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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by bajaxj
When you say you took yours off, do you mean the whole headliner or just the fabric that had fell off? Do you have any pics?
I took the whole headliner out. Then pulled the fabric off and scraped the foamy crap off then sprayed it with the Rustoleum spray on bed liner form autozone.
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 08:56 AM
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Here's pics
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 09:37 AM
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It's hard to tell in the pics, but it looks tight. Is that new fabric?

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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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another thing to consider that I've seen a couple people do is to buy a BIG can of fiberglass resin like you'd find in a fiberglass auto-body repair kit. This is used on the fiberglass headliner backer-board after it's cleaned essentially turning that flimsy backer-board into a flexible, yet rigid surface to reattach your headliner to.
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by dukie564
another thing to consider that I've seen a couple people do is to buy a BIG can of fiberglass resin like you'd find in a fiberglass auto-body repair kit. This is used on the fiberglass headliner backer-board after it's cleaned essentially turning that flimsy backer-board into a flexible, yet rigid surface to reattach your headliner to.
I'm actually thinking of doing this.

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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by illicit
Here's pics
it looks like its scratched to hell? i thought of doing that.
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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I ripped out my sagging headliner and left it with the bare metal roof, my Cherokee is white so not much issue with the heat, and Houston is an oven for 6 mos. out of the year.
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by illicit
Here's pics
Bet that's hot as hell though man. Is it?
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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JGary
Haha cool, it might get real hot when it gets like 110 down here
i just did mine and it hasn't really been hot it smelled a little wired in the beginning but its slowly airing out and it looks kool
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Delta

i just did mine and it hasn't really been hot it smelled a little wired in the beginning but its slowly airing out and it looks kool
Haha bet it does, what kinda headliner u used?
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 12:13 AM
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Just finished my 99 a few weels ago with headliner material from a fabric shop. The aftermarket sunroof was a challenge.
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 02:43 AM
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I redid mine with military fabric, junk yard overhead console and R4 insulation.



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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by XJUSMC
I redid mine with military fabric, junk yard overhead console and R4 insulation.
Did you do something to make it light up red like that. Just red bulbs or something in the stock lights ?
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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Nice work
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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by J0E13
Did you do something to make it light up red like that. Just red bulbs or something in the stock lights ?

I painted the stock light covers with Testors transparent hot rod red hobby paint. They have tons of colors


http://www.modelcars.com/testors-ena...red-spray.html
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