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Old 05-15-2005, 09:28 PM
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Anyone Went Leather Haedliner?

Hello,
I am wanting to go with leather sail panels and a leather headliner. I have the leather....erm..Simulation Leather, and I was wondering if ayoen had any opnions on this? Has anyone went leather headliner and sail panels? What do you guys think?
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I'm eventually going to make a vinyl headliner, so it's pretty much the same thing. I plan to remove the fabric and glass over it, then put a thin layer of foam between there and the vinyl and use 3M 90 adhesive to stick it together, with some hot glue to tack it to the back. Just use a heat gun or hair dryer or leave it in the sunlight and it will become more pliable.
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i have also been thinking about a vinyl headliner in my car. let us know how it goes if you would.
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I did the vinyl headliner thing, it is not as easy as it seems. I made the headliner, that was the easy part, installing it and getting it to stay in place is very diffucult. I gave up on it. Once you put the foam, vinyl and 'glass on the headliner, it becomes heavy. It was too heavy for my stock clips and I couldn't find a way to affix it.
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