Crew cab headliner rattle
 

Good God, does it ever end? My guess is no.

Anyway, I have a new sound and a new problem. Headliner rattle. It only does it at certain RPMs, like taking off mostly. I sat with it running in the driveway and banged on the pillars, and it'd cause the most vibration. My guess is some support band or something got loose or fell off and is causing the problem - however, if I put pressure on the opposite pillar of the one I hit my fist on, it won't rattle (or at least as much, as I remember); but it's not the plastic trim on the pillars themselves.

It's a tapping/rattling sound, as if large singular drops of water are falling on the roof in rapid succession, or a nickel is on the roof. What exactly is in the headliner? Mine's old and sagging, so I have a feeling it may be time to replace it if this is the only way to get rid of the noise and keep the looks.

So, advice needed on two things: What is in the headliner to make this noise, and: if I need a brand new headliner for my crew cab, where can I get one?

I'd prefer one of those molded ones, easy to put up like they had in JC Whitney years ago. I don't really feel like doing the factory style setup, since I have to do it alone. The more out-of-the-box, the better.

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Nothin'?

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i know captkaos sells one piece headliners (not sure if they make ones for crew cabs) and there was a post here by Crossy within the last few weeks for headliners may wanna research it

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Could it be the electric wire that goes across to the dome light? Maybe it's flopping up and down against the roof metal.

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The only Headliner I have for a crew cab is a bow style. I am looking at adding one to mine but I don't want that style. Plus I am missing some trim for it...

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Not sure what exactly is in mine. Anyway, the wire thing could be possible, but I have no idea why it'd start now. Seems like something else. Seems like a metal-on-metal sound. Gonna have to do more checking and banging.

I really don't wanna take my entire headliner off to find out what it is.

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Funnily enough, I didn't notice it while driving yesterday when it was in the upper 40's, but it did it when it was colder when I started this thread. Be interesting to see if it does it again now that it's getting colder.

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things contract when it gets colder..could be making something have wiggle room when its cold

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factory they had a cardboard backing for lack of better words.

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Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep you all advised on what happens with it.