if that happneded might as well change the whole headliner... =P
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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?
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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.
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.
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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
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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.
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.
I'm a fan of the 3M spray adhesive.
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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
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
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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
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
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.
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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.
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My car's headliner is so nice to touch... and you can "draw" on it... :p
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
PS - I vote for the reheating of the glue that is already in there.
