I'm a retired Upholstery shop owner I did it for 50 plus years. The one thing I always did, was to use a handheld wire brush to remove the glue and old foam rubber padding. Never used a grinder wheel wire brush. It takes a little longer to do it that way but you won't be making un-wanted mistakes.
Awesome video! Straight to the point with all the information you need without a buncha blah blah blah, and a plus is you got a southern accent like me! EXCEPT it is impossible to unplug the harness glued to the headliner !
Sheesh! I had no idea there were 501 steps during this process. I literally came on here just to see what a headliner was! LOL I'm a girl...that's my excuse anyway...but I didn't know what the heck my husband was talking about when he told me about him getting a new headliner. But after watching all of these steps, I thank God that we had hail damage and the body shop took care of all of this. Love your accent by the way!
Thank you for sharing your DIY project: I saved it to my playlist. Very nice job on the video and pop-up text for the correct tool. I am trying to resolve the cause of water leaking into my 2005 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck. I tested the sunroof drain tubes with only a cup of water yesterday. I initially tested the drain tubes while the truck was backed into the driveway; the water drained through the front drain tubes only; I did not notice water leaking from any other location. I started the engine, pulled out of the driveway and faced the truck forward; tested the drain tubes; the backseat passenger side did not disperse water; the backseat driver side dispersed water through the drain tubes, the front passenger side dispersed the water down the drain tube and also down the pillar through the dash; the front driver side dispersed water down the drain tube. Test Results 1 - the passenger side of the truck seems to be the problem.
@@OFFROADNATION606 Did you remove the third brake light from the outside in order to replace the headliner? In my first attempt I tried to use a sealant on the third brake light - I missed the mark big time because water still leaks into the truck from the third brake light; thus, I purchased a gasket from a seller on eBay and I also purchased a new third brake from a local auto parts store.
@@coolred6 hey, i did this project finally just a few days ago. it was hell of a process but easy though, just time consuming especially if you do it alone like i did. i Had to take out front seats and several trim panels. i followed this video and another video for how to apply the fabric/glue. once i unplugged everything and got the liner free, i got my father to help me actually get the headliner out through the front passenger door, definitely need two people for such a large headliner. I believe if you have single cab or ext cab this job will be SUPER easy but doing it for Crew Cab is very time consuming. took me about 5 hours saved myself $ 400+ though Good luck.
Thanks for sharing...You did a good job. I do have a question since my headliner has some edges where the fabric is starting to peel back. Would you recommend just using the adhesive on edges where the fabric is beginning to come lose instead of removing the entire headliner? If so, would it be best to spray the adhesive on the headliner instead of the thin fabric itself to reattach. Thanks
almost everyone on youtube needs to watch your how tos and take some notes. thanks for the actual help/ explinations and not turning the camera on yurself and chit chatting about bs haha. perfect videos. subscribed
I've bought everything to do mine. Now a dumbass at work put me on work comp. Now on a to do list, which is put on hold. Thanks hoping my 2 boys will help. Just at a point where it's hard to supervise and not take over. I've done some upholstery by trial. Turned out great, but not walking someone through it. May just wait till I'm healed up.
Very good video. I want to do this on my '06 Silverado but am worried on getting the wrong material or color. Mine is the exact same color as yours. Where did you get it and what color was chosen? Any chance on a link?
Agreed with the grinder. I used my drill with the wire attachment then finished up with a DA and sticky paper. Yes I learned about digging in and did the same as you with the fiberglass resin. I'm thinking I wanted to try using the expanding foam next time instead of resin. too damn messy.
Didn’t show the hardest part. How did you get the whole unit out in the first place? I can’t get mine to come out any of the doors without feeling like I’m going to break it
Good video! Thank you. I'm getting ready to take replace the headliner cloth in my 2002 GMC Sierra, 2500HD ("Mi Cabio Blanco"); like your pointers, this will help me a lot...I just wished you had someone video you (& a friend?) putting the thing back in...that will be the tricky part!
Well I just took the headliner out of my 2000 Silverado single cab. The big surprise, the backing was NOT fiberglass, but formed foam and it is broke now in 3 pieces.
Can you go over the orientation of those clips again in detail at the 4:12 mark in another short video? I’ve taken down those brackets they go to and the fell out but I don’t know the correct way they go back. Thanks in advance.😎🤝
What armrest/center seat do you have in the front? It doesn't look like the stock one. I hate the stock one in my truck. Yours looks like it is from a newer truck. Does it bolt right in?
I looking into doing a similar project. Where did you get the headliner material and how did you figure out the correct color. Last question how’s it holding up Thanks
It’s an extended cab I had to bend mine a little to get it out. I think on the crew cabs there bringing them out the passenger side front from the videos I’ve seen. I’d just make sure to not bend it too much.
As a matter of fact, yes the overhead grab bar does come off the headliner.... one of my passengers pulled himself up into the back passenger side seat of my extended cab '01 Silverado and ripped the back clip of the handle right out of the ceiling, broke that little loop at the end of the clip and it won't stay in now. Looking for a replacement handle at this very moment. Can't replace the clips, the broken part is actually molded into the handle... When was it ever a good idea to use a plastic two part clip with a retaining ring instead of a nice metal screw....?
I honestly can’t remember it’s been so long since I’ve done it. I think it was either eBay or Amazon where i got it from. I know I had alittle bit left over seems like
Great video man, I wanna redue my headliner as well but I want to try and remove the rear roof ac climate control and just utilize the ones in the front roof part of my 2000 Limited, any tips or suggestions are appreciated.
I'm in the middle of mine and my "cardboard" is so flimsy where I got after the remaining foam that I blended it with a d.a. sander and going to glue over that. It's paper thin lol. I'll report back in a year to update if it's sagging or not
I cant remember exactly but I think it was about 60 inches wide but I can’t remember the length. When I bought the fabric it was a little bigger than the headliner to allow me to fold it under.
the grab handlers just snap into the headliner and not into the metal roof? I am having a problem getting the grab handles in tight as I put them back up.
@Matthew Galano Which adhesive did you use? I'm getting ready to do mine as well and I want to make sure I only have to do it once. I've heard good and bad about some of the 3m stuff so I'm curious to hear from someone who has done it before- Thanks
I'm gonna take on this project soon. really glad i read your comment as i was thinking the same thing about that wire. Probably just pop them loose rather than feeding it out. Are they easy to pop loose? my truck is a silverado 03 1500HD crew cab
Was it hard to get the headliner out with out bending it.with out the rear window out or since rear door opens backwards it came right out the side with a little finagling.
Mike Novak Yeah I had to bend it some but I tried to be fast so it wouldn’t hurt it. I just opened the back door and gently bent it down and it pulled right out. I tried to be fast putting it back in because it can make a small crease from folding it. But the crease usually will go away after 2 or 3 days. Honestly I don’t know how to get it out without bending it some
You can just get it online and have it shipped to your house they have all sorts of fabrics designs or you can just put the regular solid color back in
