Suggestions/ideas for 93 Suburban headliner?

[Sabinoerc]

Hi,
I have a 93 Suburban I bought new and it’s lived its life in the Tucson desert heat, mostly parked outside. Upside is nothing rusts, downside is the heat takes its toll on paint, fabric, plastics, etc.
The headliner by the windshield is falling apart. It just falls apart if touched. The headliner from about the back of the front seat to the rear is fine- seems still in good shape. See pics.
The fabric in front has come off the backing, whatever that is.
I’m not sure about replacing entire headliner even if I could find something reasonable. Seems like a pain to do by yourself.
I thought about taking to a custom shop but at this point the truck is a go to the metal store, Home Depot, the dump vehicle and the cost of the custom top is more than the value of the truck.

Ideas, suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks

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[movietvet]

Getting ready to do the headliner in my girl's K2500. Thankfully a retired friend of mine is an upholsterer and is gonna help me with it. The other choice would have been a complete piece from LMC Truck. You can get visor sets too. Your exact color match may not be available at LMC though.

 

[df2x4]

I stuck the fabric in my Suburban over the driver's seat up with some strong neodymium magnets over 10 years ago and they're still there.

My fabric isn't ripped or anything though, just drooping a little in that one spot.

 

[Sabinoerc]

Thanks for responses. I think it’d require a lot of magnets to save my headliner at this point df2x4!

perhaps best approach is to do it right, figure out how to get the whole thing removed, take to someone to redo. Seems like trying to do something like this half-a’d often ends up more work and time than just doing it right.

 

[sewlow]

You can do it.

How to recover a headliner

The problem is usually not with the headliner panel board, but with the material itself. It's a common prob. The material is a combination of a very light fabric bonded to 1/8" poly foam. It's the foam that dies due to the roof being subject to temp. extremes. Turns into a powder which then no...

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[Jwill945]

You can do it.

How to recover a headliner

The problem is usually not with the headliner panel board, but with the material itself. It's a common prob. The material is a combination of a very light fabric bonded to 1/8" poly foam. It's the foam that dies due to the roof being subject to temp. extremes. Turns into a powder which then no...

www.gmt400.com

Obviously the materials are the same, but is the process about the same for Suburban? I’m guessing the panel would come out the back barn doors.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Obviously the materials are the same, but is the process about the same for Suburban? I’m guessing the panel would come out the back barn doors.

Aren't the SUV headliners in two pieces?

 

[Sabinoerc]

Mine is a single piece of fabric for the whole thing. I thought about trying to put a seam between the rear which is all good and the windshield area but decided that would be probably be more of a pain than trying to do the whole thing

 

[movietvet]

Mine is a single piece of fabric for the whole thing. I thought about trying to put a seam between the rear which is all good and the windshield area but decided that would be probably be more of a pain than trying to do the whole thing

Plus, the fabric colors would not match. New fabric next to faded fabric.