Repairing Vehicle Headliner

Prep the car for work.

Disconnect the negative battery terminal.

Removal of the right passenger seat may be necessary to help remove the headliner from the car.

Remove the old fabric from the board.

Place the headliner panel on a clean work table.

Carefully pull the old fabric material off the board. Usually the foam backing will remain stuck to the headliner board. Use a piece of the old material to rub the old foam loose from the board.

Vacuum the foam bits from the backing board.

Install new fabric:

If the board is damaged, repair it using aluminum tape. Any rough areas might show after the new fabric is applied.

Lay out the new fabric over the board. Pull 1/2 of it back over itself.

Spray headliner adhesive glue on 1/2 of the board and the back side of the fabric.

Carefully place the fabric onto the board starting from the center point and smooth it outward wit your hand as you lay it down.

Pull up the other 1/2of the fabric over the side you just glued down. Repeat the above steps to lay down this side of the fabric.

Trim up the fabric edges

Fold over the front & rear edges and glue them to the back side of the board about 1 inch from the edge.

Cut the side edges flush with the board. Also cut any access holes for the sun visors and other accessories that were previously removed.

Reinstall the headliner to the car:

Reverse the removal steps to re-install the headliner into the car.

Start one edge over the side trim panels and then raise the headliner into position over the other side trim panels.

Re-install the sun visors, dome lamp, seat belt upper loops and any other items that were previously removed

Lightly brush the headliner to remove marks & fingerprints.

If any of the trim clips break off of the interior trim panels, you can reattach them to the panel with 2-part epoxy glue.