How To Properly Repair and Recover Headliners ~ Fix Sagging Headliner

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• HUGE thanks to Stich Craft NC. Be sure to give him a follow! Also all the links for everything you need to do this job are in the description! Also, also we will have more MK5 videos coming. Next up will be a full detail of the nasty inside. Once that is together, im on the hunt for a cheap K04 for some go faster goodies.

• Outstanding.

• Ugh, thanks for reminding me I still need to do this with my Cayenne

• Huh…

• 3:54 What's the silver car beside the red one?

• You forgot the MK5 thing and just wrap the headliner in bed sheets and put stickers all over the the pillars 😂

• Reminds me of my old MK4. Man I don't miss that car.

• I think it would be pretty funny to put GearWrench livery on this car, because the magma orange already looks a lot like the Gear wrench Orange and Charles uses a lot of gear wrench tools and shop equipment.

• I did my 05 suburban almost 2 years ago, definitely could have done a better job on it but it came out good. Between that experience and this video, ill do my mk4 soon and im sure that will come out 10x better than the suburban.

• Christian did a great job explaining the process. I recently replaced the headliner fabric on my B6 A4. I had the most trouble on the sunroof opening.

• Would you ever make a video comparing OBD2 SCANNERS?

• This was a really great video. Will we see more of the MK8? I’m curious if any of the normal maintenance procedures – like for the AWD system – are significant different from the previous generation.

• Please show us mk5 door card re-covering! lol, literally every mk5 ever has the saggy door card fabric!

• perfect timing as Im mid redo of my Corrado interior.
  Thank you!!!

• My Sunroof cable wore thru the track cover as well. Fortunatley I found one at the Pick your part yard for cheap. My headliner was also sagging it ended up getting material and spray adhesive from Amazon and doing it my self. Came out pretty good. I did learn a thing or do in the process so it was worth it. Plus saving a ton of cash😊

• Can confirm… MUST remove orange foam… I have re-covered ONE headliner in my life… I did not remove the foam… FAIL!

• Love the new wheels on the car. Looks like a MK1 throwback.

• I reckon the next car that needs a new headlining you & Paul should give it go, though I suspect viewers would loose interest after the first 2 hours 😂 Great video, can't wait for the next installment.

• Do y'all hate wearing masks THAT much?

• Would love to see a tutorial for the doors and rear arm rests! my mk5 is only peeling there and not the headliner thankfully!

• A r e a

• It’s so cool to watch people of different crafts work and know so much about their craft

• Great stuff! I really like that he uses metric.

• Love watching an expert at work. Great results.

• what specific headliner did you guy use?

• My first manual car was a 1999.5 Jetta. I brought that car back to life at the shop I use to work at and was about to refresh the headliner to save some $$. The master mechanic I work with walked in with a new headliner right as I was throwing in the towel in frustration. 100%: pay a professional who has experience or get a new one

• Random question – any tips for getting the rear window spray nozzle to stop dripping on a Mk7 Golf Sportwagen????

• My advice on this headliner would be, take it to a professional and pay them do the wrapping part. You can save a lot of money by doing the removal, cleaning, and installation of the board yourself, but it’s not easy to wrap the new material and have it come out right on this headliner.

• Side note, have a shop vac on the side while scrubbing off the old glue. You can suck up the dust while you scrap it or have a buddy hold the tube as well.

• Who will file a lawsuit first – Dap Shop/Repair or Dap Glue?

• I did mine on my MK6 and it turned out amazing! 50 bucks for the materials, and about 3 hours of my time. Then took it a step further and did a 550 piece fiber optic starlight kit. 60 bucks, and about 7 hours… never done any of it before and it all turned out amazing

• Nice!
  Next time video replacing the sunroof track cables,
  Thank you!

• You can buy a toothbrush-sized and shaped welder's brush with stainless steel bristles that would be great for small tight spaces. The local ** Depot has them. I have several in different stages of wear in the toolbox. May be useful for the above.

• Went into this knowing I will never do my own headliner…came out of it REALLY knowing I will never do my own headliner

• Seems like a ton of work, prepping the old fiberglass shell.

  If this were a mk7 (where replacement parts are still readily available), I wonder how much it would be to just buy a new fiberglass shell with (presumably) the cloth material already attached? $1,000? $2,000? $3,000? Or…?

• Thank you! Sooo awesome video, especially the details how to deal with creases in the newly installed headliner. The Mark 5 headliner surprised me on the depth of those valleys in the front around A-pillar on each side and the middle. Knowing these tricks is very helpful for any DYIer!

• This happened to my R32 last week 😭

• There's "a way" and a "right way" to replace a headliner. The right was is about $1k USD here in the States of you spend a weekend doing it yourself taking everything apart. Then there's the alternatives, headliner glue, and etc… That don't require the headliner to be removed. That's the way I prefer. Because sometimes you don't need it done perfectly you just need it done!

• Luckily I have a tensioned vinyl headliner in my Mk1 Jetta – no droop! Still looks great 40 years later. Living in a cold climate like Canada helped to preserve it I guess.

  That said; I did replace the headliner on my old 1981 Old's Cutlass coupe 20+ years ago. Looked like an upside down circus tent. It was definitely less complicated than this Mk V VW. The difference is the backer shell on the Olds is made out of high density polypropylene foam. I found similar automotive headliner at a local fabric shop and used 3M spray adhesive to hold it in place.

  The only problem I encountered was the spray adhesive ate into the foam backer where there were clumps! There were some slight dimples on those spots when I applied the cloth headliner, but luckily it wasn't too noticeable – still way better than the circus tent it was before. So, to anyone out there – be sure to test the adhesives on a small area to see if they're compatible materials.

  As seen in this video it's not a terrible job to do yourself – MUCH less expensive than getting a custom shop to do it for you, or getting an OEM replacement (if they're even available). Just use some gumption and tenacity and watch YouTube videos for assistance. Thanks Charles!

• Just in time! My MK6 GTI is in need of this job and I plan to DIY. Thanks for the detailed video!

• On mother in law's van, I just pulled the top out, scraped all the foam off that I could, and then I painted it black and put it back in.

• Toilet cleaner brush cut and stuck into a drill is supposed to be the best tool for removing foam

• 😎👍

• @ 3:18 it is much more convenient and easier to control the grinding process if you use a 90 degree adapter for the brushes mounted on the drilling machines 😉 + that way you can work with one hand 😉 😊

• I did my mk5 a couple years ago. Did the removal and insert by myself. A local shop replaced the fabric for $200. Well worth the cost.

• It would be cool to see how to replace the leather covers on the door trims!

• Honestly, fabric over your head is just going to sag again eventually. My dad had a '97 Golf that had a solid, vinyl covered non-fabric headliner. It looked fine, could be wiped clean with a wet rag, and NEVER sagged simply because it couldn't. OK, it reflected sound slightly, but so what?

  On this headliner? I'd be tempted to clean it as clean as possible, and then just paint it to match the interior.

  GREAT video!

• Deciding if I pay a shop $550usd to do this (w sunroof) or tough it out. I just dont have much patience

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