I painted my headliner and it looks great.  I first removed it, cleaned it and
used scrubable paint.  I may now paint most of the other wall-paper.

You might look for the covers for the rails, that will smooth out the floor for
you when the 2nd seat is not in.  Malcolm S

Woody wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> What's best for cleaning the headliner?
>
> Also, what's the best floor insulation? I have permanently  removed the
> middle seat since my family has scattered and have just been putting a
> piece of carpet remnant on that nice big space, replacing every couple of
> years as it gets dirty; but it has occurred to me that if I took out the
> rails that the seat slides onto I could fit under the carpet either more
> of the insulating stuff that VW used originally (if I could find) or
> something else equally effective at blocking road noise. I'd also use some
> on the engine hatch.
>
> TIA,
>
> Woody
> 83.5 Vanagon
> 89 Diesel jetta
> 64 Beetle (almost fully restored, maybe for sale)