Any tricks to remove headliner from Malibu Wagon?

[zdeckich]

My headliner in my malibu wagon is gone. Only thing left is the foam and its falling aparts on me. Need to take it out and scrape all the foam off and redo the headliner. Just didnt know if there was any trick to remove the headliner out of the wagon? I need to be careful since i hear the stopped making some of the clips for the wagon.

 

[Longroof79]

There's no real trick per se. It's just a matter of removing the perimeter trim, or garnish mouldings...remove the dome light which is held on by two small clips. There is a plastic trim that goes from side to side that helps support the rear section of the headliner.
That's about it in a nutshell. You're going to break clips, it's inevitable.

Oh, and be gentle pulling the headliner board(s) down. They're extremely brittle and break very easily.
You can repair cracks using fiberglass matting and resin.

 

[timo22]

The headliner on my bonneville had no cloth left on it, just the foam. I got tired of foam raining on me. I used my shop vac and it really did a great job of removing the foam to the bare shell. Like Longroof79 said, just be careful because they are easy to break..timo22

 

[zdeckich]

Thanks guys for the help.

 

[SSpev]

I just went through this. You can get the front clips but that seems to be it.
Here is the link Jack sent me with pics of the clips.
https://gbodyforum.com/threads/hardware-component-photo-reference-library.45882/page-3
scroll down a bit.

 

[Longroof79]

If you Google the part #'s, you'll probably come up with something. Just be careful, there's some real sharks out there..
I believe the rear garnish moulding clips are being reproduced...I've seen them on one of the sites. You may have to buy a few more than you need, but it's worth it.

The rear side moulding clips are going to be more difficult to find, and will be OEM only.

 

[Longroof79]

Here's the site that has the rear headliner clips http://www.car-pak.com/Fasteners/c22/p9869/79-5128/product_info.html

Here's a few sources for the side moulding clips https://www.partsvoice.com/partdetailsearch/GM/3073629

 

[Clutch]

My neighbor is an interior guy I took mine out he wire brushed and shop vaced the fome off covered it with spray glue put the new fabric on from the center out then cut an x in the visor holes and the dome light hole and glued the tabs over the back. Made it ok easy took him like 20 minutes maybe a half hour

 

[ssn696]

In the mid-90's, I spent hours rubbing my hands raw removing the foam boogers from my wagon headliner boards. I was worried that the glue would not stick. Make sure you use a spray contact cement rated for styrene plastic, or it will melt right through. I could not find the side molding clips, so I drilled holes through the metal trim and into the roof inner rails with a 1/8" bit, then ground/filed a bolt to a 45-degree taper with a 1/8" stub. Couple taps with a hammer on each trim hole, then a filister head stainless screw. Almost looked factory.