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Pedders

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269 posts

283 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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Hi all,

I am just about ready to start trimming the centre section before getting it back on the car. I was wondering what others had done for a headlining. I was thinking of using alcantara and simply gluing it direct to the interior fibreglass skin, but then started to ponder whether it needed a thin foam backing or similar to get a nice finish.

Any thoughts, ideas and photos would be much appreciated.

Steve_D

13,737 posts

257 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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Headlining...what headlining?

Steve

Pedders

Original Poster:

269 posts

283 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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That would be the easiest option, Steve!

DHGTR

1,196 posts

242 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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Pedders said:
Hi all,

I am just about ready to start trimming the centre section before getting it back on the car. I was wondering what others had done for a headlining. I was thinking of using alcantara and simply gluing it direct to the interior fibreglass skin, but then started to ponder whether it needed a thin foam backing or similar to get a nice finish.

Any thoughts, ideas and photos would be much appreciated.
Glued mine straight on.

ROWDYRENAULT

1,270 posts

213 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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yes, there is a product that should go between the Alcantara and the fiberglass. its maybe 3/16 of an inch thick, fairly dense foam and makes the alcantara lay flat and look nice. By the way the doors make this job a little different than most. Because part of the door is actually part of the roof it all looks a bit more finished if the headliner materiel is applied to the doors at least to the point where the door section goes vertical. Both RAT GTR and I have used the really short cut square weave carpet in the car and I have to say it really fits the nature of the car and it is damn near indestructible. Mine has been in for 6 years and 24,000 miles and it looks like the day it was installed. My change to my interior work would be a machined plate to mount the mirrors onto with a cover so that when needed I could remove the cover and access the mirror mount bolts. When the day comes that I need to do something to the mirrors It will be an exacto knife to the alcantara to get at the bolts. Poor planning on my part. lEE

Rusti Evo

537 posts

193 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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SS has a lovely carbon fibre piece for roof lining - very tasty..........

Pedders

Original Poster:

269 posts

283 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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ROWDYRENAULT said:
yes, there is a product that should go between the Alcantara and the fiberglass. its maybe 3/16 of an inch thick, fairly dense foam and makes the alcantara lay flat and look nice. By the way the doors make this job a little different than most. Because part of the door is actually part of the roof it all looks a bit more finished if the headliner materiel is applied to the doors at least to the point where the door section goes vertical. Both RAT GTR and I have used the really short cut square weave carpet in the car and I have to say it really fits the nature of the car and it is damn near indestructible. Mine has been in for 6 years and 24,000 miles and it looks like the day it was installed. My change to my interior work would be a machined plate to mount the mirrors onto with a cover so that when needed I could remove the cover and access the mirror mount bolts. When the day comes that I need to do something to the mirrors It will be an exacto knife to the alcantara to get at the bolts. Poor planning on my part. lEE
Thanks Rowdy - very helpful - hadn't even thought about the mirror bolts.

Pedders

Original Poster:

269 posts

283 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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Rusti Evo said:
SS has a lovely carbon fibre piece for roof lining - very tasty..........
Sounds interesting - I will make enquiries.

BogBeast

1,136 posts

262 months

Saturday 18th October 2014
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I used flock. sprayed glue and then electrostaticlly 'deposited' 2mm black nylon fibres. Looks great after 8 years and has an excellent finish.

barpilot

174 posts

134 months

Saturday 18th October 2014
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BogBeast said:
I used flock. sprayed glue and then electrostaticlly 'deposited' 2mm black nylon fibres. Looks great after 8 years and has an excellent finish.
This is a route I was looking at. Do you have any photos of yours?

Ult-Jim

624 posts

189 months

Sunday 19th October 2014
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Steve_D said:
Headlining...what headlining?

Steve
Exactly, keep it light, keep it simple. I have the odd scratch / imperfection when I look upwards inside the cockpit, however when driving and 99% of the time you and other people will not see it.

BogBeast

1,136 posts

262 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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barpilot said:
This is a route I was looking at. Do you have any photos of yours?
Doesn't photo massively well, look a lot better in in the flesh..






Pedders

Original Poster:

269 posts

283 months

Monday 3rd November 2014
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Pedders said:
Rusti Evo said:
SS has a lovely carbon fibre piece for roof lining - very tasty..........
Sounds interesting - I will make enquiries.
Making enquiries led to the purchase of this:



This then led to the application of a small grinder equipped with flapper wheel to the existing fibreglass skin - past the point of no return here (see holes at the edges....) and wondering what the factory might charge for a replacement liner. Was also amazed at how well the eBay purchased 3m face mask was working when I was able to carry on breathing even though struggling to see on account of the dust cloud...



Cue much cutting, gluing, grinding, sanding and then polishing, resulting in this:



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I'm please with how it turned out, and needed to do something with the existing inner skin, which stood proud of the rubber door seal edges in places, which I didn't like.

Just the back panel to trim, and then I can get the centre section on,and then.....the engine! Which should provide for photos that are a bit more interesting.

sukhjeevan

290 posts

222 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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The carbon effect looks very nice.

Would it be possible to simply vinyl wrap with sticky back carbon effect vinyl?

As in this example:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-wrap-your-i...

LuckyP

6,243 posts

224 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Seems a while ago now!!



Foam backed alcantara. Lurvely....

macgtech

997 posts

158 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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LuckyP said:
Seems a while ago now!!



Foam backed alcantara. Lurvely....
You really need to have a drastic rethink about your seating position...

Pedders

Original Poster:

269 posts

283 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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macgtech said:
You really need to have a drastic rethink about your seating position...
Are you actually doing anything car related in that photo, Lucky P? wink

Pedders

Original Poster:

269 posts

283 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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sukhjeevan said:
The carbon effect looks very nice.

Would it be possible to simply vinyl wrap with sticky back carbon effect vinyl?

As in this example:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-wrap-your-i...
That would have undoubtedly saved a lot of time, money and effort! I was keen to have the real stuff, though.

Pedders

Original Poster:

269 posts

283 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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sukhjeevan said:
The carbon effect looks very nice.

Would it be possible to simply vinyl wrap with sticky back carbon effect vinyl?

As in this example:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-wrap-your-i...
That would have undoubtedly saved a lot of time, money and effort! I was keen to have the real stuff, though.