I don't want to take down the whole headliner, perhaps I can just do a part of it in the vicinity of the connectors and I'll then reconnect properly. Likewise for pillar mounted airbags. In all cases I have seen, they seemed to have experience working on cars one used to do car audio. The other clips just apply pressur as close to them as possible. If you are competent at all; like doing oil changes and fuel filters successfully then id say you can likely do this job as far as remove and reinstall. It is extremely sticky and almost impossible to get off. Second , i tried several cans of spray on adhesive decent one but it wasn't adequate for this type of material.
I read the tutorials on how to remove the headliner. The weather of Norther California has been much kinder. You will probably need a material that you can easily stretch to allow it to mould to the conforms of the moulded headliner. If you use the same glue I did, you can actually pull it back off if it isn't completely dry. Non-imgur links will be considered on a case by case basis. Three people doing this is best.
The directions on the can says to wait 20-30 minutes between coats. Appears to be a problem with this vehicles from what I read. Some are cardboard, others are pressed fiberglass. It actually would match the car perfectly if there interior was black instead of tan, my other Jetta actually had black interior. Graham I thought about doing that but I figured other solution would be better when selling the car so might as well get it done now than try multiple things.
There are some shows this weekend Race for the Cure that some people will be at, myself included if I get everything sorted. Well, for wires there was no issue. No need to be in a hurry. After Plastidip dries, it actually just peels off. Seems to be a lot of damage for supossably a well made vehicle.
Thanks for well written, as opposed to video taped, instructions. After last summer, my 04 Jetta's headliner starting to fall. I have a MkV and luckily no sagging yet. It seems you have done this before. By the end of this job you will have crawled in and out of the car from all the doors about 20 times each. Great instructable with a tremendous amount of info I was unaware of. Use the same technique to get these out as you used in Step 5 on the front dome light housing.
What a pain in the butt this was, plan for a full day of work. There is still a thin layer of crumbly foam on the sun roof cover, as well as the under side of the fabric liner. For a limited selection of late model vehicles we also offer the complete headliner board replacement. I'm in the process of using Dupli-color vinyl and fabric spray on my headliner for my 1962 Corvair. It's always easier to take things apart, hard to put it back together! Then set the spray gun down and you and your helper s each get to grab 2 corners, one in each hand and after positioning the headliner into place slowly work it on into all the valleys. Without fixing it, it would ruin the new one as well. When I bought my Jetta, everything was in spectacular condition minus the fabric on the door panel.
Some people have used fake suede on the doors and dash and it looks horrible. Pull it towards the back of the car and off of the metal support as shown in the pic. My headliner uses ribs and staples so it will be done in place. Removing the aggravation never occurred to me. Spray on in nice passes getting good coverage, but not too heavy.
I should also be at 780 on Friday. Any tips or things I should know that you didn't cover in the photos? I will add some pics if this works. It really wasn't that hard. A guy who does car upholstery did it!. Should be better with light fabrics and the headliner since it's not directly in the sun.
Do the same thing with the fiberboard getting good coverage on all areas. As soon as put my hands on it, it stays on up!. It is not bent, like some have mentioned. In that case you can follow the video and bend it or remove the seats. When you bend something like that, it could separate from the backing and I didn't want to risk it on a brand new headliner. If I were you, I'd do coilovers, no springs or cutting. Install on Sunday : Warning Some vehicles are equipped with curtain airbags located in the headliner itself.
That the mechanic switching the headliner ruined something does give me pause for further work at that dealer, however. I've tried every spray glue there is and it's all cheap tat. Oh maybe the center console, too. The rocking motion will allow some of the teeth to slip by on one side, then you rock to the other side letting them slip by, etc. It failed to hold it in place, so i basically went with another type of glue, one that has to be stretched out using a flat tool and that did the job. Usually the ones the replace are for people who have all their work done at the dealer. But will save a lot of money.