has anyone here made their own headliner backing - t top roof

[paradigm]

Has anyone here made their own headliner backing? I ordered a T-top headliner from PUI through a vendor and its been backorded for a while.

I have been thinking of getting a 1/8" composite, or hardboard and cutting it to fit the T top and using fabric adhesive to attach headliner fabric to it. I would loose the coat hooks which is fine, but the rest of it looks straight forward except for where it angles down towards the rear glass?

 

[Ribbedroof]

Or order the regular one and cut to fit?

 

[69hurstolds]

Or order the regular one and cut to fit?

The biggest issue with the "regular" one is that the mounting areas niches for the coat hooks are shallower on the non-T-top cars. Never tried it, but I think there will be some problems in that area. Just a guess.

 

[Ribbedroof]

The biggest issue with the "regular" one is that the mounting areas niches for the coat hooks are shallower on the non-T-top cars. Never tried it, but I think there will be some problems in that area. Just a guess.

I did not know that. Of course making their own it sounds like they’re going to lose the coat hooks anyway so it wouldn’t really be a big deal? Personally I never put the coat hooks in anyway because who really uses those.

 

[paradigm]

Ill probably just keep the PUI on order and not bother. I could make one for $60 all in, but not sure if it will look bad.

 

[paradigm]

Ended up making my own headliner for my T-Roof 86 Monte Carlo SS for approximately $50.

Used a piece of 4'x2' 1/8 hardboad from Home Depot (~$7), got some suede looking headliner fabric from Amazon ($25) and used 3M 90 high strength spray adhesive ($20).

I cut the 1/8 hardboard to fit the roof area between the rear upper quarter panel trims, rear inner windshield metal trim and front T roof trims, then covered it with the headliner fabric. I think it came out good enough, although I am losing about 1.5" of headroom and lost the coat hooks, but I don't really care that much. If I end up sourcing a PUI roof liner panel at the right price I may change eventually.

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

Hey, that's a good idea. I like the creativity as well as saving $$- I need a headliner for an Astro roof but am choosing to wait so this is a viable option. Could you please post a couple more shots from inside the car? It looks good but I'm detail oriented. Thank you.

 

[paradigm]

This is the material I used to wrap the hardboard with:

Amazon.com

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

This is the material I used to wrap the hardboard with:

Amazon.com

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Thanks again, I appreciate you.

 

[Longroof79]

I think it looks pretty damn good. Is the original more curved along the sides?