I took mine out because it was sagging and I put a hole in it. I'm just wondering if anyone had ever recovered it themselves. It looks fine without but I get some rattles from my light.

 

SideWinder4.9l just did it and it looks great from the pictures. Here's his post about it https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...l#post14718227

 

That does look good. I wonder how difficult of a job it is.

 

I've done it. Mine was originally gray but it was looking pretty nasty and starting to sag, so I replaced it.

All I did was remove the headliner (the entire thing with backing board, foam, and fabric) and set it on the ground. Peeled off the fabric, then took my 90 degree angle grinder with a wire brush on it and gently removed the foam that was glued onto the backing which is cardboard. You MIGHT NOT want to do this part if you want a perfect installation... the foam hides any imperfections. More on that later.

So then I had a bare piece of cardboard. Took it inside out of the wind and sprayed it down with some Super High Tack "You'll Never Get It To Come Off" stuff from HD in a spray can.

Then to reupholster it I just took a rectangular black cloth tablecloth that I bought for like $7.99 on Amazon, and stuck it to the glue on the backing board. This took a while, because I was careful to get all the wrinkes out. Also notice I said CLOTH tablecloth. Don't overdo it on the glue or it might soak thru.

Let it dry in the sun and then trimmed the excess material from the edges, making sure to leave maybe an inch or so overhang so I could tuck it over the edge. Cut out the opening for the cab light, sun visor mounts, etc, and reinstalled it.

Easy enough, but like I said you may want to leave the foam in place. What happened is that despite me being extra careful to get all the wrinkles out, where the headliner bends to follow the curves along the edges of the cab there are now wrinkles. Small ones, but if I ever had to redo it I'd add the foam back before sticking the new fabric on.

 

One of the tricks is to use stretchy fabric like fleece. It helps get around the problems of wrinkles.

 

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...headliner.html

 

On the standard cab the roof is symetrical. So when I did mine, instead of taking off the old one and foam, I just flipped the cardboard backing over and used spray adhesive and the liner fabric of my choice (black velvet on clearance at walmart, enough to do 3 trucks for $2) pushed it back up in, and reinstalled all of the visors, dome light, and trim panels. Took all of 15 minutes and has held up for 6 years, including 12 months sitting with the rear slider busted out.

 

I'm doing my crew soon. Not bad at all, just some pencil eraser sized holes in a couple spots. But not bad for a headliner that was in decent shape out of a 97 that I snagged, and put in through the door instead of the rear window.