72 f100 4x4 Headliner project step by step

[bigred72]

Hey everyone, Heres how i did it. First off before i ever started, i searched this site and got some good ideas and came up with a game plan. One of those ideas was from In ford we trust and his FRP headliner. My truck didnt have a headliner in it, so i went to the salvage yard and picked up 2 to use as templates. one was a '67 the other was a '72.

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I then went to home depot and purchased a 4x8 sheet of FRP and some 3m super 80 spray adhesive. i then picked up 2 yards of black marine grade vinyl from a fabric store. The headliners i got from the salvage yard werent flat so i traced them on cardboard first and made a template. i test fit the template in my cab and it fit good so i traced the the template to the smooth side of the FRP(dont forget to mark the center screw hole)

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And started cutting..

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[bigred72]

i Didnt like how slow the cutting was going ..

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once i got it all cut out i i sanded the edges with 220 grit sand paper and checked it against the original...

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and did another test fit

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notice there are 2 screws with washers holding up the front then i screwed the center screw(not sure if these are factory, but theyre very handy ) .

[bigred72]

test fit with trim up...

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Im kinda ocd and not knowing how the vinyl would go on i made a small version first...

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By the way i put the vinyl on the smooth side.

[bigred72]

Now on to the real one...

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laid out my vinyl and trimmed up the edges a bit...

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i folded it in half and sprayed the vinyl and the FRP with 2 coats of adhesive and let it dry for 4-5 minutes(Instructions are on the can)..

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I then folded it back down and started smoothing with my hand from the center out. Be careful with this step cause you get one shot... that glue is sticky

[bigred72]

I repeated the last steps to the other side...

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Now comes the tricky part, this took some thought( i hate that )what i did was glue and fold the straight parts first and cut and tweaked the corners and cut outs to work with the contours(if that makes sense) i was trying to avoid bunching of the material

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and there you have it..the finished product...

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since i already did 2 test fits i was confident it would go up fairly easy and it did Btw I did remove my rear view mirror and sun visors just so they werent in the way. I put up the trim, visors and mirror sat back and enjoyed the finished product. all in all it was more time consuming than difficult but i think preplanning and a lil ocd helps .

[bigred72]

And Last but not least here are the installed pics...

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I hope this helps anyone wanting to take on a similar project. if theres anything i can do to help please let me know.

[Hemmi06]

Looks great!!

[HRDROKN]

Nice job!!!

[sargentrs]

Wow! Looks great. Thanks for the project thread! Now I know how to do mine. I was wondering how that would be done.

[stephen44]

Very Nice - thank you - I will use this when time comes to do mine

[Fo-Mo-Co]

That looks great. I was trying to figure out what I was going to do. This is perfect.

[terry1167]

That look sweet! You did an awesome job and all of your OCD paid off. I was going to do the exact same thing but in off-white vinyl but decided to stay with the stock look but your pics make me wonder if I should have gone your route! Thanks for the step by step and pics.

[bigred72]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. ive learned so much from fordification that i wanted to give back a little.

[fireguywtc]

Great work!

[Madsen1970F100]

At risk of being stupid. too late What is 4x8 sheet of FRP ?