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Replaced rotten straw basket headliner with 1/2" foam backed vinyl from www.tractorinteriors.com. They have everything you need. Cut material oversize and leave margins un-cemented to tuck into the edges. 66 D100. Easy DIY project and not too expensive.

Nicely done

Looks great! Nice job!

Nice, and thanks for the link to the website. Think I’ll get a couple samples

Thanks. Yeah, pick some colors and get some samples. That's what I did. Got the contact cement from them also. It's a 2 person job since once you stick it, it's stuck where you put it. Cut about an inch oversize all around and position it where it needs to be. I placed pieces of tape on the cab coinciding to the cut dimensions. Mask the edges of the headliner opening in the cab and foam a couple inches before spraying them so it can tuck in the groove without any adhesive. We got the front in place letting the rest hang down, then pressed it up and stuck it from front to back. Then tucked it in all around using wood paint stir sticks. Any questions let me know.

Has it stayed in place on a very hot day?
If so, what contact cement did you use?

It's stuck well. Contact cement is Permagrip PG107 sold by www.tractorinteriors.com where the headliner came from. They deal with farm tractors and equipment so I'm sure the heat won't be an issue and can says High Temperature. Hope this helps.

DeeOneHundred wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:25 pm

It's stuck well. Contact cement is Permagrip PG107 sold by www.tractorinteriors.com where the headliner came from. They deal with farm tractors and equipment so I'm sure the heat won't be an issue and can says High Temperature. Hope this helps.

Indeed it does! The lack of that little factoid has doomed many a project here.

Thank you!

Thanks to you all, I just completed my headliner. I bought the material from Tractorinteriors as per prior posts. I went with 3/4" thick and had to bevel the edge foam to stuff it in but it looks nice and thick installed. They did not have the adhesive that is mentioned in this thread. I called 3M and spoke to their applications department about a suitable high temp adhesive (sun on metal roof in the TX heat). They recommended 3M Foam Fast 74 CA Spray Adhesive Low VOC for high temp applications. It went on well but have not time tested as I only finished it last night. The lighting in the attached picture is lousy, it looks better in person than in the picture.

Looks fantastic. Is the foam already attached to the vinyl? If not did you glue in the foam to the roof first and then the vinyl or glue foam to vinyl and then roof?

67step100 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:34 pm

Looks fantastic. Is the foam already attached to the vinyl? If not did you glue in the foam to the roof first and then the vinyl or glue foam to vinyl and then roof?

the foam is already laminated to the vinyl as purchased from tractorinteriors.com in bulk and it's cheap! The vinyl has a mini basket weave or 'chilewich' pattern to it. I'm sure there's a better name for the style but I don't know it. They have a lot of colors. I made a cardboard template to match the opening, then cut the material about a half inch too large on all sides. Used a couple of those telescoping hood prop rods to hold it where I wanted it in the middle, then in approximately foot wide swaths glued it to roof in the middle and worked toward the doors. I suggest keeping the glue a couple inches away from edges. This allows tucking the edges up into the crevice without any wrinkles or distortions.

I used sound deadening material for my headliner, then glued the vinyl that I had that matched my seat to that. That didn't exactly work. So, now it's just the dura-mat style material as my headliner. Since this material can be ordered with color, I think the Duramat will come down and this tractor headliner will replace that. Thanks for posting that link!

headliner looks great...the foam vinyl material is perfect for these cabs. very happy with mine.