Have you seen these headliner replacements?

[rodman99999]

I've seen a few threads on the subject of headliners in here. Here's an eBay item number that may interest some out there: (260012812383). There's a link to their color chart in the description too.

 

[Larry Smith]

I have one on order now. About 2 week delivery time I'm told. I saw one in a fellow Buick owners car a couple weeks ago and it looked great.
By the way, the front and rear headliner trim clips are available from the dealer. part# 20095324. I broke every one of mine trying to get them out.
I'll post my result after I install mine.
Best regards,
Larry

 

[mweber]

Larry,

Did you ever get the headliner installed. I am interested in how it turned out.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[57loboy]

I bought one from oldbuickparts in NJ and it certainly is a solid unit - better then the factory foam nonsense... Fun part of my installation was that there is so much windshield and rear glass sealing goo that it was impossible for me to remove the metal trim without bending it (which I didn't want to do) As a result, I installed it without pulling either piece and because it is ABS plastic, I was able to bend it without damaging it to install it.

Fit is nice, holes for visors lined right up though the ones for the coat hooks are a little off. However, that could be because the thing isn't sitting far enough back in the rear because of the hardend window goo.

 

[Larry Smith]

Well,
My headliner had some issues. The hole in the headliner for the interior light was in the wrong place by about 6 inches. I had to cut a new hole. I made a template from a piece of the old headliner. Luckily, the fabric was still covering the original (wrong) hole so I figured I could work around the problem.
Unfortunately, the dome lamp posts also align the headliner from side to side. Even though I was very careful when making the new hole, It was off just enough to really crowd the trim on the left side, making it really difficult to re-install the trim. In addition I had the same problem of the headliner not going back far enough to re-install the windshield trim using the correct clips. I broke all three trying to re-install the trim. the final straw came when I realized that with the headliner Just a little forward. the visor and coat hook holes were in the wrong place.
Conclusion: I'm not happy. This was supposed to be "plug and play" I spent about 9 hours, had to fabricate new front trim clips from modified rear trim clips, left off the coat hooks for fear that I would never find the mounting holes without poking visible holes in the new headliner, and I haven't yet re-installed the sun visors because I was so disgusted that I decided to have a cooling off period before continuing. (like until mid-winter)
If you just look at the headliner, it looks fine, but I know what it took to get it to this point and believe me, If I had it to do over again, I'd take it to a trim shop and have it done. I should have returned the thing and demanded a refund when I realized the dome lamp hole was in the wrong place, but nooooooo! my optimism got the best of me.
Sorry for the rant!
Larry

 

[jamier]

headliner install

I bought 1 from gbody parts back in may And installed it in about 40 mins. the fir was right on and since it is also abs I could bend it with no worried about damage, the hole for the dome light is cut in the abs but the material was not cut, I chose to leave it deleated for a nice shaved look. I just had to drill holes for the visors, like I said no problems with the install If I buy another car I will order another.

 

[Bweavy]

I bought 1 from gbody parts back in may And installed it in about 40 mins. the fir was right on and since it is also abs I could bend it with no worried about damage, the hole for the dome light is cut in the abs but the material was not cut, I chose to leave it deleated for a nice shaved look. I just had to drill holes for the visors, like I said no problems with the install If I buy another car I will order another.

Ours is a few $ cheaper .

We will have the moon roof ones built soon & we have an exclusive on them.
We test fitted the new version but had some trimming to do. We sent it back with another original & are awaiting shipping of the new unit.We are having 500 moon roof boards built.

 

[salvageV6]

"We are having 500 moon roof boards built."

Sweet, my procrastination has paid off!

 

[WHITE T]

Brian,

GOOD TO HEAR!!!

Count me in for 2!

Thanks!

 

[Searcher]

We will have the moon roof ones built soon & we have an exclusive on them.
We test fitted the new version but had some trimming to do. We sent it back with another original & are awaiting shipping of the new unit.We are having 500 moon roof boards built.

Count me in, too. Somebody removed the board completely from the 87 T I just bought so I gotta have one before too long.