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| | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | I bought the stock cardboard headliner for my truck but I'm not completely satisfied with the look. I have some perforated vinyl laying around that I thought about using to cover it but was concerned about the additional weight causing premature sagging. Anyone tried this? Pic?
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | Have not tried it on a headliner But did glue material to the card board door panels. ...pic... Sounds like a good idea for the headliner, might want to fit and trim the cardboard liner first, and test the thickness of the material with the bow and rear trim. Good luck | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,596 | My dad put cloth upholstery material on his cardboard headliner in his '52. He used upholstery adhesive, and it's been in the truck for at least 10 years with no problems. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 | I , too, used spray headliner adhesive on the stock cardboards to glue modern styled foam backed cloth headliner fabric.
I fit the cardboards first to get the curve of the roof into the cardboard before I sprayed and attached the cloth. Compensating for the curve of the roof eliminates bunching and wrinkling that would occur if just gluing to a flat plane.
No problems, looks good, just one of those artsy craftsy kinds of projects that take time and patience when you are tucking it all back together!
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | Finished the install tonight. Will post some pic's as soon as I setup another album on Picasa.
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | |
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