RENAMED!! The adventures of Chase and his 2006 Yukon XL Denali!! Follow along on my travels!

[adventurenali92]

Yeah I’m that nerd that buys Grogu keychains for my truck keys!!

 

[adventurenali92]

Had another short adventure today. Drove to upland from big bear to pick up a headliner out of a 2005 Escalade ESV. The whole truck was immaculate! Sad seeing it being sorted out but the guy that had it was building an el Camino and bought the esky for its LQ9 and 4L65 trans. Interesting story for sure. Was a one owner truck out of Temecula that looked like it had been garaged it’s whole life! It w stitch of bad paint and the interior was immaculate! Headliner is perfect and will go into my Denali after a cleaning. It’s only got little spots in the rear portion which I’m positive is from it rubbing giant a brand new set of tires I pulled with the wheels and brought them up the mountain in the back of my Denali. Lol. Snagged the wheels and tires for the 2005 ESV that belongs to the family that I used to live upstairs from. Still keep in touch with them regularly. They were stoked to get the chrome esky 17s on it, and he paid me for the time I took to get them and paid for the wheel/tire combo. All in all good day! And the headliner which is getting prepped for cleaning as I wrote this!

 

[adventurenali92]

both headliner pieces are so clean! Will update this week when I get the liner installed!

 

[Rocket Man]

Something wrong with your headliner?

 

[adventurenali92]

Something wrong with your headliner?

Yup…. Front of my factory headliner is peeling and separating up where it meets the windshield, just behind the overhead console and visors. It’s also separating aong the edges where it meets the front doors. I’ve tried the headliner adhesives, I’ve tried taping it in place. Nothing works and it’s driving me BONKERS!!! Oh wait I’m already bonkers lol. Anyways I have been thinking about ways to fix it and i when I found this esky being parted out I had to just jump on the headliner. And the guy was willing to wait til today when the roads were clear of snow and I had a day off from teaching to get down there. Super stoked. Will share photos of my headliner.

 

[Rocket Man]

Yup…. Front of my factory headliner is peeling and separating up where it meets the windshield, just behind the overhead console and visors. It’s also separating aong the edges where it meets the front doors. I’ve tried the headliner adhesives, I’ve tried taping it in place. Nothing works and it’s driving me BONKERS!!! Oh wait I’m already bonkers lol. Anyways I have been thinking about ways to fix it and i when I found this esky being parted out I had to just jump on the headliner. And the guy was willing to wait til today when the roads were clear of snow and I had a day off from teaching to get down there. Super stoked. Will share photos of my headliner.

That’s weird that yours is separating. Mines just dirty and I just realized I have a steamer that I think I’ll try. The things are a PIA to clean. I’m just hoping I don’t make it worse.

 

[adventurenali92]

That’s weird that yours is separating. Mines just dirty and I just realized I have a steamer that I think I’ll try. The things are a PIA to clean. I’m just hoping I don’t make it worse.

I need a steamer! Haven’t found a good quality steamer yet that will withstand they heavy use it’ll get form me. Lol.

 

[Tonyrodz]

That’s weird that yours is separating. Mines just dirty and I just realized I have a steamer that I think I’ll try. The things are a PIA to clean. I’m just hoping I don’t make it worse.

I've been told don't get any kind of water or moisture on a headliner, since it is foam backed. I was told the best thing to use is a foam type product with a rag or towel.

 

[Rocket Man]

I've been told don't get any kind of water or moisture on a headliner, since it is foam backed. I was told the best thing to use is a foam type product with a rag or towel.

Huh. I’ve seen videos of using steam cleaners on headliners. There’s a method where you just steam a small area quickly and then use a microfiber cloth and keep rotating it, drawing the dirt off. You don’t just power steam it, but instead just use enough steam to loosen the crud and break the bond and then use the cloth to remove it.

 

[adventurenali92]

Huh. I’ve seen videos of using steam cleaners on headliners. There’s a method where you just steam a small area quickly and then use a microfiber cloth and keep rotating it, drawing the dirt off. You don’t just power steam it, but instead just use enough steam to loosen the crud and break the bond and then use the cloth to remove it.

This right here^