is it worth it?

[Brad54]

I'm looking at doing this, too, and I've got a few different ideas:
I cut the "headliner" panel out of a junkyard truck, and am thinking of trimming it to fit in my cab so it's just the "headliner" where the beads stop. Use spray adhesive to secure the fabric, then use trim screws/chrome washers like '50s and '60s cars used on door panels, to screw it to the roof of my truck, making a two-layer headliner.
But the headliner piece is surprisingly heavy. I thought with the stock steel headliner with the ribs in it, it'd look nice once covered with fabric.
I've also thought about using nut-sert threaded inserts, and using machine screws with the trim-panel washers. That would secure it well, and wouldn't pull out of the metal like sheet metal screws might. The problem there is I forgot to find out how much space there is between the panels before cutting the one out.
Option C is making some nice polished aluminum strips like station wagons had, and use them to hold a cardboard/fabric headliner in. That would be light weight, and sheet metal screws through the strips and the cardboard headliner would hold well.

[kens65fb]

Originally Posted by Brad54

I'm looking at doing this, too, and I've got a few different ideas:
I cut the "headliner" panel out of a junkyard truck, and am thinking of trimming it to fit in my cab so it's just the "headliner" where the beads stop. Use spray adhesive to secure the fabric, then use trim screws/chrome washers like '50s and '60s cars used on door panels, to screw it to the roof of my truck, making a two-layer headliner.
But the headliner piece is surprisingly heavy. I thought with the stock steel headliner with the ribs in it, it'd look nice once covered with fabric.
I've also thought about using nut-sert threaded inserts, and using machine screws with the trim-panel washers. That would secure it well, and wouldn't pull out of the metal like sheet metal screws might. The problem there is I forgot to find out how much space there is between the panels before cutting the one out.
Option C is making some nice polished aluminum strips like station wagons had, and use them to hold a cardboard/fabric headliner in. That would be light weight, and sheet metal screws through the strips and the cardboard headliner would hold well.

Sounds like it might work, but the stuff in the the previous post works perfect