Custom headliner (snappics)...

[Schrade]

I'm working on another headliner for the C4 here, like one I did for my '94.

 

[WhalePirot]

I like the idea. but only have/use the glass top... and that one sparsely.

Any issues with Chevy on using their logo?

 

[92vetterob]

Pm'd you!!

Rob


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[92vetterob]

Any update?

 

[Schrade]

Finish up here...

This was pad removal:

Butterknife, to not scratch...



Then you can get a hand in.



Once you get under the edge, ya' gotta' pull the fabric off of the panel with your fingers. Don't try to pull it by the edge of the foam board - it will break up.

Wear long sleeves!

Go all the way around the edge, then work toward the center.

(at this point, the edge DID break, and I had to go around the other way)

 

[Schrade]

Once the old felt is removed, I painted the pad to stop pad dust from coming through the felt. I just used Acrylic Black latex, rolled on. You could probably go with a rattle can, Clear Poly, Black, anything you have laying around unused, that wont show through the new felt.

Glue new headliner to the foam pad.

Adhesive:



Headliner in place, then flip it halfway back. Glue onto the bottom half with a putty knife:



Then the top half:



(DO NOT PRESS DOWN TOO HARD - THE ADHESIVE WILL COME THROUGH THE FELT. You could see that in the 'Skully' '94 top... )

 

[Schrade]

Dry overnight.

Fitting the overlap:



And the rest of the way around; the forward corner concave curves are tricky. I made 2 cuts in the apex of the concave curve, to about 3/8" of the edge.



Flip it over and check:



Now flip back, pull the tape, and apply adhesive to the overlap...

 

[Schrade]

Glue the lip to the panel side - I'm using RTV Black:



Re-tape, allow to dry, then set the pad into the panel.............

 

[Schrade]

Done.

Felt glue onto the roof panel:

and set into place:

I did not cut the overlap deep enough into the front corner concave curves, and I got an ugly buckle on the D side.

And I placed a 3/16" styrofoam board glued onto the panel side of the pad, for extra exhaust drone kill. I have a glass top too, so I can measure interior sound with that top, and then again with the insulated Black top (when the rain stops)...

 

[Mac]

Schrade, that looks amazing!! Well done!!

Mac

 

[Schrade]

Thanks!

I'm just hopin' that nasty buckle doesn't jam my ET's too bad...

 

[92vetterob]

Looks great!

 

[Schrade]

Thanks there Rob; post up some snappics of yours if you get a chance, to see how yours comes out there.

And note where I messed up on the front corners, from not cuttin' deep enough into the front corners ad