altair47

I have suffered the fate of one of the many owners of old cars whose headliner upholstery fell off. The new ceiling costs $1000 and a decision was made to reupholster, ordered 4 yards of fabric from fabric empire on eBay $80, 1 quart of Polyurethane Heat Activated Adhesive Glue $72, sun visors and holder from 9 gen. Honda Accord $180, handles from 2008 Acura MDX. For minimal headliner curvature, the entire interior had to be dismantled, the passenger seat, armrest, steering wheel, radio, glove box and front right door removed. The whole process took about 20 hours. I warn everyone who wants to repeat that this is a pretty serious project.










At the same time, I swapped right and left the leather covers on the seats, and restored the worn foam cushion.




I also started experimenting with lighting, but so far I'm not exactly sure about the design.




Thank you for your attention.

echodigital

WOW! You have gone above and beyond!

altair47

Thank you, The main thing is time and desire, in my case there was no time, so I had to turn a 50-hour work week into a 70-hour one.

csmeance

great work!

Altair47, how did you end up taking the headliner out? Through the front doors? I was debating on doing mine when I get my windshield replaced from a few stone chips to make it easier. Mine is sagging in the rear and I was considering doing creme/beige colored suede headliner to match the current light color. Did you strip off all the old foam or just the fabric? I've read conflicting things with no clear answer.

Is the light strip self adhesive?

altair47

I also wanted to change the windshield, but the only replacement who can come does not have AGS Automotive windshield, so I decide to take a chance and get it through the door. The diagonal of the front door is 1 inch less than the width of the haedliner, so I had to bend it a little, but this did not affect the final result.
I used Polyurethane Glue , as far as I know this is the only glue that after activation can hold a strong tension in curved places and does not corrode the foam like Neoprene glue.

jtech316

great work man! I want to change out my tan/beige interior out soon. does the headliner just pop out once other pieces are taken out? Also looking to do something similar with lighting on the door. what did you use for that?

altair47

Thanks, You need to take all the dome lights, there are clips in front and back, there are hook & loop in the moonroof area. Here is the kit that I ordered on Ali https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568...andl_shipto=US