No idea how you get the old liner out, but once you figure that, you should be able to replace it using the old fabric as a pattern. Remember to either cut it apart at the seams and add seam allowances when you cut the new one, or unpick carefully!
What fabric are you aiming to replace it with? What kind of machine will you sew it with?
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How Does the headliner come out of a 96 chevy full size extended cab truck? Can I replace the material myself like I did in my 89 f-150? On this truck I cant tell what is holding the board in. (Especially the front around the windshield.) My f-150 has a trim piece there but the
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Cloth premade material. There is nothign to sew is there?
By the way, on another note, is it hard to recver the visors with the same material? My mom just got a sewing machine but has never done anythign automotive. Her old one broke and this one cost almost 6000 bucks!
Usually headliners are put in with spray glue. That is in fact what the "new car smell" is...the glue. A friend of mine has an upholstery shop and does a lot of automotive work. She's the one who says spray glue. You want to find a local auto upholstery shop and buy a can of glue from them. Remember, like most adhesives, you will want to plan on putting this in when the truck can be somewhere that's going to stay above 50*F. If it's too cold, it may not set well.
Also you might want to post on one of the truck boards about how to take the headliner out.
HTH
Sharon
I have never taken one out but looking at it I would think they use those plastic inserts that snap into a hole in the framework, like on a door panel. Those buggers are not easily used over.
If a factory installed look isn't important, I propped up a drooping headliner on an old Chevy with those upholstery things. I don't know the name of them but they have a plastic head like on a tack, with a corkscrew spiral pin about 5-10mm long. I just screwed them in a pattern that made it look like button tufting. This was a fast and cheap solution that made a good show, even if it was less than assembly line quasi-perfection.
Max
Insert comment about Monday/Friday cars here!
--Karen D. grew up near Detroit
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