Drahcir495 Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 Is there anyone making the headliner boards? I don’t need one with fabric. Just need the board the fabric goes onto.
Drahcir495 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 34 minutes ago, Pete M said: SMS does... occasionally. I did a search before I asked and saw the group buy thread. I think $350 is too much but mine has been destroyed by mice so not sure what to do?
Pete M Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 how destroyed? can it be restored or replicated by a local auto upholstery shop?
Drahcir495 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 9 hours ago, Pete M said: how destroyed? can it be restored or replicated by a local auto upholstery shop? Haven’t taken it down yet but
Pete M Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 I've seen that guys have managed to use cut-down XJ panels. not sure how well it fits the rear wall though.
NC Tom Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 I've heard of some folks just doing away with the liner and painting the roof with bed liner.
Drahcir495 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 I’m going to have to check if it can be repaired when I get it pulled out. It might be past the point of repairing it??
Pete M Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 20 minutes ago, NC Tom said: I've heard of some folks just doing away with the liner and painting the roof with bed liner. no one where it's hot an' sunny, that's for sure.
Whitaker717 Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 Kody Kilmer probably has one. I’m sure he would give you a good deal.
Drahcir495 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 42 minutes ago, Whitaker717 said: Kody Kilmer probably has one. I’m sure he would give you a good deal. Is he a member of CC or a business?
Whitaker717 Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Drahcir495 said: Is he a member of CC or a business? Both. He is on Facebook in the Jeep Comanche parts group
Pete M Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 shipping something that big and fragile from Maine won't be cheap.
Drahcir495 Posted July 1, 2023 Author Posted July 1, 2023 That is what kody is saying. $100-160, but it may come down to that
AZJeff Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 On 6/30/2023 at 5:29 AM, Pete M said: I've seen that guys have managed to use cut-down XJ panels. not sure how well it fits the rear wall though. Mine has a cut down XJ panel. It's fits perfectly, until you get to the back where the rear cab wall is. The OEM MJ panel had a curved portion that came down to join the cab smoothly. A cut down XJ panel lacks that. My solution was to make an "L" shaped aluminum piece that is bonded to the cab JUST above the window gasket, and it goes up enough to support the back of the cut off XJ headliner panel. I covered it in headliner material so it looks pretty invisible. The headliner "board" on an MJ, as such, is make out of the really cheesy fiber material with a foam core. I have repaired those using a layer of fiberglass cloth and resin on both sides of the damaged areas. (I cleaned up the nasty parts first so the resin would bond to the old headliner board well. Once the fiberglass has set and is cleaned up of any little fibers that stick up, new headliner fabric can be attached with spray adhesive as normal.
pizzaman09 Posted July 3, 2023 Posted July 3, 2023 Repairing your board with some fiberglass resin laid over it would likely be pretty easy and give it the extra strength it needs to stay in shape for the future. I've seen someone on this forum do it as his board was pretty fragile.
NC Tom Posted July 3, 2023 Posted July 3, 2023 On 6/30/2023 at 3:57 PM, Pete M said: no one where it's hot an' sunny, that's for sure. Why is that? Does the headliner actually keep the cab cooler? I always thought it was cosmetic.
JeepSchmidt O'Guinness Posted July 3, 2023 Posted July 3, 2023 The porous nature of the material allows air to be the insulation, the bed liner would conduct heat faster. Also I would think bed liner might have trouble bonding/curing to the roof of the cab in the dead of summer. Just my two cents.
Pete M Posted July 3, 2023 Posted July 3, 2023 4 hours ago, NC Tom said: Why is that? Does the headliner actually keep the cab cooler? I always thought it was cosmetic. yup, it separates the boiling hot steel/air from your head space.
NC Tom Posted July 3, 2023 Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Pete M said: yup, it separates the boiling hot steel/air from your head space. I had read that it works as an insulator and sound deadening as well.
Pete M Posted July 3, 2023 Posted July 3, 2023 spraying directly to the steel will help with dampening vibrations, but doesn't insulate heat much at all. the liner just gets hot too.
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