Last night I went to my local fabic shop to pick up some headliner material. Well, all they really had was lots and lots of plain fabric, nothing felt or even cloth with a thin foam backing like I had hoped. Then I saw some vinyl, which wouldn't cut it because it was pretty heavy and would eventually sag. I noticed a role of black pleather (plastic leather). Very very nice grain, feels nearly like real leather. And its lightweight, seems very durable, and stretches quite a bit. It was $8.97 a yard (52" wide), so I picked up two yards. Perfect size. I took the headliner out last night, pulled off the old fabric, taped up the cracks with duct tape and laid the pleather over the shell. On each side, I expect to have at least 3 inches of extra material after it is glued down and in place. The only pain now is deciding what glue to use. 3M has their headliner adhesive, but I think something like 3M trim spray might be a better bet. The headliner adhesive is made to adhere the shell and foam together. Well, now I am adhering the shell and plastic-like backing (of the pleather fabric). I could probably even get away with super 77. I will post some pictures on my website once I get everything back together and in the car.
Denis G. -87 gti 16v (no headliner edition) -01 jetta vr6 (lease being signed over to my father's girlfriend) -something special on order __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
