I have to do something about a badly sagging headliner on the 96 C280. The dealer parts guy (who knows how cheap I am) wouldn't even give me the price of a new headliner. He suggested spraying some 3M glue in there, which I know won't work because the foam is disintegrating. When I told him that, he asked if I could take the fabric off, clean the foam off the board and the fabric, then put new foam on the board, and glue the original fabric onto the new foam.

Has anyone ever tried anything like that?

Also, if I clean off the old board, could I just reinstall it without fabric? What does it look like underneath all that crumbly stuff? I'm wondering if I could just paint it or something.

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