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Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:15 pm

That lighter one looks a good colour match, is it supplied in the States or Europe?
Here is another sample i found second pic with flash, the small sample is og headliner that must have been trimmed off when the factory headliner was fitted, it was under the rearshelf carpet.

this also a 'West of England' cloth available in the UK. It doesnt look that close in the pictures but its probably the closest i have found colour wise

Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:29 am

ok, i just measured both original and new with my caliper,any other suggestions? the outcome...

real---basic thickness .95mm
crushed thickness .42mm

new---basic 1.4mm
crushed .66mm

it does have a bias.it has almost a felt look to it but looks to have stitching/thread thoughout in the center of the fabric.

i guess the only concern i have is how much it may bulge at the seams of the window sections where it should be flattened out. im hoping maybe an iron might help this or maybe just have to trim as close as possible to lose the bulge.

the other issue is that it cost $92 a yard.waiting on a response as i dont know the width it comes in.this supplier is in the US.

Anchovy wrote: The lighter material will likely darken a bit with time. It looks like a nice choice.

Do you have a way to measure the thickness of the original and the replacement. How different is the thickness. Does the replacement have a bias? (By this I mean does it stretch in one direction and not another?

Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:02 am

The cloth I used and the cloth karl used on our barndoors are not identical,they did however come from the same manufacturer.The West Of England cloth came in three grades.I picked the middle one that had a little less weave, because Bernie and I felt it had a vintage quality.Karl chose the finest grade, super deluxe.They both look superb in our buses.I have the samples Mark sent to me.These are from quite a while back so I dont know if the material changed from roll to roll,but when I saw what he had in his workshop and we compared it to an original headliner in an an amazing Barndoor there, it was superb.I hope this helps

Andy :wink:

Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:06 am

Thanks Andy, did you ever look at the moleskin in comparison to the West of England cloth?
Hi by the way, we met at Volksworld this year, at Dave Clarke's stall.

Damon.

Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:18 pm

Hi Damon, the moleskin is closer to Karls choice in texture and density,as for colour match the West of England was a closer match.Good meeting you at Volksworld :D

Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:30 am

We bought 10 metres of West of England Wool, this was enough to do the headliner.
Andys was called Union Cloth,
if you've got samples you'll see the slight difference between them on the card. yes they did come from the same supplier.

Duncan sent us a sample of his 53 OG headliner from under his rubber window seal (which had not been faded by the sun) we also had a sample from our own bus from under the rubber window seal, and Simon gave us a sample ......(ooooeeerrrr mrs) to us the west of England wool was the closest match.

my advice is just buy what you like the best.

Karl :D

Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:09 am

Hi Milky where have you been? Send me your email again when you have time

Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:01 am

Anybody made any new discoveries? The time is getting closer :wink:

Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:51 am

I had it done.

Went for 10 Metres of West of England 100% wool, there were a couple of different suppliers/quality/shade, of course he most expensive was the nicest.

£50 a metre, thats $1,000 in cloth before you've started.

Peter at NewForest Autotrim did a brilliant job, my only bugbear was that he chipped my 5 thousand quid paint job installing skylights and said "cant you use touch up".

He also made me a sunroof cover in brown "mohair" which is waterproof convertible hood material, looks fantastic.

I had the front bench recovered and bought a 10m roll of vinyl for door panels etc.

Cost me a bit under 2k, which I thought pretty good.
I've looked at a few samba woolcloth headliners and mine looks to be up there with the best, so I'm happy.

Email me if you want Peters contact details.

Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:52 am

Actually, you're welcome to come and look at mine if you like, It won't be moving from Lymington for a few months though.

Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:08 am

Looks like a nice job, i've just had a few quotes, looks like a good job will be up to 2k inc material. Did you get the material yourself or did the trimmer supply it? If you have a sample i'd be interested.
Simon

Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:51 am

Timmer supplied it, he gets his stuff from MOTRIM (I thought, but cant find them on the internets... so I might be wrong)

2k included all materials, sunroof cover and inner, trimming the bench and a 100 quid roll of vinyl. A standard bus should be lots cheaper than that with this guy. £1200 at a guess.

Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:37 pm

52 headliners for a dlx/ sunroof modle
Has anyone got a close up shot of an original piece
and should it be all the same
ie skylight / sunroof front and back and down the windows ?

Cheers

Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:41 pm

Any Euros want to check mine out to see what Peters work is like, it'll be in the front hall at Volksworld show in London next weekend. (26th-28th March)

Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:46 pm

Damon22 wrote: Any Euros want to check mine out to see what Peters work is like, it'll be in the front hall at Volksworld show in London next weekend. (26th-28th March)

Damon how can they let you show that bus with chips in the paint
or have you touched them up now :wink:

Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:31 am

Its like a blotchy paintstick bus. :lol:

Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:48 am

just to add a little detail on headliners

black cardboard piece that smooths the area behind the semi4