My headliner on my ‘07
Cayman S
finally failed. I removed and recovered myself with red suede on otherwise all black interior and white exterior. I think it came out really nice. Attention to prep is key otherwise not a difficult DIY job.
The suede is awesome! Where did you get it?
Ordered from EBay. Pretty reasonable, less than $40 shipped
I'm in the midst of re-installing mine. I removed it and took it to a shop to be covered in black suede cloth. It's not a bad job, but during removal I managed to damage some of the spring clip anchors and was able to fix them with epoxy. I bought some replacement clips as well as the rubber isolators. Right now I'm having a bit of trouble just getting the driver side visor attached. The backing on the material is slightly thicker than the OEM material. I would advise anyone who doing this or getting it done make sure the material is thin enough to work with the barbed retainers on the various parts. For instance the dome light has barbs on the rearward edge that have to wrap around the headliner and material while the forward edge has two spring clamps which also have to latch into the headliner. Pics to follow upon completion. And after this I'll be moving on to a leaky right rear outward axle boot.
Absolutely pics - especially of problem areas. You never know - maybe someone else already solved those issues and can help you out. PICS PLEASE!
OK I was able to get the driver side visor installed. The challenge was to hold the headliner in place while holding the visor in place and at the same time screwing the T25 screw into the metal attachment. Three hands would have been nice but instead I grabbed a baseball bat and wedged it between the door threshold and headliner to hold the headliner in position leaving me with two hands to attach the visor.
Loved your improvisation with the baseball bat. Any port in a storm. And we’ve all been in that same position, just needing that second set of hands, or third arm in the middle of your chest. Something I’ve used numerous times, and every home garage wrencher should have on hand is one of those adjustable, tension rods. Used mine a lot when I was switching exterior lighting from filament to LED, and needed to depress the brake pedal countless times checking and comparing light intensity. Propping up body parts, door cards, wheel well liners, etc., it comes in handy for lots of tasks.
