New Carpenter Headliner
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See A Man About A Horse
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Someone will chime in with specific brand info, BUT, after reading as much as I could about which brand, etc., and hearing complaints from people in hot climates complaining of ongoing smell of certain products, I just chose to skip it. Had the off gassing smell been too much to tolerate, I know I’d have destroyed the expensive headliner to get back at it for removal. While we don’t get quite Phoenix hot, we get about 4 straight months of temps hovering around 90-105 F.
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Now I can't tell you a brand name but I can describe what I used many years ago. Foil backed fiberglass insulation that was around 1/2-3/4 inch thick. Attached it using 3M Adhesive Spray. Basically done for heat and not for sound since sound isn't a big deal with the top. The inside of the doors got self-adhesive butyl rubber mats placed on them for sound. Floors nothing since I painted and kept the factory rubber mat.
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Because I installed it all-around the cab in one shot, it's impossible tot ell how the headliner area specifically made a change. The overall change for noise and heat was great and well worth it.
Regarding @ibuzzard concerns about outgassing, I did not have that issue with these products.
I do have a headliner issue: I purchased the ABS unit that is widely available (not the Roddoors one) with vinyl attached. Within a couple months all of the vinyl peeled and fell down under it's own weight. So even with the insulation, the heat was considerable.
I was pissed, partly due to how hard it was to install the thing, and then to have it fail. I was refunded by StockInteriors. However I still have a basic black ABS headliner w/o vinyl that matches my seat, but with residual glue. I'm still too traumatized to deal with it. However one of the members suggested tonneau cover glue could hold up the vinyl.
@ibuzzard , since I saw your first post here, I've been wondering why you don't like the roddorrs, because I was thinking to get it.
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Wayne, to me it doesn’t look right on my mostly stock truck. I didn’t cover it, that would have been even more incongruent to me , choosing instead to paint it a light grey, using SEM products. Still, my brain couldn’t reconcile what it did look like, with what it should look like. Sort of the same way when I see some kid putting 20” bright chrome spinners on a classic vehicle - it will never look good to me. Everyone has different tastes. My son sort of mockingly taught his 3 year old son to tell me - “ You do you, Grandpa”. I encourage insubordination. I’m happy with my perforated fiberboard headliner, to me it looks right.
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