I bought an extra one of these headliners from a buddy fairly cheap. A guy on ebay sells them. Was wondering if anyone has any good or bad info on these? Not going to be able to install for a week or two, so if anyone has one and can give me some pointers.....would appreciate very much!!

 

is that plastic??
I might buy one of those my headliner is shot!

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It is plastic. Seems to be very durable. The guy that sold it to me had one installed in his 87 Iroc z and looked pretty good. Some places looked like it needed some work to make it fit a little better, but overall looked good. As soon as I get this installed I'll take some before and after pics.

 

I bought one from Hawks at the T/A Nats a few years ago and I installed it while i was on the show field.. haha its still in the car..

 

Any tips?? The guy I bought from said he might take his apart and put some kind of insulation behind it to make it more solid???

 

i could really go for one of those, how much was it?

 

I have one its not installed yet since the interiors out but it fits like crap and the sun visor holes are way off also looks like there is some trimming to do. When i get around to installing it i think its going to be a pain in the ass and im going to need a lot of double sided tape in the end i sense it will look like shit... i thought ABS would be a upgrade over the rotting and falling apart head liner.

 

Well.....that comment just made my day...lol. Actually the one I saw installed didn't look all that bad. I'm going to put it in on tues. and I'm going to fab the hell out of it to get it to fit right! Here is the link pickle...http://www.ebay.com/itm/130333777928...84.m1423.l2649

 

$200 buck for something im going to have to tear up? no thanks lol. im sure itll look alright when you are done though

 

$233 even......


and yeah... if i was going to go through all that, i'd just spend the money on carbon fiber and make one my damn self...

...... which i may end up doing anyway..... and given that most all of you guys seem to need one of these, i'll let you know LOL...

 

Ok, I installed headliner today. First off....it definately doesn't look factory. There are alot of places that are bowed (can't do much for that). Is it worth $233....Hell no!!.....is it worth $75 (what I paid for it...yes). It is better than my old one. I forgot to take a pic of the old still in the car, but did take a pic of it afterwards.

 

I think that actually looks descent. Could you possibly get a few more shots of it, especially with the t-tops out looking down on it to show the gaps around the t-tops. And also more of the back area, it's hard to tell from the one shot but it looks a little weird there as if it's bent to far down or something.

That is my biggest complaint about the new headliners that are covered with fabric that you can get from Hawks and 1a auto. There is a huge gap around the t-tops. Hawks says they are made this way so that if water leaks in it will drip into the plastic area and run off to the sides, but I think it looks like complete **** with the ttops out.

Been contemplating trying to make my own starting off with cardboard or something molded to the shape I want, but if this one fit better I might would buy one.


On the note of the price though, that guy is seriously overcharging for shipping. 45 dollars for shipping? I highly doubt it costs anywhere near that to ship.

EDIT:
One last thing, is your dome light installed backwards, or did I install mine backwards? lol. I used to have a center overhead console and took it out cause it was very annoying and in the way and replaced it with a dome light. But I installed mine the other way around.

 

Yeah, I can take more pics. Like I said, lots of bowes in it. The rear of the headliner by the t-tops has big gaps (tried to fill in with 1 inch weather stripping) and looks like crap!! Everywhere else around the t-tops don't look too bad...lol. They definately could have made this thing fit a lot BETTER!!! Not sure on the dome light...I might have put it on backwards?? Can't remember how it was...lol.

 

Searched the web, and could only find this pic with my style dome light. Maybe someone will chime in and let us know the correct position?

 

Steven, here are some more pics with the t-tops out.

 

Thanks, even the gap in the back has less gap than mine.

Here is one pic of the gap in mine (took this pic showing the fabric coming off so that because it's actually getting replaced by the manufacturer due to the fabric coming off). The gap is at least that large all the way around the t-top frame.



I dunno, I might just still try to fab one myself first before spending another 200 on a plastic one that I might not like the fit of any better.

Thanks

 

Not bad, depending on the level of detail you're looking for... I wouldn't spend the full price on it for sure, id rather re-upholstered my old one... I will have 2 do m door panels, so makes sense to

 

I got the same one, fit about the same way, bowed in a lot of places and big gaps around the T-Tops. I paid just under 200 IIRC, I was really disappointed with it for the price, but the last one is toast so I'm gonna work with what I got

 

you know you could take a heat gun to it and bend all the **** where it needs to go right?

just... don't get TOO heat happy with it and take your time... i.e. dont get it too hot or it will melt, burn, or catch fire.... you'll know when its warm enough because it will be pliable... keep it on the cooler side of hot if that makes sense...

i do understand the point that you shouldnt HAVE to... but... its a way to make yourself feel better about it..

 

***update*** I took everything apart, and added some 2 inch pieces of memory foam in places that were bowed, and that worked PERFECT!! Also painted areas around the t-top and headliner black where red paint was showing. Now everything looks way better. The only thing I couldn't fix were the 1 inch gaps on the rear of the t-top frame. Other than that, I am very happy!!!

 

Bought one last year had to drill new holes for visors.Trimed for rear seat belt retracters.Over all fit good had covered in gray tweed to match interrior.Also sound deaden pads on roof first.

 

SWeeeeet!!! Got any pics??

 

there are only like 1000 threads on this but heres another one

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...headliner.html

 

Sorry no pics.