I went to an upholstery shop and got a nice high-quality vinyl that
more matches the laminate surfaces than the original panels, but it
looks really good. I took the panels out and removed the original
covering with a heat gun and scraper. It was pretty easy. I bought a
several cans of high-temp spray adhesive, and attached the vinyl and
punched all the holes out with a cheap set of jc whitney punches.

You can buy the original covering (basket-weave) from several sources
including bus depot and gowesty.com, I think.

I did the whole car in two evenings. Spray both surfaces and then apply
together and go over with a roller. It won't look good until 12 hours
later or so.

Jim

On Feb 7, 2004, at 7:29 PM, zolo wrote:

> What I did was, went into a Home Depot and started looking in those
> big books that have all the wall paper samples.  I found about three
> that I liked.
> You just go and find the ones you like.  Unfortunately the roll is not
> wide enough to cover the front headliner, but is good enoug for the
> rest of the car if yours is an early eighties model.
> Zoltan
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jason Willenbrock
>   To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>   Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 4:51 PM
>   Subject: headliner material for westy
>
>
>   anyone ever change their headliner material on their westy?  mine is
> all cracked and falling apart underside of top bunk, so i am going to
> strip it all.  what is a good source for new material?  wallpaper,
> contact paper, what?
>   thanks
>   jason
>
>
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