laneshift

Sort of. My headliner has formed a bubble and I didn't find much use of the search feature. Eventually, I'm going to have to strip the whole thing down and replace it, suggests my dealer. My thoughts for a makeshift fix were just to use a can of spray glue to hold it up. Would I go about poking a small hole into the headliner to get the inner-side saturated with glue, or is there just a "dries clear" sort of spray glue that I can apply to the outer surface?



Thanks!

Buellwinkle

Is that common in FL because of the humidity? I know it can't be the heat because I never seen that here and it can get a lot hotter here than FL.

You can probably take it to an upholstery shop and they may be able to make a small slit and spray something in there, but it does not look like a DIY repair since the seperation is between the liner and the backing material.

03MBC320

idk i sort of like your idea, poke a little hole in it and get the nozzle of a spray adhesive in there and squirt around then flatten down, try to get one of those plastic straight edges that they use for hanging wallpaper (probably 2$ at home depot) so that you can try to smooth it out when gluing it up and not have any creases/seams

SeaCoupe

Buell....Outta retirement! Everytime I hand tighten the oil pan I think of you.

I'm a fan of the 3M spray adhesive.

Ed

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Smiles by my five year old daughter.

AdidasC230

I would cut a slit in it peel back and respray it, and they sew it with grey thread and then sew the other side the same so it looked like it was like that OEM?

Ps that looks like a fuzzy roof liner like a cheap *** GM? I thought all our headliners where that weaved fabric, atleast it is in my 06

03MBC320

^^ i've got the same roof liner as laneshift i believe, no fancy weave for me

laneshift

Ouch! Brethren' here!

Hah, I believe it was implemented after the facelift. I may cut a slit within the bubble and spray a cloud of glue in there. Hopefully it won't look to ghetto.

XsuperbeeX

just hope that the glue doesnt sip through the fabric... if that happneded might as well change the whole headliner... =P

laneshift

Thanks! Perhaps I'll get all pimp-like and suede it out.

LILBENZ230

This must explain the new fabric in the facelift cars. My car's headliner is very nice to the touch and appearance wise. I haven't seen a case like this since my aunt's Chevy Celebrity in the 80s.

XsuperbeeX

My car's headliner is so nice to touch... and you can "draw" on it... :p

03MBC320

yeah i'd say go easy on the glue, he's right if that seeps through the material you'll have a nasty looking result, good luck let us know how it comes out

Buellwinkle

I'm on all the time, but at benzworld...

As for the OP, do you really want to defy gravity and spray glue up and risk getting it in your eye, getting elsewhere in the interior and have it bleed through the fabric? There's lots of things I do myself, just ask emrliquidlife, but that just seems like it requires the right touch. When it comes to fabric, I know what I'm talking about, owned a dry cleaners, you don't want to glue fabric with the wrong type of glue.

puijterm

After you iron your cloths, take your iron to your car and iron the area on low heat. Should reactivate the glue thats already there.

laneshift

Wow. I wish I knew that earlier. Thanks!

mleskovar

Be careful with heat. The headliner is foam. What you see "bubbled" is thin material that has pulled away from the foam. MB would probably replace the whole headliner.

bdgdl08

The facelift headliner seems to hold up better than the earlier. I had to replace mine in my CLK that did the exact same thing. Take it to an upholsterer, and they'll get it done. And they should be able to do it without taking out the rear window, so don't let them talk you into that!

euromedic

I tried the spray-on glue after my Golf headliner did the same thing. Impossible due to the humidity, it just came right off again. There ought to be upholstery shops that can build you a new one for $200-300.

OneOfaKindTrini

If money allows it, why don't you have your headliner recovered? In another material that is.

laneshift

Exactly, though I don't know how much that would cost. Shops aren't open today. Anyone have an idea?

TruTaing

Hmm. Never seen this before up in Seattle. Im curious as to what the new updated headliner looks like. Anyone got pix?

PS - I vote for the reheating of the glue that is already in there.

03MBC320

can we get a picture of these new classy headliners? i want to see what everyones talkin about