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Old 04-15-2005, 06:32 PM
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Has Anyone Replaced The Headliner Yet

I'm going to have to either replace it myself or have it replaced. I was wondering if anyone has done this themselves? I don't think I'd even know where to begin.
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Bump...I need some ideas. Should I keep it the same color or get a different color? I just think anything different would make the front and back inside pillars look out of place. I wish I could find someone that does it in carbon fiber or aluminum even
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if you redo the headliner, let me know if you wanna sell the old one. do you have a sunroof. i have a nasty burn in my headliner, thanks adam
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One member replaced his with blue suede headliner and I believe another changed it to black.
Old 05-29-2005, 12:38 AM
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i would love black suede since the beige/white shows any marks
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if you replace the headliner, will you be replacing other parts as well?
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I would like a black headliner...

... as I really dislike the light grey headliner, in this car and in others. For the BMW 3-series, the headliner is the same grey color except in the high end Performance Package (ZHP) and M3 cars, where it is black. I believe the rx7's had black headliners.

In the rx8, it looks to me like the only way to do it would be to a custom job. I assume it would mean some sort of black suede/leather/cloth headliner, and painting a fair amount of plastic pieces, such as the pillars, visors, hand grips, etc to black. I have never done anything like this, but I am tempted, just because its the only thing I dislike about the car (along with the ridiculous difficulty of replacing the headunit with aftermarket).

Anyone have any experience with doing a custom headliner on any car? Anyone know or guess if the upcomming Mazdaspeed version would have a black headliner (eg, did they do that in the Mazdaspeed 6)?
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i re-placed my headliner ... i did it in gucci ... It is very simple to do just take your time and use 3M glue ... in the spray can ..
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Originally Posted by m82492
I'm going to have to either replace it myself or have it replaced. I was wondering if anyone has done this themselves? I don't think I'd even know where to begin.

i'm replacing mi head unit but is not done iet.

wen the work is finish i well post sume pics.
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Originally Posted by adim_x
if you redo the headliner, let me know if you wanna sell the old one. do you have a sunroof. i have a nasty burn in my headliner, thanks adam

is not posibol to seal the old one is neseceri to quep the clima AC and the warning ligths, its neceseri to quep it on the car.
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Hi,
I replaced the prison-gray headliner in my 8 with a black one last year,at the same time I had the seats recovered in black and charcoal perf'd leather.
Other than the headliner tech initially f*ck up the install,and the three times regluing,and ultimately having to replace it,I've been very happy with the look,if not the initial results.
The glue wasn't properly applied and the h/l came partially unglued three times last summer-and with a car with only 5000 miles,to say I was p*ssed would be an understatement. It's been re-done,and it looks to hold up fine,this time,and I'm still glad I had it done-the black/black looks awesome,imo.
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question for Preacher...

Did you have the plastic parts (the pillars, visors, center light console, etc) painted black as well, so that you get a fully black interior?

Could you pretty please show us some pics?

Thanks,
Tony
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I have a friggin burn in mine that is really irritating me. Mainly because I didn't burn it! I'd change it to black but those damn grey pillars will look like **** if I do. Does anyoen make a kit to replace the pillars? I thought I saw someone had carbon fiber pilars?
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