Frankenstein headliner

[tater dog]

Original headliner at the rear of my burb had been rented out to a family of mice that completely ruined it over the years . Material was also history so all went in the trash . I snagged another rear section from a donor burb but it was an AC model and mine is the peasant model with no AC . So had to carefully measure , cut and glue the two together. Couldn’t hide the join so I made it look like deliberate join that would already be there .
Material for everything was from hobby lobby on sale under $40 . Went with grey as finding blue that matched the trim would be hard .
Installing both pieces once covered was a real fight doing it on my own and rigged up straps to hold them in place while installing trim pieces that hold it up . Very time consuming to get a good result but was worth it . Made some hand prints in the foam material but they are slowly coming out .

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[Rustisbest]

It looks great. You did a good job on it

 

[Catbox]

Looks like a good job from over here.

 

[Scott91370]

Good work!

Headliners are not as hard as a lot of poeple think (I've done 4 or 5). Of course, something that big is harder than a regular cab truck!
Take your time, lay your material out to make sure it covers the entire piece. Spray the glue and slowly make your way left/right and front/back. It is easier with an extra set of hands.
Follow the instructions on the glue!

 

[tater dog]

Good work!

Headliners are not as hard as a lot of poeple think (I've done 4 or 5). Of course, something that big is harder than a regular cab truck!
Take your time, lay your material out to make sure it covers the entire piece. Spray the glue and slowly make your way left/right and front/back. It is easier with an extra set of hands.
Follow the instructions on the glue!

agree its pretty straight forward . better if to have a decent headliner board to start with which i certainly did not . plus the two pieces are much longer and working on your own was a little tricky . this was my first but would do another one no problem

 

[88suburbanoverlan]

Good work!

Headliners are not as hard as a lot of poeple think (I've done 4 or 5). Of course, something that big is harder than a regular cab truck!
Take your time, lay your material out to make sure it covers the entire piece. Spray the glue and slowly make your way left/right and front/back. It is easier with an extra set of hands.
Follow the instructions on the glue!

I’m trying to do one in my 86 suburban and I haven’t had much luck with headliners in the past. I was thinking about getting some really thin wood from Home Depot and creating the panels that way.

Do you have any suggestions for ways to do a headliner in this and what glue to use? I have never had good experience with glue on wood panels and most of my headliners have fallen down using either the 3M spray or the gorilla glue adhesive spray.

Maybe it’s because of how much heat hits that headliner. I’m not sure, but I just haven’t had much luck.

 

[Scott91370]

Do you have any suggestions for ways to do a headliner in this and what glue to use? I have never had good experience with glue on wood panels and most of my headliners have fallen down using either the 3M spray or the gorilla glue adhesive spray.

I'e used both 3m and Gorilla with no issues. Biggest thing with them is to make sure everyting is clean and dry. Spray both pieces and wait as directed (usually abut 5 mins) so both sides are tacky - this makes them stick together like crazy.

As far as building the backing, I've not had to do that part. The several I have built all had good bones but the material was falling.