PokyBro
Senior Member
“Also not sure If I can rebuild the inner liner and ceiling with the canvas attached. Thoughts?”
Ourayphotography,
First, thanks for sharing your build project with us. Many people seem to love these build threads, I guess to see what your creative side comes up with. So, we’ll be following along in anticipation.
Regarding your question above, in my opinion, the right way to replace the headliner is with the roof off. Here is my reasoning, first you’re dealing with gravity when you try to put up headliner over your head, and need a way to fasten it. It would be very awkward, and the material you’re replacing is likely perforated vinyl, and it has some weight to it. Second, the headliner should get tucked up under the aluminum skin of the roof, and the sideliner is also best tucked up under the roof skin as well, overtop the headliner material, with the side of the roof material folding over both like a shingle effect. Then the trim ring goes on last. Since you’ve seen my build thread, if you go into it far enough you’ll see the section where I installed the headliner with the roof off, turned upside down.
I don’t know what year it changed, but most of these older campers were assembled with the headliner tucked up under the roof skin (sheet aluminum), then the sideliner was sandwiched between the trim ring and the roof skin. The only barrier for water intrusion was effective use of sealant around the ring. If it dried and/ or peeled, it would fail to block water from entering and seeping inside down the side liner material. So a lot of these old campers suffered from wet lift panels that eventually came apart, and wet overhang bed board, that became damp , moldy, and came apart.
So if you intend to use the existing side liner (canvas), it might be tricky to install new headliner as is. You also have the added situation of the lift panels being in place assembled overtop of the current headliner material.
Hope this is helpful. As others have offered, just let us know when you have questions, you’re sure to get some helpful thoughts.
Poky
Ourayphotography,
First, thanks for sharing your build project with us. Many people seem to love these build threads, I guess to see what your creative side comes up with. So, we’ll be following along in anticipation.
Regarding your question above, in my opinion, the right way to replace the headliner is with the roof off. Here is my reasoning, first you’re dealing with gravity when you try to put up headliner over your head, and need a way to fasten it. It would be very awkward, and the material you’re replacing is likely perforated vinyl, and it has some weight to it. Second, the headliner should get tucked up under the aluminum skin of the roof, and the sideliner is also best tucked up under the roof skin as well, overtop the headliner material, with the side of the roof material folding over both like a shingle effect. Then the trim ring goes on last. Since you’ve seen my build thread, if you go into it far enough you’ll see the section where I installed the headliner with the roof off, turned upside down.
I don’t know what year it changed, but most of these older campers were assembled with the headliner tucked up under the roof skin (sheet aluminum), then the sideliner was sandwiched between the trim ring and the roof skin. The only barrier for water intrusion was effective use of sealant around the ring. If it dried and/ or peeled, it would fail to block water from entering and seeping inside down the side liner material. So a lot of these old campers suffered from wet lift panels that eventually came apart, and wet overhang bed board, that became damp , moldy, and came apart.
So if you intend to use the existing side liner (canvas), it might be tricky to install new headliner as is. You also have the added situation of the lift panels being in place assembled overtop of the current headliner material.
Hope this is helpful. As others have offered, just let us know when you have questions, you’re sure to get some helpful thoughts.
Poky
