Hi all,

I've lurked the for sale section here pretty hard until I bought my first third gen yesterday. I bought a 1991 Trans Am GTA and the only interior pieces I have for it are some of the rear plastic trim parts, carpet, and seats. I need to find door panels, a pillar covers, and a headliner. I have no idea how to put a headliner in these cars, the rest I feel are just plastic push on pieces perhaps with a screw here and there. Has anyone on here done a headliner in their third gen before? This is a hard top model, no t-tops. If I look up in the driver's seat I see metal and wires.

 

If the fiber backing on your headliner is still good, you can rebuild it for a fraction of the cost of new. If not, you can sometimes find a good backer with bad material and recover it.

You can buy the headliner material (same as OEM) at many fabric stores (JoAnn Fabric is where I bought mine). It comes with the foam already attached.

Next, I pulled my old material off and used fiberglass resin to stiffen it up (basically used the fiberboard as the "glass cloth" and coated it with the resin). Then, I sanded any rough bumps off.
Then, use 3-M spray adhesive to spray the backer board and the foam side of the material. Using an extra helper, carefully droop the material onto the backer board and GENTLY smooth it down. Give it a day or two to dry and then trim the material to the edge. Do NOT press it down with your fingertips or it might leave dimples in the foam. Use your flat hand and gently smooth it down.