When it finally decides to go on you it will come down on your head while driving! (At least mine did.) I had to rip it out. The padding/adhesive ruined a lot of my clothes as it is a brownish orange, falls off onto you in thousands of lumps, and they are very sticky. Trying to wipe them from your clothes will embed them into the fabric.

You cannot repair the headliner in any manner that will not look really bad, IMHO. There is no way to save the padding once it starts to disintegrate and separate from the backer board.

I opted to replace mine myself. I used the IPD kit in 2005 and it still looks new, eight year later.

But it was a major PITA. It took me two full days with help.

Getting the backer board out was both tedious and stressful. Scraping it clean was not too bad. Installing the new padded fabric was very careful work because it sticks very quickly, so you cannot make a mistake. Reinstalling the backer board was more of a pain than getting it out, I suppose because I was more conscious of potential damage after my lovely new fabric was in place. ;-)

I broke some bits hear and there, too. The clips in the front and back were stubborn as all get out. It was not designed to be removed after being installed, of course.

But after the half day of sweating, cursing and worrying the result was staggering. It was like having a new car. You might not *look* at it much, but it is constantly in your peripheral vision, and it affects how you view and feel about the car in general. It is a surprisingly powerful negative if it looks really bad. I did not fully appreciate this fact until I had fixed the problem.

If you are adventurous, get the IPD PDF file of the instructions to see whether you want to try to tackle this. It is *very much* worth the effort, in my opinion.

And my labor has survived since 2005 with no signs that I will have to do it again any time soon. I am sure I will have to suffer through this procedure again in a few years. But it looks great now and has for eight years.

Good luck!

Wade
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Headliner spray glue will work but only for a little while. IMO it will only create more of a mess than it will solve, having done two of them myself. The original adhesive hardens and lets go. Also, the foam backing degrades and disintegrates. Any kind of temporary solution will look crappy. Spaying new glue onto deteriorated surfaces just doesn't work or look good.

Its a little tricky, not very expensive, and very rewarding to do it right.
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I like using the spiral upholstery pins to fix these. You can get them at some Walmart stores and most fabric stores. They are a bit challenging to twist into the hard cardboard of the headliner, and sometimes you break a few, so get extras.

You don't look up at the headliner very often and from what I have read it is nearly impossible to use something adhesive wise that will stick the liner back up.
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