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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 11:14 PM
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Did u just tear off the old fabric? I tried on mine and it ripped the "board" apart. Is there some trick or something im missing. My old headliner board is F'd so when i grab another i dont wanna mess it up too.
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jeep.kevin
Did u just tear off the old fabric? I tried on mine and it ripped the "board" apart. Is there some trick or something im missing. My old headliner board is F'd so when i grab another i dont wanna mess it up too.
Maybe get it warm with a hair dryer or pick up a wagner heat gun from home depot they're like 25 bucks 750 degrees or something
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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 03:47 AM
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just started on mine was thinking of doing somthing similar but i wana get some thing stiched into the new one just to make it a little diffrent
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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 08:02 AM
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Total Newb question, so you can replace the headliner with any fabric???
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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 10:44 AM
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good job, came out better than my headliner job. i just put close to stock tan on. Not sure about the gray and camo, but the headliner itself looks sweet. Are you gonna do the visors?
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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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Looks great! It's funny, my brother is in the Army and HATES anything green and tan. I told him I wanted to spray my XJ desert tan and he thought I was mental. I guess when all day every day you see green/tan you get sick of it. Different strokes for different folks.
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by dduoto
Total Newb question, so you can replace the headliner with any fabric???
You can, so long as it is thick enough where the 3M headliner glue won't come through and look like a stain. I used some buck-skin camo that the fabric looked a lot like grandmas old pillows on the couch, but it works. You can use whatever you like, just take your time, do it right, and before you reinstall, make sure everything is cut in the front.
new headliner mod...-buckskin.jpg
Not the best job, and still not complete, but my headliner
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ih8cornnuts
Looks great! It's funny, my brother is in the Army and HATES anything green and tan. I told him I wanted to spray my XJ desert tan and he thought I was mental. I guess when all day every day you see green/tan you get sick of it. Different strokes for different folks.
Army doesn't see green... their cammies are blue.

Semper Fi
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bev4ns
Army doesn't see green... their cammies are blue.

Semper Fi

LOL...you must be thinking of your "taxi".
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Domaas
LOL...you must be thinking of your "taxi".
I love the chop busting.

He doesn't wear "blue" cammies anyway. He's SF They wear whatever the hell they want
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 09:42 PM
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All jokes all in good fun. I've been out of the Marines for 3 years. Much respect for all serving in all branches.
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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do the 87's have the fiberglass insulation bs to?
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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looks good when i tried to do a headliner it got all wrinkled up around the contours and really curvy parts i probably didnt use the right material. and the glue dried to fast.
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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Another newb question.... Is there a write-up on this at all?
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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When I recovered my headliner I used a shop vac with attachment that had the brush on it and it took all the yellow stuff off pretty easy
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