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Finally I did something successfully. Since the day I got my 92 se it's been pulling though some hard times. Engine parts being replaced and so on. Then there was the interior. Not the most luxurious place to be, but relatively nice for for that year. Like the engine, the interior has been falling apart as well. Well I put a stop to it. I decided to replace my old saggy roof and visors with nice leather-like cloth.

By frankiegator at 2011-05-14

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moving on the next project.

By frankiegator at 2011-05-14

Can you explain why you went with pleather instead of headliner material?

Would have looked a lot nicer if you could have gotten out the wrinkles.

Hey, it's functional and no longer a safety hazard! Plus it gives a funky "blast from the early 90's" vibe to the car. Maybe the OP likes pleather? Anyhow, it's another solution to the sagging headliner issue.

A friend replaced his minivan's sagging headliner with gray berber carpet once. It came out pretty nicely.

LeSabre in Buffalo wrote:Plus it gives a funky "blast from the early 90's" vibe to the car.

Lol well it IS a 92

And I agree with Andrew about the tightness of the headliner, a lil more time would have made it really flat. And how did you attach the pleather to the cardboard? Glue?

The duct tape you have on there will eventually break down, just fyi.

Oh dear lord....

i cant talk much on headliners..my pontiac 6000 had all the headliner ripped off to the bare metal and had led bars on it..

i think it looks pretty cool..on a 92 se but on anything else it might not have worked!

Not sure I would have done it that way, but I'm not going to pass judgment. Back in the late '80s, I almost had my '77 Buick Skylark's headliner redone with a crushed velour upholstery fabric. The upholstery shop guy showed it to me on his own car and It actually looked pretty good, albeit a little different from the original. I ended up getting rid of the car and buying an '86 Cutlass Calais instead.

Not my cup 'o' tea...but to each his own. Probably the only one out there like that so you cornered the market on originality and individuality...

Interesting..

Geeze guys, give him a break, Its his first time doing it and I dont think it looks all that bad.

probably looks much better in person than photos.

I can finally breath again while driving. I don't know what that stuff was but it's not healthy for the driver. I did a decent job for the cost of the project. If anyone else tries this I recommend folding the liner in half and starting from the middle then working towards the outsides. Also use the spray inch by inch and not foot by foot. The duck take is kind of temporary. I expect the linear to break down over time but when that happens I'll get real glue to keep it in place. Do not use gorilla glue it takes was to long to dry and gets to expansive.

I've always used 3m super trim adhesive from Orielly's. Good call on folding it over and doing half at a time.

Good thing about doing things yourself, its easier to learn from your mistakes.

Yeah, you've got a lot of out-gassing going on between the vinyl headliner material and the adhesives you used. In addition to a certain level or toxicity, you probably had a fairly flammable atmosphere in the car for a while.

SilverBird92/88 wrote:I can finally breath again while driving. I don't know what that stuff was but it's not healthy for the driver. I did a decent job for the cost of the project. If anyone else tries this I recommend folding the liner in half and starting from the middle then working towards the outsides. Also use the spray inch by inch and not foot by foot. The duck take is kind of temporary. I expect the linear to break down over time but when that happens I'll get real glue to keep it in place. Do not use gorilla glue it takes was to long to dry and gets to expansive.

se 3m super 77 spray adhesive. Back in highschool I did my 92 sse. I Cut a pontiac arrowhead out of landau foam and put it under the material. Since I was in highschool, I also put el wire lighting in the inner boarder of the arrowhead and an led behin the fabric in the star. Ill try to dig p some pics, it actually looked pretty sweet. After that I did likt three other peoples headliners. Of course they all wanted velour or fake suade.

I usually worked in thirds to get the best lay. Trying to do microscopic sections make wrinkles a certanty.

i want mine to look like the 'Cash Cab'

Heres what I did to my 92s headliner. I was pretty proud when I was 16 or 17.

Well I always like adding Dynamat to silence the rattles then doing the headliner in suede.....practice makes perfect.... At least you fixed it most people don't even do that,they would rather drive around with the material blowing in their face.But use 3M Spray adhesive next time.....any auto paint store or parts store should carry it.Peace....