Willdb15

I have a black is250 black interior. But the headliner is gray which sucks but can has anybody made this black if so id like if you can post some pics.

flektone

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you can remove the headliner from the vehicle and rewrap it in whatever color or pattern style you want. But im sure its a really big job. There is also some spray stuff in a can I think. But that may be kinda ghetto

flowrider

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AFIK, the only black headliner in an IS model is only available on the ISF. I'm sure you can get it through Lexus parts.

Lou

Vincent123

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remove the headliner and diy wrap it in black suede

kuuqi

i too have thought about this. i have a buddy who wraps the headliner for the vw guys all the time (since they like the plaid design so much). i've seen him do it and it's not difficult, just very time consuming. you just have to take off the pillar pieces and wrap all around it for the tightest finish.

also remember you might want to have the plastic pieces where your interior lighting and sunroof controls are to be painted black too!

Shoganai

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u can get it dyed

jonneepuh

any DIY tutorials on how to remove the headliner?

KWang

hmmm i have thought about this as well.. any pics of re-done headliner ?

Secksee

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black suede gets my vote.

jonneepuh

still waiting on a DIY...anyone with a repair manual?

javyLSU

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Haha, a DIY wouldn't do much good here. I researched this a while back and discovered that the service manual calls for removal of the front windshield to remove or install the headliner.

Javier

karasha

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I just completed rewrapping my is300's headliner and pillars to a black ultrasuede.

If you want to do this yourself, be prepared to be VERY patient. I mean, extremely patient. Seriously.

This has been a very tedious project, but it pays off. The interior looks great. Also, you then have to think about painting the interior plastics to black, otherwise it looks funny.

You have to learn how to work with the adhesive, when it's the right time to lay the fabric so it won't bleed through, and how to pull and lay the fabric correctly so it will lay flat and precise.

Good luck if you go this route. I was considering it with my 350, but after doing two IS300s, I said no thanks

iSuxeL

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I heard the same thing but I don't see how that's possible. Why would Lexus make it like that in the first place.

javyLSU

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^Because it's a one-piece design with no "crease points." If you don't care about crease marks, sure you can remove it without removing the windshield. The headliner of an automobile is something that's very seldomly repaired - usually if you need repairs to your headliner, that means the roof is damaged, and generally a damaged roof = totalled car. What I've thought of doing to get around this is covering the entire interior of the car and wrapping the headliner in alcantara right inside the car. I'm not keen at all on the idea of removing my windshield. I've gone almost 5 years without having to remove/replace my windshield, and I'd like to keep that streak going.

Javier

NineTreSc3

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If you do not have to remove the windshield (which sounds crazy lol) and can simply remove it out of a door then the rest of it should be fairly simple. Its not hard to do a headliner. I have done several on Jeep grand cherokees and on my buddies rsx. Finding a nice fabric for you particular car may be the hard part. Its just takes tearing the old liner off of the headliner board, scraping the foam off. Then using headliner adhesive spray glue and pressing a sealing the new fabric firmly and securing the edges.