Nice job. Material looks to be similar to this one on ebay: BLACK JERSEY PINEAPPLE SEAT CLOTH FOR RECARO/BRIDE/SPARCO FABRIC
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Gauging Interest, Carbon Fiber Headliner
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That looks great Stephen. By the looks of it, it will be quite easy for you guys to dremel your own sunvisor holes.
Thanks, it's been coming along great so far. I have a ton of time invested now into it but I'm glad I didn't scrap this project and only took a break. I think everyone will be pleased with the final outcome.
As for the holes to the visors. You can not drill the holes to just put visors unfortunately. The reason being is there are recessions there that were filled in. I guess theoretically you could drill the holes, then somehow mimic the bottom of the sun visor stay and bond it to the back of the headliner, but then you'd have to wrap it or if you cut pretty close you could probably get away with it just attached the recession items you made to the hole.
There's a few ways to keep the sun visors or add another type of sun visor from another car that may be less expensive and also not prone to cracking but I have yet to research it.
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Also yeah the fabric seems to be pretty much what others have thought too.
Jeff@Carbon6 told me his rep sourced Mugen R fabric or something years back, maybe he can chime in to any leads and such, but as long as there's uv resistance in the fabric you can wrap things in anything. Again uv resistant is key...
As for the holes to the visors. You can not drill the holes to just put visors unfortunately. The reason being is there are recessions there that were filled in. I guess theoretically you could drill the holes, then somehow mimic the bottom of the sun visor stay and bond it to the back of the headliner, but then you'd have to wrap it or if you cut pretty close you could probably get away with it just attached the recession items you made to the hole.
There's a few ways to keep the sun visors or add another type of sun visor from another car that may be less expensive and also not prone to cracking but I have yet to research it.
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Also yeah the fabric seems to be pretty much what others have thought too.
Jeff@Carbon6 told me his rep sourced Mugen R fabric or something years back, maybe he can chime in to any leads and such, but as long as there's uv resistance in the fabric you can wrap things in anything. Again uv resistant is key...
Thats it. Dont be too heavy on the adhesive because it can seep through since the material is mesh. more pics
Same here. Thanks.
Although I wouldn't be opposed to waiting for a version that includes the use of OEM visors.
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That's awesome. PM'ed you.
Depending on the material price you could wrap my headliner, the A pillars, and seat belt cover panels with probably 2-3 yards of fabric. When I did my headliner in alcantara I ordered 2 yards but that's only because it's wider then 36 inches but have fabric left over.
Also my local friend Jay who purchased a red nsx recently hasn't signed up for prime but he painted my plug for me at his shop today since I never laid base coat before, only primer and clear and didn't want to chance a mistake. So thank you. "PS, that's my paint area, not his shop".
Here's a picture of the plug and with the sun visor delete.
Looks good so far!!! Seeing your thread reminded me of the carbon headliner I stashed away from 2006 LOL
Haha thanks Gil, this thing is a work of art.
The only other full carbon headliner downforce made which some are floating around but if you ask downforce maybe they'll make more for people that want the sun visors. That's my best suggestion for those who want to keep them. You'll probably need to get the nsx-r visors though from advanscpap since any other color then black is going to look funny. And if you're old visors have split like most have for coupes then that stuff is near unrepairable.
Once I get done the mould then pricing will be announced, should have the first part out early next week.
The only other full carbon headliner downforce made which some are floating around but if you ask downforce maybe they'll make more for people that want the sun visors. That's my best suggestion for those who want to keep them. You'll probably need to get the nsx-r visors though from advanscpap since any other color then black is going to look funny. And if you're old visors have split like most have for coupes then that stuff is near unrepairable.
Once I get done the mould then pricing will be announced, should have the first part out early next week.
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Wow that looks cool.
Yes. That's straight from the mould. Needs to be trimmed and clear coated.
wow! How much???? I need to start saving my pennies! :biggrin:
I wanna know the cost!
Sweet. I'm interested.
Looks great Stephen. I guess my rare carbon headliner ownership is coming to an end.:redface:
Nice! But will it creak and make noise?
Shouldn't, nothing some fuzzy tape wouldn't fix if so. I've never had problems with anything making noise with my car out of every part I've replaced. Although I can't hear anything in my car though...
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Keep in mind. This part is not clear coated yet. It's straight from the mould trimmed and installed since well... I'm busy and have a lot to do tomorrow.
Old saggy crappy headliner that was probably my fault why it sagged and new headliner
By chance, are there any weight savings to be had?
If any it's very minimal. But I'm thinking it's roughly the same for the headliner. Maybe shaving a pound or two off of whatever the sun visors normally weight.
Seriously though, I was like "meh" until I saw it. Now, my perfectly good condition headliner needs to be replaced. Thanks a lot!
Out of curiosity, are the indents for headroom the same? I'm 6'4" so every little bit helps (why I run the Source1 Too Tall Guy seat cushion - which has helped marvelously)
Yeah everything's the same. It was moulded from a stock headliner. It's a great item and will make an awesome item to wrap too if chosen to change things out. It's also stronger and a TON more durable then the stock one.
I've never noticed mine creak, but as a suggestion you could put a thin piece of soft foam in between to dampen any road noise.
You could always Dynamat it.
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