Painting headliner

[Bluegoose972]

Has anyone painted their headliner? You get inside of these vehicles and the really nice, plush interiors, but then look up and you see bright white. I know that you can use HotHeads or factory, but they still don't cover up all of the white. Just curious if anyone has painted it before putting on the insulators to give a nice dark color?

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[Jeepsterfreak]

Has anyone painted their headliner? You get inside of these vehicles and the really nice, plush interiors, but then look up and you see bright white. I know that you can use HotHeads or factory, but they still don't cover up all of the white. Just curious if anyone has painted it before putting on the insulators to give a nice dark color?

I've seen some write ups on painting the hardtop interior for the JK. Same would apply to JL.

 

[TERRAHAWK]

Does the JL actually have a head liner or is he OP confused? Assuming the latter.

 

[Closure]

He just means the inside of the hard top you see while sitting in the interior n Headliner is just an easy term

 

[Bluegoose972]

He just means the inside of the hard top you see while sitting in the interior n Headliner is just an easy term

Yes, my bad....was referring to the underside of the Freedom roof. Thanks for the input...As soon as I posted this topic, several similar threads popped up and others had already answered. Some good info on this site.

Thank you.

 

[My#8andlast]

They are perfect on the Bright White JL's!

 

[RussJeep1]

Has anyone painted their headliner? You get inside of these vehicles and the really nice, plush interiors, but then look up and you see bright white. I know that you can use HotHeads or factory, but they still don't cover up all of the white. Just curious if anyone has painted it before putting on the insulators to give a nice dark color?

A thought here Rick, properly paint that portion of your hard top's interior roof the color you like that headliners don't cover and get headliners (Q: does anyone make color matching headliners?). (Painting the surface in its entirety may affect headliner adhesion.)

..I wanna guess that even in Central (longitude) Texas you can fry an egg on the sidewalk in August.

Which interestingly enough also brings us full circle back to your unintended question: has anyone painted a headliner like the one, say, HotHeads makes?

 

[RussJeep1]

They are perfect on the Bright White JL's!

Ken, your thoughts conjure up philosophical questions like is a blacks wrangler's hard top color matched?

(Note: this poster is well aware of the difference between a painted black (i.e. a matching colored) and unpainted black hard top.)

 

[Dynomite1371]

I got quoted $675 to spray bedline the whole underside of the roof/freedom tops. Ton of prep and detail work, bit usually required fur truck beds. I may get another quote, then just do it myself!

 

[RussJeep1]

I got quoted $675 to spray bedline the whole underside of the roof/freedom tops. Ton of prep and detail work, bit usually required fur truck beds. I may get another quote, then just do it myself!

Do you think Ed that this process might thereafter make headliner attachment more challenging?

 

[Dynomite1371]

If you mean, both. I would say, yes, due to the texture and its resistive nature to chemicals and such. . I'm gong to get another quote before I give up and buy 2 gallons of Herculiner! And do it myself . Ill go to Line X, because they do parts and smaller stuff and see what they say...

 

[RussJeep1]

If you mean, both. I would say, yes, due to the texture and its resistive nature to chemicals and such. . I'm gong to get another quote before I give up and buy 2 gallons of Herculiner! And do it myself . Ill go to Line X, because they do parts and smaller stuff and see what they say...

Thanks. Good luck. I'd like to see if headliners are something I would want to have first. Let us know how this turns out for you.

 

[Dynomite1371]

I will. I'm extremely anal retentive, so if I end up doing it myself I'll have to clear my whole weekend... Lol

 

[Xzius]

I painted mine black and couldn’t be happier with the results. I used Krylon Fusion (meant especially for plastic) only time will tell how it holds up, but I’m very confident that it will age just fine. Here are the before and after pics. I was a little late taking the before pic, but took one regardless. Total time from prep to finish was approximately 7 hours. It was fairy tedious, but overall I’m very happy. As to the adhesion issue with the hotheads liner (or similar product) I was recommended to leave those areas free of paint. There was some overspray, but I imagine after it’s sanded and wiped down with acetone there won’t be an issue.

 

[Dynomite1371]

I painted mine black and couldn’t be happier with the results. I used Krylon Fusion (meant especially for plastic) only time will tell how it holds up, but I’m very confident that it will age just fine. Here are the before and after pics. I was a little late taking the before pic, but took one regardless. Total time from prep to finish was approximately 7 hours. It was fairy tedious, but overall I’m very happy. As to the adhesion issue with the hotheads liner (or similar product) I was recommended to leave those areas free of paint. There was some overspray, but I imagine after it’s sanded and wiped down with acetone there won’t be an issue.

Is it just spray paint? Or more like a bedliner paint?

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