Coupe Headliner

[Namrups]

Things are going well with the painting. Should start laying down stripes and color tomorrow. In the mean time I am considering using the FF supplied headliner. Has anyone else used FF's headliner and if so what did you use for adhesive? Are you satisfied with the results? Any hints/tips?

[burchfieldb]

Things are going well with the painting. Should start laying down stripes and color tomorrow. In the mean time I am considering using the FF supplied headliner. Has anyone else used FF's headliner and if so what did you use for adhesive? Are you satisfied with the results? Any hints/tips?

Scott,
I have not done mine yet, but the only type of adhesive I have seen the professionals use is Landau top and trim adhesive. I have heard numerous comments to not use the 3m stuff. I purchased this kit that includes a spray gun and plan on using it on all of the interior stuff. You do not have to clean out the gun, you can leave it in and use as needed. https://www.yourautotrim.com/1gadapwehhrc.html

Brent

[Namrups]

Scott,
I have not done mine yet, but the only type of adhesive I have seen the professionals use is Landau top and trim adhesive. I have heard numerous comments to not use the 3m stuff. I purchased this kit that includes a spray gun and plan on using it on all of the interior stuff. You do not have to clean out the gun, you can leave it in and use as needed. https://www.yourautotrim.com/1gadapwehhrc.html

Brent

Thanks Brent! Problem is they wont ship to NY state. Maybe I can find some locally.

[Rsnake]

I was afraid to do the headliner so just sprayed a textured bed liner. Bravo to you

[edwardb]

Very happy with the sprayed in UPOL Raptor headliner in my Coupe. It basically disappears in the finished car. I really never seriously considered a fabric headliner. The somewhat irregular roof surface could picture through and I wasn't sure how I could make all the edges look adequately finished. I do highly recommend the Landau contact cement product. That's what all the pro shops use (and on all the TV shows). They get it in larger containers. Maybe a local place would sell you some if you go that way. Whatever you do, would need to be done before the body is on. The roll cage is going to be in the way of any treatment.

[Jeff Kleiner]

Same as Paul; Raptor on a couple of Coupes. Leaves a nice texture and can be painted or colored if you desire something other than black.

Jeff

[Namrups]

Thanks to both Paul and Jeff for their responses. I have covered the inside of the body with Raptor. I know I would not have liked the liner application if I had tried it myself but my painter/custom car builder said he could help so I decided to look into it. Still debating.

[JohnK]

Another option to consider is flocking. It's a sprayed-on finish that leaves a suede-like appearance. I used it on the inside of my glovebox and it turned out great (details here). I've seen people flock dashes and center consoles, so it should be durable enough for a headliner.

[Namrups]

Another option to consider is flocking. It's a sprayed-on finish that leaves a suede-like appearance. I used it on the inside of my glovebox and it turned out great (details here). I've seen people flock dashes and center consoles, so it should be durable enough for a headliner.

I had given that some thought. Thanks for the link!!

[Bob Brandle]

My 2 Cents is that I wanted to have a headliner of substance to both keep out some of the heat from the roof and also add some sound absorbing material to the large cabin ceiling. On the inside of the cabin, that ceiling is a hard parabolic shape that might reflect and concentrate the already overly abundant sound.

I decided to add Second Skin's Mega Zorbe Melamine foam, 1/2" thick, with peal and stick adhesive. Sanding prep of the ceiling is required. Then I added the Factory Five supplied black ceiling liner and secured that with aerosol can spray 3M 90 Adhesive. I bought 4 pieces of the 24"x24" Mega Zorbe foam and that just suited the coverage I desired.

Both have now been installed for 1-1/2 year, looks great and are as secure as the day after they were applied.
I don't have a direct comparison between two Type-65 Coupes to compare the interior sound, too many other variables, but I'm pleased with what I installed.

As can bee seen, Upol Raptor Black Bedliner was applied to most of the interior of the cabin body shell.

Here are four images of the coverages, lose pieces and then adhesive secured.

Note that there are some unique glassed-in fiberglass "boxes" in the area of the rear-quarter side windows/scoops. Those are the inside structures of D8YTONA's custom side windows.

[Namrups]

That looks great Bob!

[David Williamson]

I covered the ceiling with dynamat and then the FFR supplied headliner. It is black so you really don't see it much except on the "A" pillars.
David W

[LateApex]

I painted the inside of the fiberglass shells with a matte-black epoxy paint - actually this paint was applied over all fiberglass parts, in and outside, and was the base layer for finish paint on the exterior surfaces. I chose not to install the FFR headliner because I didn't like the material. The car has been on the road for 18 months now, and I have been tinkering with sound reduction on various fronts for most of those 18 months ;-)

One of the little projects this Winter was to install Second Skin Damplifier Pro mats. These mats are ~ 20" x 12" x 3/32". They are 3 layers; butyl, AL, and finish layer that has a nice appearance. These were actually quite easy to install (on the finished car). I used 6 of them. I covered maybe 90% of the inside of the main roof panel. There is no need to apply down the A-pillars (for example) as that structure is not a resonator as the main roof panel is.

Happy so far. I haven't seen any evidence of sagging or other adhesion issues [yet], and don't expect to, as the panels are quite light.

FWIW ...