Chris, Thank you for taking the time to make this video! You're a natural at making these instructional videos...very nicely done. I've been watching your interior install videos and may try doing a headliner someday. Thanks again!
Wow, the sound quality in the cabin already sounds better. I can really hear a difference in your voice compared to the part 1 video. Great videos Chris. On to part 3!
Very nice and informative video. I recently saw a TMI video where they used cheap white foam. In my experience the foam will not hold up to the heat and atmospheric elements as well as the cotton/rag fiber material. VW and even the American manufacturers used either cotton batting or a blended animal hair product (felted) for padding and it lasts for as long as 70 years in some cases. Here is something you will find interesting. My '72 Beetle has a one-piece headliner that covers the center and extends almost all the way to the door opening and to the side quarter windows. There is a strip of metal with a slight gap between the roof pillar that runs from the back of the roof almost to the A-pillar and the outer edges of the headliner are pushed up into this space. There is just a narrow strip of painted metal exposed at the top of the door opening. The material from the B-pillar and back along the top of the rear quarter window opening is also pushed into this retainer strip with the headliner. The other parts are glued around the edges and the centers of the panels have thick padding. The padding is glued but the vinyl coated fabric is not glued to the padding. I have read complaints about glue coming through the perforations, but the material in my car doesn't have real perforations. The perforations are printed on the side panel areas and around the rear window and at the windshield header for the headliner first panel and the last panel. I thought my headliner was a light blue but it now appears to be a light gray. Unfortunately it is just falling apart. The padding in my car is predominantly gray. One question that is related to the new headliner and putting the windows back in the car. Do you or have you ever but a butyl sealant between the outer groove of the window weather strip and the body lip? My car appears to have had some water damage to the headliner around the back window and at the rear quarter panel windows as well as to the padding just under the rear seat backrest (the jute padding under the rear carpeted area). If I can I will send you some pictures of the retainer strip I am talking about. Only a few of the headliner panels are perforated while the remainder are printed.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! How do you lay out padding for split window beetles around the window, between the glass post (Split portion) or not? thx
Hello Chris, Thanks for the videos! They help! I purchased your padding about a year ago. How does the split window beetle padding lay out around the window, between the glass (Split portion) post or not? Any help would be appreciated, thx
I do when I do a full paint job on the car, we paint the whole inside of the cabin. This car was just a headliner, budget had to be watched for the client. But you can always spray some rust primer, or POR.
Great job, very detailed, easy to follow. Thank you, for taking time to make these informative videos
thank you!
Chris, Thank you for taking the time to make this video! You're a natural at making these instructional videos...very nicely done. I've been watching your interior install videos and may try doing a headliner someday. Thanks again!
you are welcome
Wow, the sound quality in the cabin already sounds better. I can really hear a difference in your voice compared to the part 1 video. Great videos Chris. On to part 3!
Very nice and informative video. I recently saw a TMI video where they used cheap white foam. In my experience the foam will not hold up to the heat and atmospheric elements as well as the cotton/rag fiber material. VW and even the American manufacturers used either cotton batting or a blended animal hair product (felted) for padding and it lasts for as long as 70 years in some cases.
Here is something you will find interesting. My '72 Beetle has a one-piece headliner that covers the center and extends almost all the way to the door opening and to the side quarter windows. There is a strip of metal with a slight gap between the roof pillar that runs from the back of the roof almost to the A-pillar and the outer edges of the headliner are pushed up into this space. There is just a narrow strip of painted metal exposed at the top of the door opening. The material from the B-pillar and back along the top of the rear quarter window opening is also pushed into this retainer strip with the headliner. The other parts are glued around the edges and the centers of the panels have thick padding. The padding is glued but the vinyl coated fabric is not glued to the padding. I have read complaints about glue coming through the perforations, but the material in my car doesn't have real perforations. The perforations are printed on the side panel areas and around the rear window and at the windshield header for the headliner first panel and the last panel. I thought my headliner was a light blue but it now appears to be a light gray. Unfortunately it is just falling apart. The padding in my car is predominantly gray.
One question that is related to the new headliner and putting the windows back in the car. Do you or have you ever but a butyl sealant between the outer groove of the window weather strip and the body lip? My car appears to have had some water damage to the headliner around the back window and at the rear quarter panel windows as well as to the padding just under the rear seat backrest (the jute padding under the rear carpeted area). If I can I will send you some pictures of the retainer strip I am talking about. Only a few of the headliner panels are perforated while the remainder are printed.
Chris I really want to thank you for the great videos you put out.Any time im looking for help I look for Chris Vallone. Great job buddy!!!
You are very welcome! =o)
Thanx for showing us how to do it, I really appreciate it
You are my go to guy! What a great amount of information.
Great videos bud can't wait to finish mine. Keep up the good work.
hey, congrats!! you are making an amazing job.
watching the videos of Brazil, Sao Paulo.
thank's
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! How do you lay out padding for split window beetles around the window, between the glass post (Split portion) or not?
thx
Hello Chris, Thanks for the videos! They help! I purchased your padding about a year ago.
How does the split window beetle padding lay out around the window, between the glass (Split portion) post or not?
Any help would be appreciated, thx
Wear can you buy that felt material you used? And whats the thickness?
Name of both of the paddings? Thanx
thanks for the quick response. do you recommend using carpet pad for insulation?
+VSAAPW sure you can put that on top of the Quick roof or dynamat
excellent chris ! i have one question : you dont do any anti-rust layer on the roof and the posts?
I do when I do a full paint job on the car, we paint the whole inside of the cabin. This car was just a headliner, budget had to be watched for the client. But you can always spray some rust primer, or POR.
My '63 has a sunroof. Are there any tips I should know about? And what about a headliner for it?
Alsome video!
Thanks 👍
is the 3m-90 working better or the cement glue?
+VSAAPW I always use the 3M glue.
ROUGHLY how many cans will i need to do a headliner
It took me two and a half lol
nice work
restaura o meu ! ;* muito bom seus serviços parabéns. o/
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