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Headliner Question

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:40 am
by RARESVTS
Has anyone seen or experienced and issue with the headliner? Do the sunroofs leak? Here are a couple pics. Thank you!!
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Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:29 pm
by noac
As far as I know, there is no way to fix a headliner. You will need to have it replaced. A professional trim shop will remove your OEM headliner from the backing board, clean up the OEM board and recover with new fabric. I think most good shops will be able to match the material 100%. I have paid about $250 to have this done with OEM fabric. If you live in the DC metro area I can provide you with the name of an extremely capable shop in Maryland.

Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:28 pm
by WillyB93
The sunroof cars have a vinyl type headliner instead of fabric in the non sunroof cars. Might be a little difficult to match, some people have used the cloth in the sunroof cars as replacements.

Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:07 pm
by buddha
Ya, there is no match out there for the vinyl, I looked hard and plenty. Much like the leather and cloth for the seats.

Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:27 am
by TEAL93COBRA3279
Sunroofs can leak. I have heard that the vinyl shrinks over the years, don't know if TMI vinyl is a match or not, I used a cloth replacement on mine.

Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:29 am
by TEAL93COBRA3279
Looking at the pic it would appear that it is stretched and you can see a circle in the vinyl. I would check your sunroof weatherstrips, looks like a leak.

Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 12:43 pm
by Z282SLO
Leaky sunroofs ... one of the top three "build quality" issues with these cars. The other two being saggy map pockets and broken center console ash tray doors.

Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:41 pm
by RARESVTS
Thanks everyone for the replies. I decided not to buy the car because of that and it was undercoated.

Re: Headliner Question

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:13 pm
by buddha
I know sunroofs had issues, but I've personally never had that issue. The fact that the vinyl on that particular car pulled back on the board isn't necessarily water either, simple age, or getting hot during the summer will do the same thing.