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    Headliner Redo

    My headliner had seen its better days
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    Step one was to remove the old headliner and foam from the headliner backing. The wife insisted this be done outside. Turns out if came off in one big piece, very little mess.

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    The next step was to lay out the new headliner material on the backing. I let it sit for a few hours to "relax", this was probably an un-needed step.

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    Step2: fold over half and apply adhesive. I made a mistake here. The can said 3 coats and I did three coats but a bit on the heavy side. So I only had enough glue for 2 lighter coats on the other side.

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    After the glue sets-up: gently roll the side into the backing using even light pressure. I had 2 helpers hold the edges up and I worked the side down. The repeat on the other side.

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    Almost done. The next step will be to flip it over, make the cutouts for the dome light, mirror, sun visors and rear grab handles. Trim and fold over the edges. But, I'm out of glue, so it will have to wait a day or 2.

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    #2
    Very cool work log. Am I good to ask questions at this point?
    Where did you source the head liner material? Is it OEM or some suitable substitute? If you could take more pics of the actual reinstall process, it would be appreciated. Was there anything taking it out that a person should be on the lookout for? That corn flake backing looks pretty fragile.

    Also, props on the candor. The heads up on the glue issue is golden.
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      #3
      i definitely want to redo my headliner. i dont have the patience tho.... alas ill probably need to find a shop to do it.
      Props on the work
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        #4
        The headliner material came from ebay. Just search for headliner material. Ours came from "Thread Direct" about $40. The glue was 3M Pn#38808, about $23 at NAPA (it is slightly cheaper on-line, but then your paying shipping). Removing the headliner is straight forward. Remove the sunvisors, mirror, rear grab handles, a-pillar trim, door trim, 1/4 window trim, rear sail panels. Basically anything that touched the headliner. The last part is there are several small clips that slide into cutouts in the autobelt slides. Once down, take it out trough the hatch.

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          #5
          As a heads up,such pun, for other people if you live in a tropical climate ex florida/hawaii 3m headliner spray will fail in short order there.

          Which is why I had to go the vinyl and contact cement route as I didn't have an air gun to ruin using a 2part epoxy.
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            Here's a shot of the car with the headliner out. Who dynamats the roof? MD323GTR that's who. Thanks Tony!

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              #7
              That's a nice car man
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                #8
                He was actually my roommate Jim the previous owner who deinem added the roof and that was because we lived in Florida and between his car and mind you could definitely feel the difference with the Sun beating down on it. Good to see the car getting some love
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                  #9
                  ^ they make thin denim padding?
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                  I pet my dash when I get into the car..."good car"
                  he actually has a mazda tree, parts grow on it

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                    #10
                    Lol google voice to text fail...

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                    "Discontent is the first necessity of progress."
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                    "There is a fine line between ballin' on a budget, and dreamin' on an empty wallet."


                    *Junked* 92 mx3, BP swap- milage whore, beaten up and down the east coast
                    *Junked* KLZE powered 323 on Megasquirt 1
                    172.60HP & 156.93 TQ with only headers and short ram intake. back under the knife for a BPT swap.
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                      #11
                      The side that only got 2 light coats of glue did not stick very well. It separated with just light pressure, so it got re-glued.

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                      The next step was to flip it over and rough trim the excess material.

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                      I started with the dome light: glue, cut, fold, and clip. The binder clips are probably not needed, but they made me feel better; I really want it to stay stuck.

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                      Then I went to the front edge, glue, made slits for the mirror and sun visors, folder the material over and trimmed as needed and more clips.

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                      Next was the back edge, right side and then the left. Glue, trim, fold, clip.

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                        #12
                        Back edge. glued and clipped:

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                        I used 3 boxes of binder clips and could have used more. As I was finishing up the left edge and took clips from the front edge. The clips left marks. I think they'll come out once the foam "relaxes". If Not most of the edges are covered by trim.

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                        The glue sets up in an hour and it likely good to go. I'm going to give it a day, just for good measure, before installing it.

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                          #13
                          The headliner is done and installed. I still have to put the dome light back in, but I don't have screws. So there is a trip to the hardware store in my near future. I did the install by myself, it might be a bit easier with a helper. Step one is to attach the headliner at the back, there are 3 small metal "fingers" that hold it in place. I didn't crank them drown, just bent them slightly to hold the back in place (after the headliner was up, then I cranked them down). Next I went to the front, there are little wings on the headliner that go behind the seat belt tracks, once those are up and over, it will sort of stay in place. Then I put in the mirror and rear grab handles. Once those are in, the headliner should stay in place. Then it is just the trim pieces and sun visors, and dome light. The trim sort only goes to together one way and if I had the correct screws I would have put the dome light in earlier to help hold the headliner in place. Over all, it looks good, there are few small areas, that are less than perfect. But it is an old 323, not a Bentley. The "bad" areas are where the headliner backing was damaged. I would have thought the foam backing would help hide those areas, but it didn't. I doubt anyone would even notice, this side of a concours judge. Click image for larger version

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                            #14
                            hell. it looks better then mine does lol job well done
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                            I pet my dash when I get into the car..."good car"
                            he actually has a mazda tree, parts grow on it

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Kitty View Post
                              As a heads up,such pun, for other people if you live in a tropical climate ex florida/hawaii 3m headliner spray will fail in short order there.

                              Which is why I had to go the vinyl and contact cement route as I didn't have an air gun to ruin using a 2part epoxy.
                              There are 3 different grades of that 3M spray glue, the only one that will work here in AZ is the HD/high temp stuff.
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