Back in the 70's I owned several GM vehicles and a few non-GM cars too. Most of those cars were in much worse shape than the ones I drive now. Yet, I NEVER had problems with the headliners, nor did the rear view mirror fall off at least once a year. I recall one car I had back then having a solid ceiling. sort of like a semi-hard board material, with tiny holes every quarter inch or so, and it had a woodgrain finish. (similar to a ceiling tile). I do not recall what car had it, but it was durable and never sagged or fell.
Every GM vehicle I have owned from the mid to late 80's, up to my present current 92 GM extended cab pickup truck has had these really crappy rag on the ceiling glued to a solid backing, Every damn one of them has fallen, hung down on top of my head, blocked my rear view, and generally annoyed the hell out of me. Worse yet, you can't just rip down the rag, because there is this sticky glue embedded foam that is stuck to the backing, which falls all over the car and sticks to everything, making a big mess.
My last car, an 89 Chevy station wagon, as well as the 85 Olds station wagon I had before the Chevy, had the same problem. I tried apolstery tacks, a staple gun, pins, and even poked small holes in the rag and sprayed some sort of fabric adhesive. Nothing lasted for more than a few months, and I'd be right back to that damn thing annoying me. In both of those station wagons I finally just ripped out the whole ceiling, including that backing, because nothing removed that sticky junk under the rag. Having a bare tin roof really was not as bad as I expected, although the dome light wire had to be duct taped to keep it up.
So, here I am with this 92 pickup and the same damn thing. Apparently GM is in love with these rag ceilings, because in at least 8 years they have used them, they must have gotten many complaints. GM makes good vehicles, and I prefer a GM over any other brand, but they really need to get rid of these crappy ceilings.
Anyhow, this pickup has a much smaller ceiling, so before I rip it down, I thought I'd ask and see if anyone knows of any way to PERMANENTLY keep it up on the ceiling???? Now, if you're going to tell me to either replace it, or to take the whole thing down and reglue it, dont bother. I will spend a few bucks on fastners of some sort, but not willing to spend to replace it. Nor am I willing to rip it down and reattach it. If it comes down, it stays down and will be removed completely. But before ripping it down to bare metal, I thought I'd ask.......
As far as the mirrors falling off, I'd like to find the moron who designed mirrors to be glued to glass. I'd like to glue this moron to a plate glass window on the top floor of a tall skyscraper and wait for the hottest day of summer or coldest day of winter, when this lousy glue lets loose. I've carefully reglued them year after year and followed instructions carefully. One year or less, and it's on the floor again. I dont need to ask how to permanently fix that, because I make a piece of steel, glued the mirror to this steel with JB Weld, and screwed the homemade bracket to the metal frame above the windshield. That solved that...... Now why can't GM do the same thing?
LM