How-To Reupholster Your Headliner, Step by step guide to a new headliner Options

[Lil-Joe101]

Tiered of your factory headliner? This step by guid guide will show you how to change that nasty gray into whatever color you want.

Supplies:

Philips Head screw driver
Box cutter or razor blade
Spray adhesive
fabric or your choice
Three plastic Retainers

Time:
Hour and a half

Info:
This project can be done with many different materials, I went with fleece because it is very easy to work with and adds a sort of luxury look to your headliner.

Step 1:
Start by removing your headliner. Unscrew the two screws holding your passenger and driver side visors. Next remove the the visor retainers by unsrewing the single screw that holds them. Finally remove the mirror and the retainers in the rear of the headliner, remove the cover where the screws are and unscrew the two screws holding the mirror.

Step two:
Remove the headliner from the car working from one of your choice.

Step Three:
Once the Headliner is Removed place it on a flat clean surface faceing upward. Place your material on the headliner nicely flat and even all the way around(this makes the process easier).



Step Four:
Working from the rear of the headliner fold ur material back about 3 to 4 inches.
From here spary a heavy coat of adhesive on ur headliner in a side to side motion starting from the far edge and working ur way toward you material. Be sure to spary the edges.


Once your adhesive is laid, begin applying your material, keeping ur hands flat push the material on the headliner smoothing it out as you go. If you happen to get wrinkles, stop and pull on the material from the edges til it flattins out, and continue smoothing.
Next fold back your material from the oppasite end and spray your adhesive from the fold to about 3 to 4 inches out. Be sure to get the edges, once you have done this, begin laying and smoothing.




Continue this process until you get to the interior light molding on you headliner.


Once you have reached the molding spary a heavey amount on the interior light molding and visor moding. This will insure you get a good solid hold and shape around these areas. Conetinue spraying and smoothing. Be sure to get the edges.

Step Five:

Once your done spraying and smoothing your headliner should look like the image below.



Next, cut your excess material about two inches, giving you anough material to fold.



Once you have completed cutting, flip your headliner over. By this time the glue should be dry.


Spray your adhesive along the edge of you headliner and begin folding it makeing sure you pull it tight.



Once this is completed it should look like the image below.


Step SiX:
Flip you head liner back over. Useing both hands fell the understide of headliner for the three holes in the rear and poke a hold with your box cutter( this is for your three rear retainers.
Moving to the front cut and X where your Dome light should go. (U should the shape through the material)

Useing your other hand again feel for the holes in the front of the headliner, 2 for the Visore retainer, 2 for the mirror screws and poke and hole with you box cutter.
Next cut a slit where you visors should mount.

Your completed headliner should look like this:



Step Seven:
Reinstall your headliner fallowing the instuctions from step 1 and 2 in reverse order




You have now reupholstered you factory headliner now sit back and admire the work you have done
Attention:For heavier materails such as vinyl and pleather use Contact Cement and follow these same instructions

[richee3]

I have pictures I can contribute to the actual process of removing the headliner. Also, those with moonroofs should note that there will be extra steps involved, and should find a thin material to wrap around the moonroof cover so it will still slide freely.