Roof lining

[Kezzieboy]

Anybody got recommendations as to what material to use? Going to be doing this soonish, and wondering about how stretchy the material needs to be, i.e. would a bedsheet work?

Bed sheet can be a bit thin, will work but wrinkles show easy so smooth it out well. Duvet covers are a good option, usually a little weightier material than a sheet, also good for getting a pattern or design if you want something different. Suede is a good call, black keeps it nice and simple, hides and wrinkles etc well.

Material with a bit of stretch will make it easier and neater, but its not required, you may find you end up with a few small wrinkles around the tight bends like the handle reccess and the sun visor recess if your material doesnt have any stretch.

My suggestions are, get yourself a nice big workspace, some decent high temp adhesive (Trimfix on ebay), lay it all out and start with the area above the frint seats, work your way back from there leaving the edges for last, spray both the roof lining and your material with the adhesive, dont need too much or it will soak through but a good covering on both, i usually do it in roughly a foot or two sections at a time, lift the material up, spray the section, lay it back down and smooth from the middle out. Once tge centre section of the roof is done go back and do all the edges, wrapping it over the edge and gluing it down to the back will stop the edges peeling. Then trim off any excess, give it a chance to dry, refit.

Awesome cheers for the advice. I've been looking at duvet covers for that exact reason, I want some sort of pattern.