Vinyl Wrapped or cloth re wraped headliner.

[h8eternal]

has anyone modified their headliners in any way wether it be re wraping it or painting it. mine looks horrible right now and im looking for an inexpensive but clean looking way to spice it up.

[niquick]

some people have used vinyl paint, I actually bought a roll of ultrasuede from wal-mart and used spray adhesive to get it to stick. It's now black and looks pretty sweet, much better than the stock grey.

[h8eternal]

do you have any pictures of that
and is that fabric very expensive
also how did you cover the sunroof door and sun visors

[niquick]

I don't have any pictures (unfortunately) but I have the entire headliner wrapped in the fabric. It cost about $10 for a 1yd by 3ft roll, which was plenty to cover the entire roof. I didn't have enough to do the sunroof covers but I might just spray them either silver or black...I haven't decided yet

[adalos]

i painted mine recently with duplicolor vinyl and fabric paint. they sell it at autozone, amongst other places. i went through 2 cans of it, and am gonna use a third to just make sure it looks really good. here's how it looks now (after 2 complete cans of semi-gloss black).



http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_0984.JPG (http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/IMG_0984.JPG)

you can click the pic for a bigger version.


overall it looks really good. it definitely doesn't feel the same tho, so keep that in mind when you do it. it feels stiffer/rougher.

if you want to change the color but retain the same fabric feel, you need to use a dye, like SEM fabric dye.

[Dasher17]

Is the headliner easy to detach?

[niquick]

yep, you just have to pull out all the plastic pop rivets and unscrew the sunvisors. Adalos' picture looks exactly like mine except mine feels really soft and looks like suede.

[hombredelassrta]

i know of a number who used the duplicolor vinyl spray and i did the same on my visors. it turns out decent but is not as soft. now u can just do like me and get a carbon fiber replacement

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/hombredelassrtas/headliner/headliner4.jpg

:D

[slvceli]

^how come you haven't cf wrapped the visors?

[pnoy]

^ and the interior light panel too

[DesigningEcho]

^ and the interior light panel too
This dan may actually be something you want to look into, this is what stood out most about your interior to me when I saw it

[hombredelassrta]

yea know, i actually just forget about it. I'll get it done eventually when i remember to :D as for the visors to work they would have to be solid, maybe redone in fiberglass and thats just way to much work ;)The driver is c/f vinyl with the keyboard.

[hombredelassrta]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/hombredelassrtas/Interrior/P3310090.jpg

[h8eternal]

wow these healiners look really good painted black
im going to have to photoshop my interior with black headliner to see what it looks like. i have a 2000 so i dont know how the black roof and cargo cover are going to look in comparason to the purple ish grey interior.

what kind of prep work did you guys do before painting the headliner?
i have like fuzzy hairyness on my headliner and what looks like believe it or not coffee stains left by the previous owner.

[slvceli]

yea know, i actually just forget about it. I'll get it done eventually when i remember to :D as for the visors to work they would have to be solid, maybe redone in fiberglass and thats just way to much work ;)The driver is c/f vinyl with the keyboard.
You have everything else done you might as well. I think it would be worth it.

[adalos]

wow these healiners look really good painted black
im going to have to photoshop my interior with black headliner to see what it looks like. i have a 2000 so i dont know how the black roof and cargo cover are going to look in comparason to the purple ish grey interior.

what kind of prep work did you guys do before painting the headliner?
i have like fuzzy hairyness on my headliner and what looks like believe it or not coffee stains left by the previous owner.

i really didn't do much of any prep work on my headliner. any fuzz or lint stuck to it, i just pulled off. i had a few stains on it from who knows what, but since i was painting it black anyhow, it didnt really matter.

[h8eternal]

did you also paint the plastic clips and trim pieces that are located on the headliner
and as far as the windo visor is it possible to remove that warning label?
can i see an installed pic, it looks pretty good
i think im going to end up painting my headliner along with all the plastic clips and what not that are on it so i have a uniform look

[hombredelassrta]

i painted it all. the lables really didnt want to come off so i painted over it and got some of those corny, warning remove bra stickers to fit :D kennyheiser on here has some for sale

[05CelicaGt]

where did you get all your center console and speedo wrapped at hombre? They look pretty hot..Nice work

[imatunergts]

ya dan mine dome light is done and is for sale LOL

[hombredelassrta]

no sunroof? how much?

[peeper06]

I think you should paint it. Or if you've got some carbon fiber in your car, I would get the cf one, but without some other cf, it might look kind of goofy. I think that wrapping it in another material would be a waste of money. And I think a painted black headliner would look fine with the 00-02 interior. Although, you could always do it a different color if you're worried about it matching like dark gray.

where did you get all your center console and speedo wrapped at hombre? They look pretty hot..Nice work
Topshopcarbon.com They do really good work.

[hombredelassrta]

woops i missed that questino, thanks peeps. yea topshop did all my carbon work other then pillars. the pillars with pods can be fund on ebay form a very trusted seller with a well known name . . . :D

[05CelicaGt]

How much did the center console and speedo and door trim/mirror control run ya? Not the door inserts just the mirror part

[hombredelassrta]

just the center 3 pieces can run around 400'ish.

[ekindbest]

i wanna paint my headliner too......

[Celica402GTS]

look simple for removal..but i have moonroof..don't know howt to remove that..haven't tried yet..kinda afraid..

[adalos]

removing the headliner was pretty straightforward. i cut the sh*t out of my finger when i was trying to pull off those rear screw plugs tho, so be careful.

[h8eternal]

yep, you just have to pull out all the plastic pop rivets and unscrew the sunvisors. Adalos' picture looks exactly like mine except mine feels really soft and looks like suede.

what did you use?

[SOAPY]

Wrapped mine in leather-like material. It looks good but if could do it again I would go with a less thicker material because mine took forever to smooth out bubbles. :gap:

[h8eternal]

lets see some pics?
i dont know if i like the way a black headliner looks on a grey interior celica

[vindiCAtor]

i dont know if i like the way a black headliner looks on a grey interior celica
It would look completely out of place.

[SOAPY]

i dont know if i like the way a black headliner looks on a grey interior celica
It would look completely out of place.


Agreed. thats why I want to paint the the interior plastics black but it prolly won't happen for awhile because I drive my car everyday and rolling around without parts of the interior is not fun. :gap:

lets see some pics?
i dont know if i like the way a black headliner looks on a grey interior celica


I'll post some tonight.

[adalos]

or you could just buy the interior plastics from an 03+ and swap em?

[lpphreakx06]

or you could just buy the interior plastics from an 03+ and swap em?

Easier said than done, I would personally just take out your stock interior and paint that.

[h8eternal]

Easier said than done, I would personally just take out your stock interior and paint that.

that would be much easier and probably more practical.

i did a photoCHOP of a grey interior with black headliner but i just dont know if i like it or not. the carpet on the car is black so i figure the headliner being black isnt too akward. id have to see pictures to better make an assesment

[1HotGTS]

Wrapped mine in leather-like material. It looks good but if could do it again I would go with a less thicker material because mine took forever to smooth out bubbles. :gap:

I have mine wrapped in vinyl but I have some problems about a year later of some places coming off. It isn't hanging just though for the glue to handle 110

[adalos]

painting will chip off, especially in high traffic areas and things that get banged up a lot. i think buying a set of 03+ plastics would be easier and better in the long run than repainting the entire interior of your car.

Easier said than done, I would personally just take out your stock interior and paint that.

[lpphreakx06]

It wont chip if you dye it, and/or if you spray clear on it :)
I dyed and cleared my dash and door sills, no problem thus far. In the 3 years Ive been on the boards Ive seen 4-5 03+ interior part outs. You may get lucky at the junk yard but then they still might over charge you, or you can get the plastics new, but then it wouldnt be worth it.

[h8eternal]

here is a photochop i did
if anyone can get me a better pic i will try it with that
what do you guys think

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/h8eternal/photoshoppedheadlinercopy.jpg