Product Description:
Hawks Motorsports offers our clients this 1974-1981 Camaro Black Premier Perforated Vinyl Custom Bow-Style Headliner Conversion Kit, Acme UCH3-PRP1179.
This custom headliner conversion kit replaces the original molded cardboard or fiberboard-style headliner assembly with a traditional suspended bow-style system. Rather than gluing foam-backed material to a rigid board, the Black perforated-vinyl headliner stretches across the roof and is supported by the included metal bows and attachment hardware.
The conversion eliminates the original cardboard headliner board and deteriorating foam layer. This addresses the common failure in which aged foam breaks down and allows the original covering material to sag, separate or fall away from the board. The UCH3 system is designed to replace the complete cardboard-and-foam arrangement rather than recover or reuse it.
The headliner is manufactured from Black Premier Perforated Vinyl, identified by material code PRP1179. This upholstery material is designed for sewn and bow-supported headliner applications and uses a textile backing rather than foam backing.
Acme catalogs the complete Black Camaro conversion under the shorter number UCH3-31P. The supplied extended number UCH3-PRP1179 combines the UCH3 conversion family with the associated Black material code. Acme and current application records verify the kit for 1974-1981 Chevrolet Camaro models.
This is a complete bow-style conversion system. It is not an ABS headliner board, a molded replacement board, a scrape-and-cover kit or loose headliner material.
The vehicle’s original sail panels are not included. They must be reused, repaired or recovered separately.
Key Features
- Converts the original molded-board headliner to a bow-suspended system
- Black Premier Perforated Vinyl
- Acme material code PRP1179
- Alternate Acme kit number UCH3-31P
- Eliminates the original cardboard or fiberboard headliner
- Eliminates the deteriorating foam-backed covering system
- Includes two metal headliner bows
- Includes plastic bow attachment clips
- Includes two installation rods
- Includes installation instructions
- Requires concealed mounting holes for the bow hardware
- Designed for 1974-1981 Chevrolet Camaro hardtops
- Reuses the vehicle’s original sail panels
- Sail panels are not included
- Not an ABS or cardboard headliner board
- Not a material-only product
- Acme part number UCH3-PRP1179
Current UCH3 family documentation identifies the package as including two bows, plastic attachment clips, two rods and instructions. Another restoration catalog lists the Black conversion with two bows, ten clips and instructions.
FITMENT APPLICATIONS
Chevrolet Camaro Hardtop
- 1974 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1975 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1976 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1977 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1978 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1979 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1980 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1981 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1974-1981 Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe
- 1974-1981 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
- 1974-1977 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport
- 1974-1978 Chevrolet Camaro LT and Type LT
- 1979-1981 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta
Current product and fitment records list the Black UCH3 conversion for Chevrolet Camaro models from 1974 through 1981.
Fitment Warnings
Camaro application only: The manufacturer and supplier records reviewed verify Chevrolet Camaro fitment. Firebird, Esprit, Formula and Trans Am applications were not authoritatively confirmed for the UCH3 conversion family.
Hardtop or solid-roof application: Restrict this listing to Camaro models with a complete solid roof. The system uses full-width suspended bows and should not be represented as a T-Top headliner conversion kit.
Original headliner system: This kit replaces the original molded board-style headliner. It does not repair, recover or reuse the original headliner board.
Sail panels: Replacement sail panels are not supplied. The vehicle’s original panels must be reused, repaired or recovered separately.
INSTALLATION NOTES
Remove the original molded headliner board, sun visors, visor brackets, dome-light assembly, surrounding roof moldings and sail panels as necessary to expose the roof structure. Preserve all reusable original trim, fasteners and sail panels.
Installation requires drilling new mounting holes for the supplied headliner-bow hardware. Carefully measure and mark both sides of the roof before drilling so the corresponding mounting locations remain level and symmetrical. The new holes are concealed once the headliner is fully installed.
Install the supplied plastic bow attachment clips according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Insert the metal bows through the sewn sleeves or listings on the back of the new headliner before connecting them to the roof-mounted clips.
Center the headliner from front to rear and side to side before permanently securing the perimeter. Gradually tension the vinyl in small, alternating sections. Do not pull one side completely tight before adjusting the opposite side, as uneven tension may create diagonal wrinkles or distort the perforation pattern.
Warm shop conditions can make the vinyl easier to stretch and shape. Avoid open flames or excessive concentrated heat, which could discolor, shrink or permanently distort the material.
Locate and cut openings for the dome light, sun visor brackets and other accessories only after the headliner is properly centered and tensioned. Begin with small cuts because removed material cannot be replaced.
Inspect the original sail panels before beginning installation. Repair or recover them separately when necessary because replacements are not included.
Professional installation is strongly recommended. Proper installation requires accurate measuring, drilling, bow placement and controlled material tensioning.
Black material can appear lighter, grayer or glossier because of photography lighting, electronic display settings and surface reflections. Compare a physical PRP1179 sample when an exact match with existing Black interior trim is important.
