The rooflining is just fabric glued to cardboard, right? Can you just use a syringe to put spots of glue between the fabric and cardboard backing which I assume is there around the place and smooth it back over?

If that would be epic fail, spose I'd better grab a replacement kit from the clearance warehouse.

The rooflining is just fabric glued to cardboard, right? Can you just use a syringe to put spots of glue between the fabric and cardboard backing which I assume is there around the place and smooth it back over?

If that would be epic fail, spose I'd better grab a replacement kit from the clearance warehouse.

Once it falls off, thats it i think, as it has overstretched? also its not cardboard its fibreglass as well. Just get a spare one from the clearance house/wreckers/steal one. They are a half hour job to replace.

EDIT: you could also staple it up :P mates have done it in there bogandores

ew... haha yeah I think I'll do it properly. Thanks!

from memory new head lining TF? mitsu clearance house $25.00

Will be speaking from 2nd Gen experience here but its fabric glued to cardboard.
Cheapest and quickest option is to use spray adhesive, let dry to a tackyness then stick back on, if its falling from the edge its the easiest thing to do, if its falling from the middle, grab one from the wreckers, cover it in fur, all done!

When my mum had her old first gen hers fell down, she used thumb tacks to hold it up:bowrofl:

She sold the car to my nan's friend, if i ever see it again ill get photos of it, it looks disgusting:P

I had thumb tacks in my first car ^_^ 1990 TP Elite (I think it was a TP?)

from memory new head lining TF? mitsu clearance house $25.00
Sweet. Cheers.

Remove the card from the car, throw away the old liner and glue on new fabric of your choice. Clean off the foam first. Wagon comes straight out the back, sedan out the left front door. Contact adhesive works fine, use it wet but not too much as it may seep through. Recut holes and install. Done this 4 times now on sigmas and magnas - none have fallen down yet.

Hmm... I'll check out Spotlight tomorrow :)

Spotlight? Yep, there's where I buy mine LOL
Pinup board material in a colour that matches the original looks best.
Wire brush and 1 L of contact adhesive, a spreader and you are all set. I've used "liquid nails" on my last one ( a station wagon)- works well, but you need 2 tubes.

madmax = good advice! mine fell down in my 2nd gen first tried with stapels and glues and liquid nails and other horrible things but we ended up doing it in my mate's commodore by getting it out getting rid of the foam between the material and backboard and using spray on adhesive. worked great and never came back down. just dont do what curtois did which is take it all off and spray the backboard black... looks like the car was on fire! oh and + 1 for tuffTR's fur!!!

Nothing was gayer the first time I fluffed bits...
During lunchtime me and 3 mates all went down to spotlight to look at fluff :bowrofl:
"where did you all go?"
"yeah nah like did burnouts and stuff you know :redface: "

1. buy a new car
2. Use thum tacks super glue or sticky tape:doubt: :shock: :) :confused: :bowrofl: :

1. buy a new car
2. Use thum tacks super glue or sticky tape:doubt: :shock: :) :confused: :bowrofl: :

Ummm.......yepppp......that'll ahhhhhhh do it...

The roof lining fell down in parts on my brother's second gen and I found no way to neatly reglue the original lining. So I ripped it off and put some thicker material on so that the glue wouldn't seep through and it looks great.

Whats a Pro job cost 160-200????

a TS wagon did that to me.

yeah i was thinking of getting mine done in some suedish material, so i will see what people paid to get it done pro

Whats a Pro job cost 160-200????

a TS wagon did that to me.

we charge it out at 180+gst.
but we sublet to another company to do it - which means it prolly costs US about... 140ish or so.

My mum got a new roof lining installed into her 98 Camry a month or so ago for $170. Worst roof lining ever in that thing and such a mess, I couldn't get it off the roof and that orangey foam stuff flaked off everywhere so no way to glue new material onto it. Magna is much better design.

Is there anything better than spray adhesive? It has just never worked for me.

Just about to have a crack at doing it on ours. Did it in our last car, a Pulsar. Bought spray adhesive from Bunnings and material from a curtain store. The material was a bit thicker so if the glue soaked through you would not see it. I know who owns the car and it's still schmick 8 years on.

1. buy a new car
2. Use thum tacks super glue or sticky tape:doubt: :shock: :) :confused: :bowrofl: :Please don't tell me you signed up on these forums just to post that in a thread that is 2 months old?

I just bought a replacement for $15 or $20 or whatever it was from the Mitsu Clearance warehouse before I left Adelaide. Easy to replace.

Is there anything better than spray adhesive? It has just never worked for me.

Some spray adhesive brands tend to be better than others.... .I'm going to do mine soon. I am thinking of using a nice thick vinyl and real contact adhesive (the stuff you get in a tin) that should work fine.


Please don't tell me you signed up on these forums just to post that in a thread that is 2 months old?
He lurked for 1.5 years and then made that epic first post lol

Try the spray adhesives from 3M.
They are great.

Anyone got any pictures of their re done roof linings?

Would I dare go another colour?

http://members.westnet.com.au/woobie/images/trim2.jpg

theres white.

that is very thin material (polar fleece), no seepage at all. bostik contact adhesive sprayed on.

if you dont have access to a compressor and spray gun, i really recommend getting 3M's spray adhesive above brushing on contact, but if need be, contact will still work fine. Did an on site job where I had to brush on contact for a utes roof, but given that i was using suede, there was no risk of seeping so it was all good.

worst bit of the entire job is getting the old foam off the lining. this took probably 2 hours

we charge it out at 180+gst.
but we sublet to another company to do it - which means it prolly costs US about... 140ish or so.

I got quoted $140 inc GST from my local motor trimmer if I pull the headlining out myself and drop it off.

I've done it myself on three of my cars in the past, but I just CBFed this time... Not for less than $200.

Anyone done a step by step for this with photos maybe? Sure plenty of guys would like/need to do this.

Anyone done a step by step for this with photos maybe? Sure plenty of guys would like/need to do this.

I will be redoing mine in the coming weeks and will make a DIY and post it up.

Hit up google im sure you'll find something

DIY...
Take off roof lining
Peel off old lining
try and scrape as much foam off as possible
use contact adhesive in tin form
apply to both surfaces
stick together
let dry
apply roof lining when dry

']DIY...
Take off roof lining
Peel off old lining
try and scrape as much foam off as possible
use contact adhesive in tin form
apply to both surfaces
stick together
let dry
apply roof lining when dry
Suggestion.

Practise before hand glueing cut out pieces of magazine to a a4 piece of paper. Try and make a picture:bowrofl: