Dear Car Maintenance Afficionados...

[bjarvis]

I have a 2001 Honda Civic LX. It has served me well for years and --automotive gods willing-- will do so for many more. My only maintenance complaint however is pictured below:



The covering layer of upholstery is slowly pulling away from the ceiling along the entire back. At the moment, this is merely cosmetic but I don't want it to get any worse; since I generally drive with the AC on rather than the windows open, there isn't much tension on the material from air flow but I should repair this sooner than later.

Does anyone have any advice on how to go about repairing such a thing? I'm guessing some form of fabric glue or adhesive would do the trick... is that so? Is there a particularly good product or brand? Should I leave this sort of thing to the professionals?

Any & all advice is welcome. (On the car issue, that is.)

Comments

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

have you considered hot glue?

[squalidbear.livejournal.com]

Industrial double-sided duct tape. At least if it pulls away again you haven't f*cked anything too badly.

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

A headliner isn't such a big deal to replace. You can actually have the honda folks do it, if you wish. Replacing the headliner is not that expensive, although automotive double stick tape will work as a patch.

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

bandaid?

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

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ESPECIALLY the bandaids with pretty pictures on 'em. In my house (ok, ok, in my teaching lab) you'd have a choice of Harry Potter or Winnie-the-Pooh.

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Winnie-the-Pooh, did you see this one from "Worst Bookcovers Ever"?

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

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oh dear. what were they thinking? (well, they WEREN'T, clearly).

I'm a great fan of Winnie-the-Pooh, and all the gang from the Hundred-Aker Wood. But you notice how I referred to the Bear of Very Little Brain.

[dancecub.livejournal.com]

[also from Worst Book Covers]
I always liked The Rifleman, but didn't know why until now.



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