Headliner For 1972 Suburban 4X4
Hey Everyone,
My Suburban only has one section of Headliner , the rest is missing... Where is the best place to get them? I'm also think of maybe using Aluminum perforated Sheet or Stainless Steel Perforated sheet . Ten powder coating the Aluminum or just polish the Stainless. Anyone hear tried this? |
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Check this thread out and if you use the search function you will find others. You idea of using perforated or expanded metals is interesting. If one could find a way to bond fabric or some other sound deadening material to the back of it you could have a really trick looking headliner. Good luck.
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There are quite a few threads on the Suburban headliners. The best way I have found to find them is to use the GOOGLE search box at the top of this page. Type "Suburban headliner" into the box, click on the circle in front of "67-72chevytrucks.com" and click on the GOOGLE button. Just make sure the thread you are looking at refers to your style of truck. (Hits will include all years) LockDoc |
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These guys have a headliner material similar to the original perforated board. http://www.remautoinc.com/contactus.php
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Here is a perforated board material really close to the original. The guy on this tread explains what he did and where he bought it from.
http://www.christinecarclubforum.com...eadliner-board Good luck and let us know if you reach out to them! |
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Just dampen it slightly and it will take a curve. I had my OE headliner out for a couple years and it flattened out.
I wiped it down and stored it on top of the roof to regain it's shape. |
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As far as the headliner material many people have used flat material for the Burb headliners with pretty good success as long as it isn't too thick, and there are threads that document it.... It is up to the individuals as to which suggestion is useful to them. LockDoc |
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I think I'll order some and do a test on how if getting it moist (not wet) will help or hurt its ability to be shaped...then report back. Stay tuned! |
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You might want to check out the 48-54 side. The headliners in those are a fiber board material that comes precut and flat and during installation you wet it and bend it to fit. The compound curves in those trucks are more extreme than anything in our Burbans. I know there are some tricks to putting one in that may help with this product. I don't know for a fact but I would bet that the headliners in those late fifties Mopars are curved to. Maybe a call to the supplier would answer some of the questions. Let us know how you do.
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Ugh, there is no sub-forum over there so the search sucks, a lot of the threads are about the trucks. I will have to read into the build threads
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Wow. Thanks for all the responses and tips, will update so I decide which way we are going ....
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Don't know what kind of budget you're on or what the services run in BC, but I just got a quote to redo my entire headliner for $200.
Of course, I'm in Texas, so my guy isn't an option for you. Just something to consider. Guys that do headliners seem like a dying breed. Most are pretty talented. |
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Simple answer, is that no one make them.
You will have to fabricate the head liner yourself. The fabric headliner sold from some of the vendors looks weird, and takes a lot of work from an experienced upholstery shop guy. Best results I have seen from past builds are with fabric covered foam board, or using sections of FRP board from the local home builder stores. (Despite what people may think, the "plastic" or FRP materials do NOT form easy). I myself went with the FRP route. It came out ok, and is better than nothing. Do a little research, and a little experimentation. |
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Headliner solution, '72 Burban. Inspired by post-war woodies. A boat-load of work, but worth the effort.
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I always thought that would be a cool way to do a "headliner". I even have a folder with a bunch of older vehicles with the wood like that. If thats yours, great work on your part. Any pics of how it was laid out and done?
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Love the palm trees! The headliner I installed has a perforated vinyl from Brothers peeking between the slats. The vinyl is a bow-type headliner, but such a disappointment to install by itself - not a custom fit, very generic, and hard to get right without sagging everywhere, even given the original bows. So I went with wood slats screwed thru the vinyl to the roof braces. A lot of holes to drill, but luckily nothing went thru the roof!
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