getting it back in is a little harder than getting it out, not too hard, by tedious.

Two words: FREAKING AWSOME

I still can't believe how easy the whole thing was and how great the finished product looks. Seriously, if I can do this, anyone can. You no longer have any excuse not to fix your headliner. Do it now.

Pics to follow.

[Golf Houso]

Previous owner of my car was a smoker, so she realy turned the healinder in pure crap. I'd like to see how this turns out. I'd do it in black though... The rest of the car is cleaned properly but as you said before mr hawk, its incrediably thin and too small to clean.

[The_Hawk]

As promised, the finished product, IMHO it looks like a better match than the OEM part!







The only downside (or something I didn't notice before) one of the clips in this side peice doesn't have the clip bits on it anymore, so it doesn't *quite* clip into place properly. It doesn't rattle so it will do until I can be arsed finding a replacement.