How to Install a Car Headliner
If a car headliner is sagging, it can impair the driver's vision while driving. If you can't afford to have it taken to an upholster to replace it, you can purchase some new fabric and install a new headliner on your own.
- Take off everything that connects to the headliner. This includes the visor, lights and coat hooks. The headliner is now ready to be taken off. Carefully pull it through the dome light hole and pull it toward the back of the car. If you are meeting any resistance, you may need to take off some of the molding on the side of the headliner.
- Pull the headliner out of the car. Take it out through the passenger side door and make sure not to bend it.
- Remove the fabric from the shell. You should be able to take it off with just your bare hands. If there is any foam material left on the shell of the headliner, use some sandpaper to get it off.
- Put the new fabric on the headliner. Make sure that you fold it in half so that you are able to still see the shell.
- Apply glue to the shell. You also need to spray some of the glue on the underside of the fabric as well. Let it dry according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Glue the other side of the shell and fabric. Fold the fabric over to the other side and spray the adhesive glue on the shell and fabric.
- Cut any remaining fabric off. Tuck the fabric behind the molding of the car.
- Put the headliner back into the car. Return the visors, lights and coat hooks back to their proper place.