Headliner = Done. Finally

[SlimMJS]

Since I've owned my car, it hasn't had a good headliner, I mean, it really only had the front HALF of a headliner. I'm happy to finally have a complete ceiling and a fancy new covering. Yay! :happydance:


http://tangelo.quickshareit.com/share/20071123_mg_5015f970d.jpg

http://grapefruit.quickshareit.com/share/20071123_mg_5014543d9.jpg

http://tangelo.quickshareit.com/share/20071123_mg_5013fb3e0.jpg

http://lime.quickshareit.com/share/20071123_mg_5024803a4.jpg

black/white/grey houndstooth :D

[John2.0T]

Nice Matt! Looks great!

[audivwdave]

Dee cent

[ShowCar]

Nice!

[dubswede]

that's cool. I kinda wish i would've done a pattern on mine sometimes.

[only euro]

hawt
Nice W0rk

[SlimMJS]

it was a lot more work than I had expected. the pattern was especially difficult to work with since now you can see anywhere it is stretched or twisted, but I LOVE IT x1000000!

[palmer]

Oh wow, that looks great.


You should do my car.

:)

[KOOTER]

Balls-n-wieners.

[tobin999]

look awesome. i have been thinking about hounds tooth as well

[toasted]

Very cool. I have toyed with doing something like this in my car, but the headliner is HUGE.

[A.LACK]

Nice! Where did you get the fabric?

[Digital K]

very very nice man :)

[vweezly]

I think that's a perfect choice of fabric. It looks very smooth. Well done Matt!

[mazdamn02]

That's super awesome. I'm jealous.

[flippinvw]

Excellent job my friend!

[Die Frau]

Great work Matt, looks great!

[SlimMJS]

Thanks again guys. Brent helped with all the prep and Kris helped me stick-it.

[slobuny]

Thanks again guys. Brent helped with all the prep and Kris helped me stick-it.

:O_o::puke:

[Digital K]

the stickiness you sprayed on me made my arm hair and skin feel weird.

[palmer]

the stickiness you sprayed on me made my arm hair and skin feel weird.




Yep.



Great job. This thread forced me to go wander the local fabric shop...

[Die Frau]

May I recommend S.R. Harris up in Maple Grove... They are a upholstery fabric liquidator. Lots of good, heavy weight fabric for a lot less money. They also have a huge selection of leathers too...

[SlimMJS]

SR Harris is where I got mine. The sign reads FABRIC OUTLET though.

[poorscheg60]

what did you use for glue? ive heard that the spray stuff doesnt last.

[Topher]

They also have a huge selection of leathers too...

ORLY?


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:puke:

[SlimMJS]

I used this stuff called STICK-IT from a company called AVW. I tested it for strength on one area and the sample piece held REALLY well once cured for a day. We'll see about the duration over time :)


what did you use for glue? ive heard that the spray stuff doesnt last.

[JK9K]

For what it's worth, I have used 3M "High Strength 90" on the headliners that I have done in the past. That stuff sets up very nicely.

[tainted]

May I recommend S.R. Harris up in Maple Grove... They are a upholstery fabric liquidator. Lots of good, heavy weight fabric for a lot less money. They also have a huge selection of leathers too...


Address?

[SlimMJS]

I had a can of Super-90 as well, but it sprays out like silly string and has a yellow'ish color to it. You could see the lines and yellow behind the white areas. Super-90 is the strongest adhesive I know of, it just didn't work for me with all the white areas in the pattern. I did use it on the backside of the headliner where the fabric wrapped over to keep it all secure. Stick-It for the rest.

[SlimMJS]

Address?

Lazy pants. :P

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=fabric+outlet&sll=44.928228,-93.273995&sspn=0.008766,0.018046&ie=UTF8&lr=lang_en&start=10&ll=45.115934,-93.36628&spn=0.034948,0.072184&z=14&iwloc=G&om=1

[builditbigger]

And all the girls say I'm pretty fly for a white guy! Looks good slimmer!

[poorscheg60]

I used this stuff called STICK-IT from a company called AVW. I tested it for strength on one area and the sample piece held REALLY well once cured for a day. We'll see about the duration over time :)

How well has it held so far?

[audivwdave]

Yeah to 1 year old posts almost to the day haha

[dontknownuttin]

Looks fantastic! I just did my headliner as well but used the Super 90. The spray pattern can be a little weird once the can starts to get empty. There are some tricks to getting it to work, but it isn't the easiest.

[jlien08]

I haven't been able to get to my headliner yet, but i covered the pillars and rear deck with suede and used loctite spray glue, and was very disappointed with the glue. the rear deck was pulling up within a couple days.

[KeithStone]

Mathew, when you did it, did you remove all of the material from the headliner or go over the old fabric?

I always used to remove everything, but i have heard that going over the old fabric can result in a smoother product and you dont risk the flexable headliner if you remove too much?

[dubswede]

i removed all the non-original material and as much of the gunk from mine when i did mine.

if i had left the old stuff, it would have been softer, puffier. instead of a thin layer of pseudo-suede, showing the ribs in the headliner.

i used 3m super 90 iirc.

[KeithStone]

yeah, i suppose it is a different story with the mk2 headliner than it would be with mine in my mk3...

[SlimMJS]

How well has it held so far?

It's still holding GREAT! Edges, middle and corners!


I haven't been able to get to my headliner yet, but i covered the pillars and rear deck with suede and used loctite spray glue, and was very disappointed with the glue. the rear deck was pulling up within a couple days.

Loctite works great on metal/metal, but I've never known it to be good for anything else.


Mathew, when you did it, did you remove all of the material from the headliner or go over the old fabric?

I always used to remove everything, but i have heard that going over the old fabric can result in a smoother product and you dont risk the flexable headliner if you remove too much?

This headliner had been recently recovered with a thin black foam fabric and I left it on after testing it's adhesion (which was GREAT). I put my houndstooth right over it. All the contours and ribs were fine and visible.


i removed all the non-original material and as much of the gunk from mine when i did mine.

if i had left the old stuff, it would have been softer, puffier. instead of a thin layer of pseudo-suede, showing the ribs in the headliner.

i used 3m super 90 iirc.

Mine has a little "puffy" to it, but it looks good to me.


yeah, i suppose it is a different story with the mk2 headliner than it would be with mine in my mk3...

I've never taken a mk3 headliner out, but I can't imagine it to be much different.

[Champ]

Man I totally didn't do mine in the '91 this summer like I had planned to. :(

I did however get twist pins and pin it up all over the place to help alleviate the sagging.

[SlimMJS]

Man I totally didn't do mine in the '91 this summer like I had planned to. :(

I did however get twist pins and pin it up all over the place to help alleviate the sagging.


Oh man, NOTHING saggy is good ;)

You could get this done on the next Studio-land GTG?!?!

[Champ]

Oh man, NOTHING saggy is good ;)

You could get this done on the next Studio-land GTG?!?!
LOL, that was my goal for the FIRST studio land!

My biggest problem has been getting motivation to go find cool fabric. I think I might just go with plain tan or w/e and get it at joann

[poorscheg60]

It's still holding GREAT! Edges, middle and corners!

Sweet! I need to find some army green canvas type material now.

[paulzeee]

how much fabric did you get for your headliner? is the jetta headliner pretty close in size to the GTI headliner?

[A4Rob]

how much fabric did you get for your headliner? is the jetta headliner pretty close in size to the GTI headliner?
GTI headliners are a lot bigger.

[dubswede]

i bought 4 yards for my golf and had plenty left over. don't get less than 3. or...hey, measure the length of your roof and buy a little more than that.

i have wanted to do my jetta's for a long time, but can't see removal and re-install being very fun without a hatch.

[paulzeee]

i could do that. Jetta is stored now :) i do plan on doing the headliner sometime this winter since its held up with thumb tacs

[KeithStone]

I've never taken a mk3 headliner out, but I can't imagine it to be much different.

All I meant by that was about the ribs in the actual headliner for a mk2. The mk3 one is smooth, so going over the original stuff with the thin fabric might be fine, maybe.

Ehh, somthing i will tackle once the engine/bay start to get wrapped up. No reason to spend money on fabric on a non running car! :biggrin:

[audivwdave]

Happy 1 year anniversary of this thread !!

[MrScary]

Hooray I am getting material to do my headliner soon!!!!

[space]

If you are going to do your mk3's headliner make sure to pull all the old fabric off and use a wire brush to scrub off all the foam underneath. replace the foam and fabric. just going over the fabric will not hold up and look like ass.



All I meant by that was about the ribs in the actual headliner for a mk2. The mk3 one is smooth, so going over the original stuff with the thin fabric might be fine, maybe.

Ehh, somthing i will tackle once the engine/bay start to get wrapped up. No reason to spend money on fabric on a non running car! :biggrin: