Best source for headliner material?
08-10-2023, 12:53 PM
#1
Best source for headliner material?
The headliner in my 08 finally bit the dust. I got it out of the car and stripped. I want to buy material that matches OEM and have a shop reapply it.
Has anyone bought any OEM style material, if so where did you get it?
This is all I could find and it seems pretty pricey.
Not interested in alcantara material, I would really prefer to match the original look.
Thanks
https://headlinerexpress.com/product/import-headliners-1936-2012/porsche-3/2006-on-porsche-cayman-3-yards-of-factory-original-material/
Has anyone bought any OEM style material, if so where did you get it?
This is all I could find and it seems pretty pricey.
Not interested in alcantara material, I would really prefer to match the original look.
Thanks
https://headlinerexpress.com/product/import-headliners-1936-2012/porsche-3/2006-on-porsche-cayman-3-yards-of-factory-original-material/
08-11-2023, 03:51 PM
#3
08-13-2023, 06:37 PM
#4
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08-13-2023, 09:40 PM
#5
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Too late for the OP, but if anyone has a dropped headliner on a 987.2 Cayman, this kit for 14 bucks worked great for me
You may elect to put a push pin in all the places you want a button. I suggest you begin in the center of the top.
When you are ready to proceed:
Fit a snap over a screw.
Pull out a push pin.
Insert screw/snap in pin hole.
Drive screw with the miniature Phillips screwdriver until the snap is snug.
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If the screw strips before the snap snugs up, you have hit a plastic standoff. Do NOT drill a pilot hole. What if the drill were to snag the headliner? No, I didn't try.
Using a proper Philips screwdriver with lots of end-force, drive the screw into the plastic standoff until the snap is snug.
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When all the snaps are in-place, look to see if the layout looks OK. I tried to follow a pattern of triangles wherein each snap was 100mm from the snaps around it. The curve of the top makes this impossible, so I modified it here and there.
Then just snap on all the buttons. I ordered the kit with the black buttons. They seem to match the black headliner fairly-well.
Now all that's left is to figure out what to do with the 80 push pins and 80 helical pins they gave you.
If you decide later that your Cayman needs to be concours, you can still rip it all out and put in a new headliner.
You may elect to put a push pin in all the places you want a button. I suggest you begin in the center of the top.
When you are ready to proceed:
Fit a snap over a screw.
Pull out a push pin.
Insert screw/snap in pin hole.
Drive screw with the miniature Phillips screwdriver until the snap is snug.
=====
If the screw strips before the snap snugs up, you have hit a plastic standoff. Do NOT drill a pilot hole. What if the drill were to snag the headliner? No, I didn't try.
Using a proper Philips screwdriver with lots of end-force, drive the screw into the plastic standoff until the snap is snug.
=====
When all the snaps are in-place, look to see if the layout looks OK. I tried to follow a pattern of triangles wherein each snap was 100mm from the snaps around it. The curve of the top makes this impossible, so I modified it here and there.
Then just snap on all the buttons. I ordered the kit with the black buttons. They seem to match the black headliner fairly-well.
Now all that's left is to figure out what to do with the 80 push pins and 80 helical pins they gave you.
If you decide later that your Cayman needs to be concours, you can still rip it all out and put in a new headliner.
