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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: 1980 gold on November 03, 2011, 10:36:08 am

Title: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 03, 2011, 10:36:08 am
a shot in the dark here. i found material i want to recover my 87 pickup headliner in but i am out of town right now and i'm not sure if this stuff is wide enough, its 60" wide so i don't know if that will fit lengthwise or width wise and don't want to waste the money if it dosen't.
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: Radioflyer on November 03, 2011, 06:28:06 pm
I don't want to advise and not have it work but I just measured my truck and I think 60" wide would work fine. 3' from front to back but 38-40" would make with room to spare.
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 03, 2011, 10:11:57 pm
thanks
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: Skunksmash on November 04, 2011, 07:51:41 pm
What kind of material is it? Anything interesting? I was looking for some original ideas to do my headliner in.
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 04, 2011, 08:26:54 pm
it was actually just dark blue vinyl from a fabric store just got done i just gotta get some longer screws for the front and rear molding i used 1/2" foam on the old backing it sits in there well but i don't wanna force em in so it dosen't look like its being stretched i'll post pics tommorow nite when finished. used 3m trim adhesive sets up in like 2 minutes
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 04, 2011, 08:28:09 pm
i did notice they had a roll of real tree though that could look cool but the rest of mine is blue so i had to pass on it
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 05, 2011, 05:25:32 pm
so here's some pics my first headliner job a few minor bubbles i"ll have to get out with the heatgun.you notice how after you do something like this you realize what you did wrong, maybe i'll do it again in the spring
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 05, 2011, 05:30:13 pm
sorry i said pics not pic
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 06, 2011, 05:37:02 pm
one funny thing i should have taken a picture of  was the square ( it was more of a parallelogram) cut out of the inner roof panel for the air horns that were in the truck at one point when it was repainted i guess they were removed probably 10 years ago.
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: Jason S on November 06, 2011, 05:47:13 pm
Looks good.  What did you use for adhesive?
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 1980 gold on November 06, 2011, 06:26:52 pm
3m trim adhesive spray works good sets up in a minute or 2 gives you enough time to make sure its how you want it
Title: Re: headliner
Post by: 69byrd on November 06, 2011, 06:59:03 pm
Looks good!