Sagging headliner
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I'd try to do it myself--if I was you. As long as you take it down w/o breaking it--that's the biggest headache. Once it's down all you do is scrape off the old foam material and glue on the new stuff--use the 3m stuff--Imo it's the best. Besides saving some cash--you'll have the pleasure of saying you did it yourself!
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Headliner=headaches!
I had to do mine twice to get it to stay. If your base is in good shape, it's not really hard, just time consuming. I would start with NEW material to glue to it, go to a yardage store and find something close in color that's stretchy. I think there was enough crud in my old material that it wouldn't stick.
Totally clean all the brown foam off of the base before you start with the glue. The 3M weatherstrip Spray adhesive is the best, but the Permatex Heavy duty spray carpet adhesive will work good also. Follow the directions on the can. I put it on the floor and put a few garbage bags with water in them overnight to get the stuff really stuck on and cured. No problems now, it looks like a new one. $12 for material, $8 for the glue, and about 5 hours of goofing around and re-doing it.
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Totally clean all the brown foam off of the base before you start with the glue. The 3M weatherstrip Spray adhesive is the best, but the Permatex Heavy duty spray carpet adhesive will work good also. Follow the directions on the can. I put it on the floor and put a few garbage bags with water in them overnight to get the stuff really stuck on and cured. No problems now, it looks like a new one. $12 for material, $8 for the glue, and about 5 hours of goofing around and re-doing it.
Good luck
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My neighbor does auto trim for a living & he did mine. He said if you don't get all the old foam backing removed (time consuming) you are wasting your time. 3M is the only glue he uses.
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Removing all the old foam is critical.. I used to do this for a living. We used a drill attachment, semi rigid nylon bristles. Just be be sure to get it all off. Also try to use the good stuff if you can, i.e. real 'headliner material', not just regular fabric. You can pick some up at an upholstery shop, just a touch more than the cost of plain fabric. Without the foam backing you get on headliner material, you run the risk of the adhesive soaking through the material, then what you have looks like crap. And like the guys said, the 3m adhesive works pretty good. It's not really a difficult project, just time consuming.. expect to spend around 4-5 hours on it (if it's your first time, that is). Good luck!
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i took mine out myself but had a shop do the recovering on both the headliner and sail panels. $75. Not a bad deal at all, new fabric, new foam, professional looksing and it all fit great. Plus I can blame them if it sags again but it was done really well so I doubt it will.
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