SaharaBlackNo1

Definitely looks factory and looks to fit really well.

Also for the guys who mentioned the glue smell, I'd imagine much like real new car smell it will stop offgassing relatively soon.

Fathom

I installed the Hothead liners too. I also had a paint shop paint the interior of the hardtop shell black. Mark at Hotheads seemed just a little reluctant to sell me the straight black headliners but the match is perfect (even thought the picture makes the headliner look gray).

SaharaBlackNo1

See, now this was really helpful for me, since I have my hardtop painted black on the inside and I've also got black and charcoal grey leather seats, so I wanted something darker than stock. Glad to know you found it to be a great match.

Fathom

My painter had the headliner to match to, but I have to say he did a great job matching the "sheen" of the fabric. Definately not matt black but not gloss either.

mcambrose

Hey guys,
just thought I'd address the glue smell issue real quick for anybody thinking about buying a set of my headliners. I'm sure all of you that have them already know that the smell does disappear. The glue is an industrial automotive contact cement that I've been using for carpet, headliners, & door panels in cars for years. The smell is quite strong but dissipates completely in a short time. I guess the problem is that as soon as the headliners are made they are put into their plastic slips so they don't get dirty. I hadn't thought of the smell going in the slips with them. What I'll do in the future is let the headliners air out a bit before putting them in plastic. Hopefully that will eliminate the odor issue.
Thanks for all of your posts
Mark

Fathom

Mark: Honestly I barely noticed it and I have a big nose!
(it's gone now err the smell not my nose)

Canipe

The smell is mostly gone in mine after a week and that is with cold weather without allowing it to air out.

R0ck

From what I understand the main purpose of these is to deflect some of the heat in high temps, but does anyone have any experience with these to retain some of the internal heat in the colder temps?

Steve's 95YJ

That's one of the reasons that I got the headliner kit from Mark.........well that and the fact that I hate the look of white hardtop interior.

I don't have any experience yet with how well the headliner will retain heat, but the temps here in Ontario are starting to drop now (it got up to about 10C / 50F this afternoon) so hopefully I'll be able to provide an update in a few weeks.

Oh yeah, the glue smell took about 4 or 5 days to disappear.

RedRock GatorRaider

Received my liner yesterday and installed this morning in about a half an hour.

Must say, those were the best packaged items I've ever received. I'm very impressed with the meticulous attention to detail as well.

Thanks Mark.