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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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Default NEW Black Crushed Velvet Headliner & a few other mod's

These pictures i know horrible quality thats because it was taken with my phone lol hopefully ill get my camera out and take some good pix of it.. It feels like silk and i get everyone fondling my headliner all the time lmao... took me from 8-1am to finish the act. headliner(help thnx to my bf) then i finished the back pillars in the back the next day. . Used the really strong adhesive spray its holding up great.. just have to re-do a small part that unstuck by my seatbelt in the back because when we were putting it back in my car, we had to bend the headliner.. but its not gtting worse

decided i wanted to do something different then suede.. so this material is on my sub box as well as my arm rest so i thought wth lets go crazy and do my headliner




Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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hmmm idk if i like it of not.

do u have better pics?
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yeah ill have to take better ones.. honestly it looks better in person ill take better pictures today.
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new and better pix








and i got bored 2 days ago so i decided to paint my interior peices to match the color of my car... just waiting for my dad to paint my waterfall and the plastic guage cluster.








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more pix added !
Old Jul 12, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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Wow I like that a lot! Does the velvet reflect your interior lights at night at all? I'd like to do this to my xD now lol.

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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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I like that alot. Im gonna do mine in the black suede to match my seats and sub box. How hard was it?
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with the diamond plate floor mats it does reflect my led's a lot more on my headliner .. and it was A TON of work. You have to take every thing off to even get the headliner out lol thats the worst part and putting it back into the car. I think i started around 7pm-8pm at night .. didnt get done til about 1-30 am .. then i still had the back pillars to do but that took half hour- hour tops.. i suggest having someone help you out when doing it to make sure there are no bumps or anything and it goes by a lot smoother.
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Good idea. Ill start a little earlier as well.
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yeahh lol dont pull a me and start that late ! But it is well worth to take the time and do it rather than paying a fortune to have someone else do it! Also be careful of those stupid cheap plastic clips when putting everything back together. A lot of mine broke and i have to order new ones to make everything fit snug again
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Yeah I broke a few of mine when I took off the parts around the hatch glass. I was thinking of taking it somewhere to get it done but I know I would do a better job myself and it would save me a lot of money. Same with the LED swaps. Ill have to wait for a long weekend to do that one.
Old Jul 12, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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Black headliners often give a claustrophobic, enclosed feeling.

Nice work, though.
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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I probably would have gone with suede over velvet, but still looks nice nonetheless!
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thanks.. i only did that because it is the same material as my sub box and on my srm rest so i didnt want to go with a seude headliner and not match lol
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Nice...A girl that does Modd'in is alwayz Awesome!!!!...

Looks good...What kinda of adhesive did u use to glue the headliner & pillars with???
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I got it from autozone i cant remeber the exact brand but it was meant for headliners.. the 3M adhesive there was only one can left and i needed about 3 cans lol
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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I dig it. Pimptastic.
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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haha thank youu
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how did u stick on.....what did u use....
Old Jul 17, 2008 | 04:38 AM
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if you go to any autozone or pepboys, they have an adhesive spray for headliners .. or you can use the 3M adhesive spray i am sure that works better but this is holding up great i cant remeber the brand i have it in my garage somewhere .. once you spray it on the headliner, you let it sit for a few minutes so the fabric will stick to it right away.



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