How To Attach Roof Trnasit Headliner

Align notch and edge of panel with the feature on the vehicle driver side front then align opposite side of panel edge with the contour features.

How to attach roof trnasit headliner.

Install hardware a in the holes provided on the bottom of the panel first working your way up the panel to the top. Brush the contact cement on the underside of the headliner fabric and on the exposed headliner board. There are some funky clip brackets that hold the front edge of the headliner that were kind of hard to disengage they interface to these orange snap pins in the roof tried to take a pic of those. Please view this on a real computer to see all the no.

Filmed 12 08 2016 note to mobile users. You can find the proper adhesive made by several different popular brands available at almost any automotive parts store. The adhesive will usually be clearly labeled as one that can be used on automotive interior applications. You can arrange the pins in a pattern to make the headliner looking visually pleasing.

Use sequin pins or anything that serves your purpose. If you don t have contact cement use 3m spray to glue your headliner fabric to the board. Removing the headliner in my 2016 ford transit xlt 15 passage van. The best adhesive to use for a headliner is contact cement.

You will not be able to see all the notes i added to the video. Push the pins through the fabric to the foam backing board. The method is quite effective and you can push back the headliner to its place even if half of it is coming off. With the adhesive facing the headliner substrate place the gasket along the contact area around the vent and press firmly for 15 seconds to make sure the adhesion between the gasket and the headliner is secure.

To glue a headliner into place you will want to use a special type of adhesive designed for such application. The a c ductwork was surprisingly sloppy the duct going across the top of the rear doors was misaligned to the other duct flanges see pic.