Damn Headlining

[The_Hawk]

Add this:


and BAM!







And now we play the waiting game for about 24 hours for it to cure 100%

[The_Hawk]

Tomorrow will be interesting to see how it all goes back together, those little clip thigs are going to be interesting, but it shouldn't be too hard.

You can just make it out in the photos, but the headliner board itself had a few minor cracks, if you know where they are look close, you can see them in the finished product, but you have to be REALLY looking. Nothing that would make me want to do it again (or bother to buy a new headliner if I was).

So far:

2 x spray adhesive @ $21.99 ea = $43.98
2m x 1.5m fabric @ 3.99/m = $7.98

Total time to actually strip and fit new material to liner board (after it was removed from the car: about 65 minutes.

Note: Make sure you have two people, it makes moving a sticky fabrix THAT much easier.

[DUB 20V]

lookksssssss good man top stuff.

[Golf Houso]

I'm getting my headliner and door cards done in MK4 GTi headliner sponge/fabric as well as all the beige interior trims (including handles, sun-visors etc) dyed black for $300 next week. I was really close to doing it myself but when I heard the price I couldn't resist

I'll do before and after shots as well once its done

[DubSteve]

I'm getting my headliner and door cards done in MK4 GTi headliner sponge/fabric as well as all the beige interior trims (including handles, sun-visors etc) dyed black for $300 next week. I was really close to doing it myself but when I heard the price I couldn't resist

I'll do before and after shots as well once its done

Who are you using let me know thats a really awesome price and would be keen to use them

[Golf Houso]

Who are you using let me know thats a really awesome price and would be keen to use them

Once I get it done I'll post the results and all the details here and in recommended parts and suppliers

Which reminds me... I oughta finish what I'm doing atm so I can get it there!

[Gigitt]

Spray adheasives are better IMHO as you get a cleaner thinner coating.
If you use the tin contact adheasive with a brush you get an uneaven glue thickness - and this will show up in the fabric as you do not have any foam anymore to smooth the bumps out.

As it is when you remove the old headliner, you are left with a compressed cardboard shell, and the headliner side does have a very thin hard coating. There are imperfection in the board especially creases around the grab handle reccesses. These DO show up when you use straight fabric as a headliner so contact adheasive will be just the same.

I sanded down the creases a bit with 80grit sandpaper before attempting the hardest thing ever to do - glueing it down and trying to get the material to stick in the reccesses - what a PITA!!!

Here is my headliner I just put back in the car today:




You can see the creases in the top left handle reccess


All Done

[Jondarren]

Nice work. After seeing your job and bboyskidz's job, i actually looked up and took notice of the headliner in my SEAT........and DAAMMMNNNN!

I need to do this to mine really soon as it's a total mess. How thick was the fabric you used for yours?

Cheers

J......

[The_Hawk]

I just used polar fleece, when I picked it up to put over the headliner board I thought it was a little thin, but it went on and came up great. For reference the original is very thin anyway.

The only thing I could suggest if your worried about it being too thin would be to give the headliner board a quick coat of paint in a similar/same colour as the material to ensure it doesn't show through a different colour. ie if your using black put on a coat of black. I would suggest a die, something that will stain the board rather than leave a cost of something else to peel off.

I was really suprised at how eazy the whole process has been (so far). Look forward to finishing it off tomorrow.

[The_Hawk]

Done and done, about an hour this morning and it's all back in. Getting it back in is a little harder than getting it out, not too hard, by tedious.

Two words: FREAKING AWSOME

I still can't believe how easy the whole thing was and how great the finished product looks. Seriously, if I can do this, anyone can. You no longer have any excuse not to fix your headliner. Do it now.

Pics to follow.