Pretty disappointed, I owned a 93 accord for 19 years and 0 issues with the headliner, I have a 2006 for freestyle with 0 headliner issues, but my 2010 TSX ...

 

well, you can be disappointed...or you can do something about it.

you can either buy a new headliner or refinish your headliner in a different material. Suede is all the rage!

my headliner is sagging to, btw.. 2006 TL

 

Amazing that ford can get it right and a 93 Honda can get it right. But the most expensive out of all 3 didn’t.

 

you can either do something about it, or sit there and complain

 

For a moderator you’re quite helpful. Thanks for your sage advice.

 

To anyone who happens to come upon this post and has had the same experience and maybe repaired it yourself or had luck with a repair that doesn’t involve taking the whole headliner down, would be nice to know about options before I try and find a repair shop.

 

On a side note my post title definitely said headliner when I hit post. Don’t know what happened there.

 

there's no other way...
either replace it with OEM or refinish the headliner with a different material.

 

complaining does nothing, it's all about that action.

 

Easier said than done. Looks like the front seat needs to be removed or the front windshield.

 

it takes action.
some things in life are hard as hell.
cant give up. cant complain. gotta keep going/working to overcome adversity.

take it to a shop if one isnt comfortable doing it by themselves.

seats are super easy to take out.

 

 

I don't see briq456's post as "throwing a tantrum" or "melting into a puddle of inaction." What I read is someone who's pointing out a flaw one would expect seeing in an 85 Monte Carlo with 350k miles and has been smoked in all it's life...not in a high end 10 year old car from a mark that makes its beans on quality -or- a heads-up to a potential buyer of a used Acura/Honda to BOLO. Acura/Honda can do better and I believe that is the point. BTW, my 07 Ridge suffers from the same issue as did my buddies Ridge...so, not an uncommon problem.

 

def. not a tantrum but more of an entitlement issue. "I paid for an Acura and I deserve better glue for my headliner"

for a sub $10k used car, a sagging headline will not sway potential buyers. a sub $10k buyer is looking for a point A to B car. something that can get their kids to school safely.
and as you pointed out, most of the Honda's of this generation are suffering from sagging headliners.

one can live with it or fix it.
its just dumb to to whine about it, as there many many more pressing issues in the world.

Also, my job as a moderator isnt to manage feelings but more clerical work like fixing thread titles

 

Lucky for you OP, you could buy a used one https://www.ebay.com/itm/09-10-11-Ac...0a8d9f530f316b

Unfortunately for myself, there's not a single decent used one and most upholstery shops by me don't want to work on an Acura headliner. I'm going to bite the bullet and buy a new one from the dealer.

 

Same happened with my 2011. Looks exactly like your first picture. For now, it's not a big deal, but if it ends up obstructing the rear window, I will have to have it fixed. Pretty sure I've read online that someone said they had it done at a local shop for $200-300, but of course, YMMV.

As a temp fix, I was thinking couldn't you just slice a straight line, spray some glue inside and push it back so it's flush? It probably won't look like new, but as a short term solution it might suffice?

 

It might work for a little bit, but will probably start to fail again. I think the root of the problem is that there's a thin layer of foam between the fabric liner and whatever is on the backside. When it starts to fail, it crumbles, so when you spray the glue back up in there, it's trying to adhere to something that's continuously failing. So once it crumbles a little more it'll sag again.

But I guess if you're at that point, what do you have to lose?

 

I'm about to redo mine in suede.

I posted a picture of my buddies DIY Suede headliner from his 2001 Lexus IS300.


he said it really wasnt that hard.



he went from an all tan interior to mostly black now.

which i'm about to do as well. my headliner is tan. and I want to refinish in black

taking out the front seat isnt very hard.. I took his passenger seat out.



also helped him swap a 1JZ into his IS300

 

Did he just apply the suede directly to the headliner backing board or did he put a layer of foam?

I'd think that the suede might be thick enough and/or have enough texture that the foam isn't necessary. Both for contouring and for sound deadening.

If I had to redo mine, I'd probably do some funky fabric pattern. Maybe tie-dye it or something.

 

I can ask him what he did.
he got the idea from another IS300 friend, who put Wraith inspired star sprinkles in the headliner...only this dude didnt use the fiber optic cables/lights...he used actual sprinkles..
anytime the dude brushes up against his headliner or closes the door, star dust sprinkles rain down on him....looks like he stepped out the skripper joint every time he gets out of his car.

 

I walked into my Acura dealership today and bought a new headliner.. I'd suggest doing it yourself if you want to save several hundred dollars.

 

so the toyotas/lexus'(lexi?) have a carpet material. he just stretched the suede right over the carpet material.

it would be harder for us honda folks, as we would need to remove the foam layer and possibly add another layer of foam

 

That is quite genius actually... It seems like it's just a bad execution of an idea, but now the dude has normalized his appearance each time he gets out of the car. So now when he comes home covered in stripper dust, his lady doesn't get suspicious.

A+, great forethought.

 

I like the black headliner, but for some reason the suede drives me crazy because of how it changes color if you swipe your hand on it.

Guess I would just be happy with a black cloth headliner.

 

yeah, you can literally use any fabric/material you want

 

I've done a number of headliners myself. Back in the day, you could even purchase the material at a regular fabric store like Joann's Fabrics. I don't know if they still carry it. And one that I removed myself and took to an upholstery shop to have them cover it (It had a number of difficult bends in it), then I reassembled it in the car. There are different thicknesses, so you need to make sure to use the correct size, especially if you have a sunroof. But the cheapest and easiest was the one where I bought these that I simply Screwed through the saggy parts and into the backer board. If you did it in a nice little pattern then it almost looked "good".

 

Sounds a lot like Grandma's "stick a bunch of St. Christopher medallion pins in the headliner" solution back in the '80s.