saging headliner

[dpmath]

My  04 sunroof cover has the headliner beginning to sag.  Any ideas?

 

[Vaeagleav]

Maybe check with a local car upholstery shop to see if they can replace or repair headliner. It's been years since I priced a replacement but back in the day it was about $75 for them to replace an entire headliner...if it is just the sunroof cover it may be cheaper too.

 

[ygmn]

thread in here on how to remove and should be simple to recover with contact glue or saw one painted...

 

[ca2kjet]

Pull it out if you can and then use one of the 3M Spray Adhesives. I had great success using #90 to reattach some of the fabric that was pulling away from my under hood heat shield.

 

[BAS-Sr]

thread in here on how to remove and should be simple to recover with contact glue or saw one painted...

My wife's 04 Avalanche headliner is starting to sag in a few spots and I was contemplating taking the shell down and redo it once I find the material to match, but also was looking at some of the moldings and other things that need to be removed to do it, don't want to break any pieces and make the job any bigger than it already is.....

I searched for headliner but did not see any threads on how to do it? Can anyone point me to the thread referenced above?

 

[ygmn]

it was not for headliner but for sunroof cover....
Ensure sunroof is one of your search terms...

 

[ygmn]

some threads of interest.
First one has written directions.
http://chevyavalanchefanclub.com/cafcna/index.php/topic,136387.0.html

Second has link in last post to you tube video
http://www.chevyavalanchefanclub.com/cafcna/index.php?topic=145039.0

 

[2004Slickside]

My wife's 04 Avalanche headliner is starting to sag in a few spots and I was contemplating taking the shell down and redo it once I find the material to match, but also was looking at some of the moldings and other things that need to be removed to do it, don't want to break any pieces and make the job any bigger than it already is.....

I searched for headliner but did not see any threads on how to do it? Can anyone point me to the thread referenced above?

Most sagging headliner material happens because the material actually separates from its foam backing and this cannot be repaired.  Only way I have found to fix is to take material completely off, carefully brush the separated foam off the the hard styrofoam headliner pan with a hard bristle hand brush, and then apply real 3M spray glue for uphostery to both the pan and new foam-backed material.  Let dry a minute or two - then stick together. You get one try - so start on one side, fold over, apply more glue to an area of both material and pan, and smooth as you go - work your way across until you have the entire pan covered smoothly.  It going to be difficult to get the color to match.  So-Fro Fabrics is a brick and mortar store that has some foam backed headliner material - I typically got black from them.  Maybe you can order it from them, or from an on-line source in the correct color.  Good luck