Headliners
 

Anyone wrapped there headliner yet?? Im thinking about doing mine. Going to the fabric store after work today and look at materials.

Post up pics and pointers lol ima need all the help i can get.

hahah, its supper easy... if something looks like it should just pull out of the headliner (OS heandles, visor clips, stuff like that) then it does, just yank!

I with you on all the help with this.

I'm gonna look at mine this weekend, TL.
I'll let you know what I think about it but should be bout the same as John's xB.

Got my headliner done today. Was pretty easy, material worked better than I thought.
No pics right now, till I finish painting the a,b,c pillars, dome lights, and find some black sun visors/hardware that work.
Also, went ahead and put dampening material on the roof while the headliner was down, man does that stuff make a difference!
Here's a teaser pic of the material though, black diamond stitch quilted nylon..... think inside of a nice jacket.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...kheadliner.jpg

I like that alot. Caint wait to see the finished pics.

:cool:

Cool!! can't wait to see it...

Minor setback..... used some generic headliner glue, thought I'd be safe since the material is soooo light, but it didn't hold. Redoing it this Tuesday though with 3M 90, has held headliners in the past with it. Pillars are painted and will be installed then too. No luck finding replacement sun visor hardware in black though. :emotions122:
Expect pics Wednesday!

So how does it work?

Do you just glue on the fabric to the existing headliner using 3M 90?

yeah, this time we took extra precautions though.
Took a wire brush and comb the headliner first, to rough the surface up a little more.
Spray glue on small sections at a time, starting with front, on both headliner and the material.
(Careful spraying the material, if it's light just spray a little so it doesn't soak through)
Give the glue a few minutes to get tacky.
Smooth material down from middle, working out to edges. Then glue next section.
Repeat until whole thing is covered.
I let mine bake in the sun for about an hour, after we finished, just to let the glue completely dry.

Rhino, I'm interested in doing the roof with dynamat... you used something like that under yours? Any helpful hints regarding the removal/installation of the headliner and installation of the dynamat? I'm also planning on doing the doors and the trunk area. I'd like to do the floor, but I'm nervous about tearing out the carpet.

mmmh, fuzzy headliner ftw!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...D/DSC_2393.jpg

whats under the headliner?
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...D/DSC_2700.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...D/DSC_2702.jpg
200sq ft of fat mat and over a gallon of expanding foam used in my xD. :)

and what my headliner looks like at night (watch towards the end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MppE-IiHppA

Ryans is soooooooooo sexy!!!! i saw it in person last week!!!

Damn Luci, I just watched your youtube vidoes...Crazy stuff! Car looks awesome....

hey luci,

if i want to add fatmat to my doors, how much sq ft should i order? or should i get the door kit as opposed to buying bulk roll? i don't need to go to the extreme as you did w the headliner and all....thx

Hey Luci,
Awesome Dude. I envy your tenacity in doing the FatMat install. I also did mine, but not as extensive as you. Check out the part under the rear storage area between the bumper and the tire storage well. There is a big area that the dampening has made a pretty good difference for me.

sorry i dont check this forum often, i got a bike and it takes more of my time then the xD lately. lol

Greeve - i prolly used 50sqft on the 4 doors. i would get atleast 50sqft start with 2 layers on the outter door skin, then 1 layer on the inner door skin, if you have some left, do another layer on the inner door skins or some in the cargo area over the exhaust.

bobo - under the rear storage? what is gthe rear storage? i dont have the spare tire cover in my car, if that is what you are referring to. and all that area was deadened with fat mat and expanding foam in all holes....

Man, I need to do my headliner... Its the one thing I've been wanting to do since I bought the car and I haven't done it yet...

i should be in jax in a few weeks to get my bike painted if you want help...

How do you pull out the lights to remove the headliner.

the front set literally yank them out.

the middle set, take off the clear cover. once you do you will see 2 "clips" on towards the front left and one towards the rear light, slide/pop the clips over and it will fall down. (i know that doesnt make sense at all, but once you take off the cover you will see what i mean.)

Ok thanks Luci.

I know it doesn't have directly to do with the headliner, but I noticed you upholstered the A-Pillars Luci. How hard was it to fix the fabric to them? I'd like to refinish the dash and doors with something other than the waffle print plastic. Once I have some time and the tools (digital camera), I'll do up some concepts in photoshop and post them for feed back.

This is mine

Tiki how did you do that? curious is all

also is there any worries about doing the headliner on a car with side airbags?

2cafn8d, took healiner out and took old one off. Cut pattern out of firm foam and glued it to headliner. Covered with leather, could only glue 3inch square at a time.

No problem with side airbags. Not sure if they will come through leather if hit. Should though.

You my friend.. have much more patience than I. LOL

Did it to my old xB...Patience is the key my friend and buying the right glue...I have not tackled it yet on the xD...Looks great Chris!

Thanks Tim

looks good it will be one of the 1st things we do when we get the wifes xd...

Luci what kind of steering is that? Looks like it has a GM bowtie on the wheel.