Head liner re cover

Hi folks has anyone undertaken a head liner re cover on a D2, mines the pursuit td5 . I was wondering how wide does the new fabric have to be to do it properly.
Cheers guys

Simon inskip said:

Hi folks has anyone undertaken a head liner re cover on a D2, mines the pursuit td5 . I was wondering how wide does the new fabric have to be to do it properly.
Cheers guys

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hi there @Simon inskip
i havent done disco, but i have others and re covered a l322 range rover
in the end it turned out well,
having had rovers jags and range rover, i know they dont stay up for long and end up like a pair of curtains..
but its very messy, i found the lining had come away from the foam, and that gets everywhere, on the l322 it was orange and it goes like a glue sticky mess when trying to get it off, and it was a real pain to do. ( plus getting the car stripped out for removal, then reinstalling without bending it)
you might say 'why didnt you just cover over the foam ?'
the foam is easily marked and shows marks or dents through, and to add insult to injury the glue wont stick on top of the old foam.
it took me a while to do mine and happy with results, good luck with yours

Did mine a few years ago when I sorted the sunroofs out. Got the fabric online and its the original landrover factory fabric. Can't remember the company off the top of head but will post it if i can remember or find out more about where i got it from.
Just remember to use a really high quality contact adhesive when sticking the new one in place.

Simon inskip said:

Hi folks has anyone undertaken a head liner re cover on a D2, mines the pursuit td5 . I was wondering how wide does the new fabric have to be to do it properly.
Cheers guys

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Just taken mine off to replace the RF Receiver and stripped it back ready for recovering.
Found a place on internet called Martrim that provide the full kit of everything you need for £60.
Some discussion on here seems to confirm they are good kits so I'm thinking of going that way.
I will be ordering one in the coming days ready for an opportunity to do it and put the D2 back together.

Yep, do a search many have done it.

Bantam1 said:

Just taken mine off to replace the RF Receiver and stripped it back ready for recovering.
Found a place on internet called Martrim that provide the full kit of everything you need for £60.
Some discussion on here seems to confirm they are good kits so I'm thinking of going that way.
I will be ordering one in the coming days ready for an opportunity to do it and put the D2 back together.

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Cheers for that,do you know how wide the replacement fabric is at widest point. Cheers

Yes got mine from Martrim good service, only problem I had was I used the wrong screwdriver to refit the sun visors and broke them take care



watch this video

Simon inskip said:

Cheers for that,do you know how wide the replacement fabric is at widest point. Cheers

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If you go on their wedsite I think it tells you some detail about the dimensions of the fabric. Guessing but I may have read 1.7m somewhere.

I've ordered the Martrim headlining today and it will arrive tomorrow apparently!
Something for the weekend between the rugby matches and I have one lounge fully cleared ready to redecorate so i'll use that to do it in.
Timing is everything.

I've just done my D1 headlining with the "kit" from Martrim ... was a bit of a sod to get the material to sit properly where the large curves are in the area just behind the sun visors, but far from impossible....

I watched a utube vid from Britanica restorations about how to do it beforehand, and sealed the liner backing "board" with 50% emulsion/PVA - this worked really well, and I'd highly recommend it ...

Iv done both my p38 and the d2 we had before selling it on both with kits from martrim.
I will be doing l322 in the spring but not using a martrim kit only because the instant grab glues are a bugger and 1 shot only if you dont get the lineing down exactly right you risk tearing the new foam backed stuff.
After some extensive research and a nice exchange of messages between me and another l322 owner down under I'm going to use PVA and a generic material off the bay iv found

Ive done a few over the years defenders & discos an boats, I done my D1 not too long ago.
I use 4 way stretch acoustic carpet comes in all colours an use a high temp spray glue.
my defender was done 5 years ago still looks like the day it was fitted.
Using a wire brush on a grinder or mulit tool is a right messy slow pain in the ar$e.
Thinners soaked onto a rag is much quicker (make sure its outside or well ventilated)
or and wear a chemical mask. Then use a hand wire brush into small piles of the cr@p
thats left.

well good luck, I had a box of single sided razor blades and found that I did go through them quite fast, also, another tip I found was to fold back the material over a broom stick and roll it forward as I glued it down this prevented the glues under side touching the headliner before I was ready to put it in place

My kit has arrived, 2 parcels, one the headlining and the other a tube containing what I would expect will be the adhesives.
Been looking at internet videos and think I have an idea of how to do it now.
We will see this weekend.

Yep the second parcel was 3 tubes of spray adhesive.
So me and the lad set up in the second lounge (about to be decorated) and put the headlining on the pasting table having cleaned it all up in the garage first.
We did it in thirds rather than two halves and it helped rather than trying too much at once.
All went down well working from the centre out, you can pull it off a bit and relay if you find it sticking when you didnt want it to.
There was loads of material so no need to worry about cutting it short or anything.
It turned out a fairly decent job. Yes there were some areas where we hadnt quite managed the stretch and the material couldn't fully adhere flat but these were behind the nets and other bits. The overall impression was brilliant and from what I've read the few minor bumps due to over rubbing during gluing will settle out over the coming days.
Job done, no sagging headlining.

Just asking, and expecting to get shot down for this, but has anyone tried flocking this thing?
Yes, i know, 1970s Capris and all that.
Just wondering out loud!

Bit late but I did mine the other week it was actually really easy and looks so much better!! Worth it and the fabric and glue only cost £40

Stanleysteamer said:

Just asking, and expecting to get shot down for this, but has anyone tried flocking this thing?
Yes, i know, 1970s Capris and all that.
Just wondering out loud!

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I was thinking about this option before I done mine also on the traditional way. I got an offer for it which was around 200pounds which sounds quite OK, the problem was that they asked for a removed headlining which meant extra "logistic" cost and fully cleaned surface otherwise they could not guarantee the success.

berg450 said:

I was thinking about this option before I done mine also on the traditional way. I got an offer for it which was around 200pounds which sounds quite OK, the problem was that they asked for a removed headlining which meant extra "logistic" cost and fully cleaned surface otherwise they could not guarantee the success.

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I have got at least two to do sometime in the near future. I am not sure but I think you have to "paint" the object with some stuff that contains a metallic stuff in it. So that the static electricity works.
I have also heard some people don't re line it they just paint it, and i can see the appeal in that.
Hmmm!
But i'm glad i am not the only one who thought of it!