Sagging headliner ... (snappics)

[Racinfan83]

Yeah this one here is the one I have: http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....5Z50000050F~~~

I know that's Corvette Central but when I got the part it has a tag on it with Mid America..

The top side of it is like white plastic as pictured and bottom is thin foam/headliner material. I painted the top of it with black Fusion paint for plastics so it doesn't look funny through the top..

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

MR2 - Tail of the Dragon etc.
Paul
So that's what it was drapped over your head.
When I was following you thru the twisties I thought you
just put up the hood on your hoodie???
Doug.

Nah, nah, nah... twernt me! That was Nelson wearing a head liner! Mine was R&R'ed before the MR2, or it would have been (a hoodie!).

[Mystic ZR-1]

Yep, must have been Nelson. He's always ahead
of the curve when it comes to stylish headwear!!!
.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

Yep, must have been Nelson. He's always ahead
of the curve when it comes to stylish headwear!!!
.

Yeah...And besides...If you were close enough to my rear to see that my headliner had drooped (which it didn't), then I really DO need Pete's cams!

[XfireZ51]

$40 for install.

I'll put it on this winter

[nelson007]

Hello Schrade,
I was able to remove the backing but it was really in bad shape. Do you know where I could purchase a new backing?
Thanks,
Nelson



QUOTE=Schrade;206449]I did this a few years ago, and put in new felt (PO was a smoker, and a ), and had school logo embossed.


I have additional headliners with the C4 logo embossed; send a PM at me here...

I put a butter knife to the edge, to get under it. Make sure to hold the knife flat on the edge, to not scratch...



Then you can get a hand in.



Once you get under the edge, ya' gotta' pull the fabric off of the panel with your fingers. Don't try to pull it by the edge of the foam board - it will break up.

Wear long sleeves!

Go all the way around the edge, then work toward the center.

(at this point, the edge DID break, and I had to go around the other way)



Lifted. Lots of glue at the center.

[/QUOTE]

[Schrade]

Not sure Nelson; although I'm bettin' the same fabric shop that had my felt, also has padding of some sort.

Try JoAnn Fabrics, A C Moore, Michaels Arts & Crafts.

Mine was marginal, but with the 3/16" styrofoam added on the backside, + the heavy felt, it came out STOUT.

And I just got back from road test (still got a little water - noticeable when cold), WITH the new top in. It absorbs some of the exhaust drone, over the glass top.

[Mystic ZR-1]

The same or damn close fabric used by the factory is available at JoAnn
Fabrics. Of course there's no foam attached.
Why use the foam? Just clean off all the old glue, so it's
all nice and smooth and glue on the fabric directly. Use spray
glue made made for fabrics or hobbies, won't "leak" thru.
Do one half, then the other. Worked
fine when I did my last C4.

[Schrade]

GlassTop removeable screen procedure:

Backing material is the same foam board that I used to re-enforce the painted top OEM foam pad. $1.25 each @ A C Moore Arts & Crafts.



2 used, taped together for size limitation. $1.25 each, available at A C Moore.

Template:

Printer paper, each piece slid under the edge of the frame inner perimeter, overlapped, then trace an outline.



Once the outline is traced, carefully remove intact from under the frame, and start cuttin'.

Prepare the foam board.

Both boards next to each other. You're going to put 3 strips of tape (I used fat masking tape) across the 2 boards. The 3 strips WILL BE WITHIN 24" - the height of the template.

Tape 1 side of one board in the middle, at the edge that adjoins the second board (THIS IS IMPORTANT - you want the 2 boards BINDING RELATIVELY HARD to each other with the tape) - then raise the other [outer] side of the second board, just a few inches, and press the tape to the second board.

The second board will pull tightly towards the first board, as it then drops flat. Don't worry just yet if they're not level with each other - we'll address that in a moment here.



Repeat the lift-step for the 2nd and 3rd strips of tape, to get uniform binding of the 2 foam boards against each other.

[nelson007]

Thanks, this is very helpful.
Nelson007