the upholstery on my headliner started getting loose, has this happened to anyone?

 

jleeto, yes, this is a common problem. After about 10 years or so, the glue for the upholstery dries out and it starts coming down. Being out in the desert area where it is warmer, this may happen faster.

As for a fix, depends on where it is happening. If it is coming off near the edge, what I would tell you to do is to pull down another 6" or so of the fabric (this area is weakened already and will fall shortly anyways) and then using a product like 3M Upholstery adhesive (#77 as I recall), you can spray the fabric and then reattach it to the ceiling.

The other option is you can remove the headliner from the car (do not need to remove the windshield) and then take it to an upholstery shop. They will then strip off the fabric and put on brand new. The headliner should be a fairly common color. I did mine in the last year and it cost me $175 to have them put new fabric on with me pulling it out. If the shop had be hired to remove the headliner, then it would have set me back about $800. Removing the headliner is not that difficult (takes about 90 minutes) and then you can pull the headliner out the back passenger door by flexing the headliner into an arc. It just fits out the back doors. You will probably need to play with the passenger front seat too by sliding it all the way forward and then laying it all the way back. That gives you room to start turning the headliner inside the car to get it moving towards the door.

 

How do you get those dang visor hangers off, I was twisting it and just couldn't get them off, was going to remove it myself and take it somewhere but I am having issues removing those and the pillars, don't want to break them.

 

thanks thermo! I'll do that, did u do that w/ the fabric on the sun roof too?

 

My 2007 Jagwag started loosening about a year ago (Florida), mostly around the front pillars and between the sunroof and windscreen. I did a temporary fix similar to what jleeto suggested above.

 

jleeto, my sunroof fabric was in good condition, so, I didn't mess with it. Getting that fabric out can be a real PITA. You end up pretty much tearing most of the sunroof out of the car as I recall.

bracester, for the sunvisor clips, you will need to use a torx bit to get the screw out. Once you have the screw completely out of the mount, you will want to roll the clip in a circle as you are pulling down slightly. There are 2 clips on the inside which also hold the mount in place. By gently rolling the mount, they will come undone.