Recovered Headliner With Flames (PIC)

[hwtc2002]

Well, used the kitchen today as a garage because it was raining out. (my normal garage is the apartment parking lot LOL) Anyways, I think this turned out good for my first time doing a headliner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/hwtc2002/MVC-885F.jpg

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[dabflyboy]

looks good, what did you cover it with?

[hwtc2002]

what did you cover it with?

It was pretty much headliner material in black. got it at a local fabric store.

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[slmdLS1]

pimp. ive always wanted one like that for mine.

[Seth03]

That looks really good! Did you put the new fabric over the factory fabric or did you pull the factory off? Also wondering what type of glue you used?

[dabflyboy]

looks good. now how'd ya do it?

[addiction2bass]

that does look good! PROPS UP.....

and with the factory fabric ya you wanna rip that crap off.LOL
for the glue use a realy good 3m spray glue. i redid the headliner in my dads 86 blazer and it turned out realy good.
but with the factory headliner it came witha foam stuff on the back........ im wondering does yours have any foam other than the flames? or is it just solid?

i realy wanna do mine with a flame and tweed. but dont know if tweed would form right over the lumped foams flame

[97Silverado]

Nice job!! :D

[Hunter660]

How did you get the headliner out? How do the hooks in the rear come off?

[IH8FORD]

looks great i plan on doing this during winter.

[ChevyGrl]

Nice!:cool:

[Joe]

Headliner looks good :cool:

Now go wash the dishes :D

[Ballz2Wallz]

man that 3m stuff sucks, you need the stuff the fabric shops use. . . and how would you get that stuff?

[chevyman992002]

looks great man.

[hwtc2002]

that does look good! PROPS UP.....

and with the factory fabric ya you wanna rip that crap off.LOL
for the glue use a realy good 3m spray glue. i redid the headliner in my dads 86 blazer and it turned out realy good.
but with the factory headliner it came witha foam stuff on the back........ im wondering does yours have any foam other than the flames? or is it just solid?

i realy wanna do mine with a flame and tweed. but dont know if tweed would form right over the lumped foams flame

well the first part of your reply answered the first guys question

actually i didnt use a thin foam material under the headliner fabric, but it still turned out as smooth as factory.

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[hwtc2002]

How did you get the headliner out? How do the hooks in the rear come off?

Hi! Which hooks?

[Grunmn]

Well, used the kitchen today as a garage because it was raining out. (my normal garage is the apartment parking lot LOL) Anyways, I think this turned out good for my first time doing a headliner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/hwtc2002/MVC-885F.jpg

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hey this is really cool.. you should make a generic how to post or reply in this post on what you used step by step. I think a lot of people with want to do that modification. :head:

[Kryptonite]

no kiddin ....give us a step by step....pleaaaasssseeeeeeeeee....

It looks really good and I want to do something like that (different pattern) but same technique...

[hwtc2002]

Well here's what I did:

First remove the headliner, remove the old material by carefully peeling it off (if you rush this it could tear the headliner backing which is very cheap and fragile. then choose your material (tweed or headliner fabric is probably most used. In an 88 - 98 ext. cab 60" x 60" will give you a few extra inches to fold the edges over.

Next, get ahold of some foam, the stuff I used was a memory type foam popular with special matress pads, this is all I could find locally, it was about 1/3rd of an inch thick, you don't want to go to thick or it will want to wrinkle if you have alot of curves in your pattern while applying the material.

Next I drew some flames on the foam, when I was happy with a set I cut it out with a utility blade at an angle. Giving it a good angle will let the material sit better.

Then I picked up some 3M adhesive spray (Super 77 Low Mist) I sprayed a corner of the headliner board, then lightly sprayed that corner of the fabric. Let it sit for a minute to get nice and sticky, then slowly work the fabric on (you would want to start in the middle or a corner) I slowly pushed the fabric around the flames with the handle of a sharpie marker, because it worked good on the curves.

Just do sections at a time, spray lightly on the back of the fabric, and more on the headliner board, making sure not to soak the fabric. Take your time, and keep calm. I cussed alot during this, and probably woke up the neighbours.

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[Grunmn]

hey thanks man... I think I will have to try this once I get all of my materials to change my interior to black.

[Tahoekid]

This is great. I hope to do something like this on a 1980 Malibu that will be a pro streeter.

Chris.

[Hunter660]

The hooks in the rear of the cab.

[nebraskaz71]

I was gonna do the same i just can't figure out hwo to get the headliner out haha

[lucky 94]

:cool: Damn that looks sweet :rocking: thats what i plan on doing to my 1500 keep up the good work