Headliner choices - New photos

[69rangerman]

I was tending to several small tedious "to do's" on the interior, and decided to know the worst and pull down the sagging pegboard headliner and chrome trim.

No rust - yay.

Questions:

The chrome trim is slightly pitted - would you sand and paint, or leave it alone (I don't want to spend for re-chroming)?

I also don't want to pay what they want for a new board headliner. Has anyone made their own? What did you do, how did it work, and do you have photos?

Thanks.

[truckguy]

Here is what I did.
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... +headliner
Kyle

[thebttmline]

Did you use an adhesive on that thermoply stuff, or is it stiff enough to hold its shape with just the trim?

[bumpside]

I used the origional headliner for the backing. Glued 1/2 foam on the old headliner ( cutting the oval shape out of the foam before gluing ) I then glued the FORD script inside the oval cut out, and sprayed the FORD letters and the foam with glue. The next step was to put the material on over the glue and work it in to the letters and smoothe it over the foam. I used the fleece material used for clothes.

LETTERS------------I had a FORD decal enlarged at Staples on a copy machine. Then I glued them to foam board and cut them out with a razor knife. Next step, I mixed a snallow pan full of bondo and pressed the foam board letters in to it. When the bondo set I removed the pattern letters. Now I had a mold. I cleaned the mold up with a dremmel tool and was ready to make letters. I sprayed the mold with a releacing agent, mixed more bondo and pored it in to the mold. When it bondo set I took the letters out sanded them lightly and glued them to the headliner.

The depression under the ford letters is from my interior light. Never noticed it wasn't straight in the truck

[truckguy]

Did you use an adhesive on that thermoply stuff, or is it stiff enough to hold its shape with just the trim?

It is stiff enough. It is almost the some stuff as the original headliner.
Kyle

[69rangerman]

Thanks guys,

I think I'm going to combine ideas. We have thermo ply at work, and I think I'll cover it in fleece or something similar.

truckguy - what size speakers and where did you get them?

[fordman]

you can clean up the chrome with some rubbing compound and a steel wool pad. thats what i do with stuff like that. it also works good on chrome wheels.

[bjde0b]

I have posted this pick before, but I really like my headliner because it is functional.

[truckguy]

I forget what size they are. They are small.

Here what BiggDogg Did with his headliner and he also put speakers in his headliner.
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... er#p311285
Kyle

[flyboy2610]

I have posted this pick before, but I really like my headliner because it is functional.

I have one in my '69F250. I really like it.

[FordTruck]

Flyboy I really want one of those!!

Here's my make shift headliner until I can get some bucks to buy like what flyboy has.

[69rangerman]

Well, I got the sheet of thermoply from work yesterday. We also use a 1/4 insulated sheathing product called Fom-Cor and I plan on doubling that up and replacing the original fiber material under the headliner.

I'm going to be giving some thought time to how to incorporate speakers and possibly stereo housing into it before covering in fabric.

As long as there's activity on the truck I can keep telling my wife that "No one's going to buy a truck that's not finished - I'm just getting all the little stuff done". Hopefully that will bridge the gap between business stinks and better times.

Thanks for all the ideas!

[ford4x4fun]

I used the origional headliner for the backing. Glued 1/2 foam on the old headliner ( cutting the oval shape out of the foam before gluing ) I then glued the FORD script inside the oval cut out, and sprayed the FORD letters and the foam with glue. The next step was to put the material on over the glue and work it in to the letters and smoothe it over the foam. I used the fleece material used for clothes.

LETTERS------------I had a FORD decal enlarged at Staples on a copy machine. Then I glued them to foam board and cut them out with a razor knife. Next step, I mixed a snallow pan full of bondo and pressed the foam board letters in to it. When the bondo set I removed the pattern letters. Now I had a mold. I cleaned the mold up with a dremmel tool and was ready to make letters. I sprayed the mold with a releacing agent, mixed more bondo and pored it in to the mold. When it bondo set I took the letters out sanded them lightly and glued them to the headliner.

The depression under the ford letters is from my interior light. Never noticed it wasn't straight in the truck

It sounds like it will take some time, but that is just right there

[Happy_Camper]

Bumpside, you did one heck of a job! Very creative, with an awesome outcome.

[bumpside]

Thank You, Happy_Camper