So after kicking myself in the spring for not getting a decent replacement off a junk yard coupe, deciding to "refurbish" the existing one while adding speaker holes and then wrecking the deteriorating fabric in the process had me now figuring out the "new" way to do this.
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When I was looking for other headliner fabric options I saw this mesh they called "bug screen" oddly enough and thought it would look and hopefully work great.
The original mesh seems to be natural material (top). Kind of like hemp or manilla. The new material appears to be almost rubberized with a mesh nylon core.
By cutting the holes in the board for the speakers, I was worried that the new mesh adds no protection for our newly added vintage '82 speakers. I got out the glue gun, found some old aluminum screen and secured them good!
I used the old piece of fabric for the template and cut a new piece of mesh. The board is a pressed fibre board and was previously black looking (looked painted) with the black mesh. I gave it a good coat of primer and then some flat black enamel paint before laying the new mesh on. The old stuff was stitched at the back seat end but this is hidden where it folds down so the hot glue was the perfect choice! It holds good!
I argued over wanting to do a spray adhesive to glue the flat part all down also. What ever I chose would need to be invisible. I chose to just wrap it as tight as I could, fold it over and glue it. It ended up quite taut.
I think it looks great! As I said though with it being "rubberized" I am worried about the long term damage, stretching or slight sagging in the speaker holes from the sun beating in the back window. Time will tell I guess.
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