How to recover a headliner

[Old77]

Thanks Old77!
EC & CC's all have the provision for the O/H console to be mounted in the roof under the H/L. SC's do not.
There's a screw @ the front of the console, & 2 large rear facing plastic hooks on the rear of the console that hook into that provision.

Thanks!!! I'll take a look at the front of the console and search for that screw! I did locate your other write up about recovering the center console as well and that, too, will come in handy I still have plenty of material for this so I'm excited to get this done. Sounds like i need to allot some time to this for getting the headliner in and out. Thanks for all of the knowledge transfer

 

[gmfan454]

Man, thank you for taking the time to do this. I am going to try to tackle this. Trying this week. I have never done any work with fabric ever so thank you. If you happen to have any video or pics of you doing this, please email them to me at [email protected]. Going to search youtube for videos.

 

[ChrisAU]

Get the foam backed headliner material - extremely easy to work with and get down flat without wrinkles and folds compared to regular cloth.

 

[sewlow]

Man, thank you for taking the time to do this. I am going to try to tackle this. Trying this week. I have never done any work with fabric ever so thank you. If you happen to have any video or pics of you doing this, please email them to me at [email protected]. Going to search youtube for videos.

Yea...a video. That'd be so much easier to explain the process, but most of the time I'm in the shop by myself.
Problem with that is I'd have to be the writer, director, actor, propmaster, cameraman, producer, & editor!
I don't have a proper video camera, plus I'm a computer dumbass! Lucky to know how to turn the damn things on!
People already complain that I'm slow as it is! If I was to delve into video productions, my projects would take even longer! Just learning the programs to edit would be an exercise in frustration! My postings for upholstery projects would end up being 6 months apart!

 

[cool_as_crap]

Nice write-up! I just got my headliner out and this will help a lot when its time to recover.
What type of adhesive do you recommend for recovering the headliner material around the center console?

 

[sewlow]

Same as the headliner. 3M '90', or '76'.

http://www.gmt400.com/forum/showthr...le-recover&highlight=recover+overhead+console

 

[dylan94sierra]

Nice write up! I don't have a headliner right now its just bare metal and need to get one it. Anywhere know where I can get the foam and how to put it up to the metal roof? Can I use a similar spray?

 

[cool_as_crap]

After much searching I found 60" wide headliner fabric for about $10/yard plus $6 for shipping:
http://www.fieldsfabricsonline.com/...Yard-60-Wide-Please-choose-color_p_45840.html

I ordered two yards, hopefully it's enough for the h/l and console

 

[Fredridge]

this is awesome, great write up

If you plan another one like this, I would love to see something on sun visors.

I need to recover mine

 

[Chevy1500]

Great Writeup! Makes the daunting task a little easier to handle.
Has anybody done a headliner on an ecsb (or any) with a sunroof? Ive been wanting to replace mine, but Im not sure how much more work the sunroof makes it.