Thread: New headliner done!

That looks fantastic!

Hey, pretty classy that!!

You beat me to it, I have had the shell out for a good few weeks but decided to wait for some 140c glue. Needless to say I am still waiting. I have applied rubber sound insulation sheet to the underside of the roof and applied 20% tint to the sunroof glass and reflective foil fabric to the outside face of the sunroof blind whist waiting.
Yours does look smart, I would like to see it in the flesh. I have gone the opposite and have a lighter shade to go on when the glue finally arrives.

That looks fantastic!

Did you have any troubles with the material puckering around the corners?

Thanks for all the replies, I'm really happy with it!
benji, the headliner material I used was much better quality than the older style stuff, went on much more easily and was pretty forgiving with no wrinkles at all.
No problems on the corners, I did spray a bit extra adhesive into the depressions where the roof handles go to make sure it stuck in there properly.
The adhesive I got from the trimmer supplies place was 3M super 74 foam fast, it sprays on with a fine string like pattern, you spray both surfaces and it bonds on contact.

Top job!!

Very neat modern appearance! Well done

If any of you are considering doing this job, a few tips that might help...

You probably could do the sunroof shade without taking the entire sunroof off, but once you have the shell out it is only one electrical connector and six bolts. I got it out and back in on my own, but it would be easier with a helper to do the bolts up.
The two middle bolts on the side of the sunroof assembly will hold it in place, they should be the last to come out and first to go back in.

Have 4 new cable ties on hand to replace the old ones you need to cut off in order to remove the drain tubes.

I found my two rear sunroof drain hoses were blocked by blowing air down them, an easy fix to clear them is to put a garden hose into the end of the tubes and turn the hose on...not too much though, even fairly light water pressure will clear the hoses out nicely.
I ran water through the front ones as well, thought it was a good opportunity while they were disconnected anyway.

I also sprayed silicon spray along the sunroof guides to help lubricte things while it was apart.

The pillar covers are a bit brittle and would break easily if forced, they pull straight out at a 90 degree angle. There is a plastic cover over the middle of the seat belt feeder, that will pop off with a screwdriver, then undo the bolt, makes life much easier as you can then manouver the feeder through the pillar cover and the cover will then pull off.

Hope that helps someone!