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going to be replacing the headliner with some new quilted material ala Ferrari style. Hopefully it works out. After getting the board out though I’m almost tempted to just glue the material to the roof of the car. I actually had headroom! Has anyone ever gone that route?
The new headliner is very easy to install, and as Steve said, without the insulation board, and headliner material, the noise will be considerably louder. As I've had a car or 2 without a headliner and it's a definite difference. Hope it helps
The new headliner is very easy to install, and as Steve said, without the insulation board, and headliner material, the noise will be considerably louder. As I've had a car or 2 without a headliner and it's a definite difference. Hope it helps
I was going to suggest lowering the seats, but since the seats basically sit on the floor, or damn close to it, thats not a real option. Sounds like you are SOL!
I was going to suggest lowering the seats, but since the seats basically sit on the floor, or damn close to it, thats not a real option. Sounds like you are SOL!
i went for a drive without the headliner and noticed no noticed no difference in sound...
Thats amazing, every car I was ever in without it. The noise level was raised considerably. Maybe the Jag has a little more sound deadening in it? Now if you can cover it and make it look good??? Go for it.
If you are doing it yourself make sure that you disconnect the battery or pull the fuse to the interior lights; that way the fuse won't blow when you remove the roof light.
You don't need to take seats out or remove the steering wheel; just slide the seat forward and fold the backs right down.
There is enough bend in the panels to get them through the passenger door.
It took me longer to drill out the rusty mirror screw than it did to remove and replace the panel.
Gluing to the roof the car would be a disaster using regular headliner. Headliner usually fails between the material and foam where the factory glued it, not where it was actually glued to the board. So this would eventually go bad and removal would involve scraping all the foam from the roof on the inside and have it go all over the interior. If you just used a quilted leather or vinyl, the car would be a lot louder inside and gain difficult to undo/repair.
More significantly the board provides shape in different areas. The fit and finish of the mirrors, lights, and sun visors will look bad, and you will have glued over wiring going to the rear. You are also talking about spraying glue down onto the material and then trying to hold it above you and place it on the roof in the proper place, without it falling, while you are blanketed with it, trying to make it conform to all the sheet metal without looking like material over sheetmetal. I would really just go with the factory board and do any repairs necessary to it.
I’m going to use the headliner board. I’m using quilted vinyl and hope it turns out good. I’m tempted to just adhere it to the roof but I’m guessing it just won’t look good without some real work.
Can headliner be removed from the car just with the door or the glass has to come out also to prevent any damages to the headliner?
i was able to get it out without damage but it fell apart putting it back in. So plan b... I’m adhering it to the roof, and so far looks just fine and gives me more headroom.
Still need to bolt the sun visors in but I’m done. Total pain in the **** job! And still not perfect because I never even thought about the trim pieces that I have are the automatic seatbelt pieces. So that looks a bit odd from some angles.
Headliner time
