1996 toyota camry headliner w/sunroof

[tacomaryder]

I am trying to find a headliner for a 1996 toyota camry . My sunroof has leaked and rotted the oem one out at the front. I am looking one that i could recover as long as the headliner board is still good. If anyone has any suggestions on where to get one other that toyota please let me know..

[Heat]

1. Check your yellow pages under "upholsterers", you'll see some advertising themselves as "automotive upholsterers". Also look for "automotive seat covers" in the yellow pages.

2. Go to Autozone (or Pepboys I guess), they sell replacement headliner kits for about $30 or so. As I remember them, they include the fabric and adhesive - I've just looked at the packaging, I've never used this kit.

3. Use screw tacks to keep your old one up.

4. Just tear the whole thing off, down to the metal.

If I was having headliner trouble in my '95 I wouldn't spend much money to repair it, I would go the tack route followed by just ripping the whole thing off. I've fought headliners in old cars - the headliner always wins. The problem you may run into is that the carboard material breaks down slightly, meaning that the new glue you put on may now have anything really solid to hang onto resulting in your headliner drooping again. If duct tape won't hold onto it (one of the things I've tried), how will glue?

[tacomaryder]

thanxx for the info but the headliner board has water damage and is there another alternative to that

[Heat]

So you need to replace the cardboard as well as the cloth?

Out of curiosity, have you checked with the dealer to see how much just the part would cost? If so, how much?

[tacomaryder]

I work at a toyota dealer so that was my first place to look. I was looking some aftermarket replacement being as the dealer wants 550.00 for a new one..