headliner falling on 87 olds cutlass 40,000 miles on it

External Since: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 115

parked in garage in north Missouri for 3 months during summer and when I
returned headliner is falling down. I understand that all the GMs with
this body have had similar problems. Any fix on this??

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External Since: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 10

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:46:56 -0400, the world eagerly held it's breath
in anticipation awaiting "Deck" <decan9.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> to finish writing:

>parked in garage in north Missouri for 3 months during summer and when I
>returned headliner is falling down. I understand that all the GMs with
>this body have had similar problems. Any fix on this??

The foam between the backer board and fabric degrades over time. Any
auto upholstery shop should have or can get new material for you. Or
there are online places. You'll also need some 3M 08088 headliner
adhesive (some have problems with adhesive made by others).

I've seen two methods, one leaving the backerboard installed, and the
other removing it. I used the second when I did mine. The most
important part is get all the old foam off the backerboard, old glue
can remain. There's a brief rundown of the second method here:
http://tech.oldsgmail.com/int_headliner.php

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