removing head liner

[Cutter26]

How hard is it to get the head liner out of a extended cab. I have some sagging and want to recover my headliner. My buddy did his half ton headliner in camo, and said hed give me a hand to do mine.

 

[83bagged]

shouldnt be hard, just pull the dome light, sun visors, pillars, and the back panels and it comes out easy

oh and also pull the o crap handle if you have one lol

 

[RobbieD]

Yep; pull those trim items to get it loose, but Super Cabs are a little tricky to get the liner out of the truck. Because it's a longer headliner, it's a little tough to twist it enough to line up with, and out through the door. For me, pulling the seats helped make it easier.

 

[IRKillroy]

well, they didn't have the seats in when they installed it, so that does make the most sense... it all depends on if you are ok with a crease in your head liner or not.

 

[Hardwareman]

How hard is it, and what's all involved in removing the pillar and back pieces?

Thanks






Allen

 

[83bagged]

just some screws. they are all visible to. the o crap handles have small like rubber covers over the screws. just go outside and keep up with what screw went where. it aint hard man

 

[Natedog]

Yep; pull those trim items to get it loose, but Super Cabs are a little tricky to get the liner out of the truck. Because it's a longer headliner, it's a little tough to twist it enough to line up with, and out through the door. For me, pulling the seats helped make it easier.

Going to rip the fabric off mine today, may not have time to remove the whole liner, but it is sagging enough that it touches my head and that is annoying!

Thinking about pulling passenger seat only or maybe just sliding/folding it forward to remove the headliner, anybody try it in 1987 SuperCab with the seats in?

 

[Bryan22]

i did mine with the seats in, only thing that would've really helped would have been to pull the steering wheel. getting the whole thing out was a royal pain. also don't count on using any of the plastic push pins again as i had to destroy all but 2 of them the get them out. it's not a terrible job, just don't get in a hurry. i had to be real delicate pulling the old fabric off as it was trying to pull the actuall headliner apart.
the easier way would be to do it with the headliner in the truck. you'd still have to pull almost everything loose, but you wouldn't have to fight with it trying to get it out of the truck. I actually ended up having to redo the front half of mine about 3 days later. the 3m adhesive i used didn't hold very well. Anyways i did it with the headliner still in the truck and it was actually pretty easy. just be sure to use some good adhesive or be ready to redo it shortly. I reccommend the permatex stuff. it was actually cheaper than the 3m stuff and worked about 10 times better.

one more tip is put more than 1 coat of the adhesive on both materials and be sure to let it set up for about 5-10 minutes before sticking the fabric on.

 

[83bagged]

yea i forgot about the steering wheel problem i had, LMAO, but IT IS possible man!

and ive been using the 3M glue for about 4 years on tweed interiors, and to this day ive never had any complaints aboput sagging or it coming up. havent tried that permatex stuff. but i have SOOOO much faith in the 3M....

 

[Natedog]

Bryan22,

Pulled all my fabric off the other night...came off real easy with the liner still in the truck. I'm surprised that the foam layer underneath looks great...,.thought it would be all decomposed and crumbling to crap! That's a good idea to not pull the main piece out just do it in the truck with all the trim peices removed....did it that way in my Toyota pup and it worked pretty good.

Which exact 3M spray adhesive did you use?

What fabric did you use and where did you buy it? There's Jo Ann's Fabrics here in town...and another big one that I dont recall the name at the moment....

 

[Bryan22]

i went to joanns and got the healiner material. it's a foam/fabric combination. you can use that like i did to cover up any spots where the old foam came apart from the headliner. or just use some plain fabric(it's cheaper) with the old foam. I used 3m super 77, which wasn't worth a $h!t. like i said, i'd try to find that permatex stuff, it specifically says it's for headliners and carpet.

 

[Bryan22]

to answer you question allen, you have to pull the screws and push pins from the plastics on the pillars, they come right off. for the back of my 94 i had to remove about 5 push pins from each side, 6 screws that held the center peice (under the rear window) and the 4 torx bolts that hold the seat belts it.

 

[83bagged]

Which exact 3M spray adhesive did you use?

use the 3m general spray adhesive or the super spray ahesive, should be in a white can at advance auto parts. like $12

 

[Natedog]

Thanks, will check which 3M spray adhesive that I already have....iirc it's the Headliner and carpet type. Still need to pick up some fabric.