Product Description:
Hawks Motorsports offers our clients this 1974-1981 Camaro Off White Premier Perforated Vinyl Custom Bow-Style Headliner Conversion Kit, Acme UCH3-PRP1181.
This custom conversion kit replaces the original molded cardboard or fiberboard-style headliner with a suspended bow-style headliner system. Instead of attaching foam-backed material to a rigid board, the Off White 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 the deteriorating foam layer that commonly allows the original covering material to sag, separate or fall. The UCH3 system is specifically designed to replace the original board-and-foam assembly rather than recover or reuse it.
The PRP1181 material itself is sometimes labeled White in raw upholstery-material catalogs, while Acme identifies the completed Camaro conversion kit as Off White. Hawks Motorsports uses Off White as the primary product color.
This is a complete bow-style conversion system. It is not an ABS headliner board, a molded replacement board or loose material only. Installation requires adding concealed mounting points for the supplied bow hardware.
The vehicle’s original sail panels are not included. They must be reused, repaired or recovered separately.
Key Features
- Converts the original molded headliner to a suspended bow-style system
- Off White Premier Perforated Vinyl
- Acme material code PRP1181
- Alternate Acme kit number UCH3-32P
- Eliminates the original cardboard or fiberboard headliner
- Eliminates the original deteriorating foam layer
- Includes two metal headliner bows
- Includes plastic bow attachment clips
- Includes two installation rods
- Includes installation instructions
- Requires concealed mounting holes for the new bow hardware
- Designed for 1974-1981 Chevrolet Camaro hardtops
- Reuses the vehicle’s original sail panels
- Sail panels are not included
- Not an ABS headliner board
- Not a loose material-only product
- Acme part number UCH3-PRP1181
The documented UCH3 package includes two bows, plastic attachment clips, two rods and installation 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 manufacturer and supplier records identify UCH3-32P as an Off White bow-style conversion kit for 1974-1981 Chevrolet Camaro applications.
Fitment Warnings
Camaro application only: The manufacturer and supplier information reviewed verifies Chevrolet Camaro fitment. Firebird, Esprit, Formula and Trans Am applications were not authoritatively confirmed for this UCH3 conversion kit.
Hardtop or solid-roof application: Restrict this listing to Camaro models with a full solid roof. The kit uses full-width suspended bows and should not be represented as a T-Top headliner conversion system.
Original headliner system: This kit replaces the molded board-style headliner. It does not recover or reuse the original cardboard or fiberboard headliner.
Sail panels: Replacement sail panels are not supplied. The vehicle’s original sail panels must be reused, repaired or recovered separately.
Color note: Off White is Acme’s color name for the completed UCH3-32P kit. PRP1181 may appear as White in raw material catalogs, but Bright White, Ivory, Parchment and Oyster should not be substituted in the product title.
INSTALLATION NOTES
Remove the original molded headliner board, sun visors, visor brackets, dome-light assembly, surrounding roof moldings and sail panels as needed to expose the roof structure. Preserve all reusable original trim, fasteners and sail panels.
Installation requires drilling new mounting holes for the supplied bow attachment hardware. Carefully measure and mark both sides of the roof before drilling so the corresponding mounting points remain level and symmetrical. The completed headliner conceals the newly drilled holes.
Install the supplied plastic attachment clips according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Insert the metal bows through the sewn sleeves or listings on the back of the headliner before connecting them to the roof-mounted clips.
Center the headliner from front to rear and side to side before permanently securing its perimeter. Gradually tension the vinyl in small, alternating sections. Do not pull one side completely tight before adjusting the opposite side, as uneven tension can create diagonal wrinkles or distort the perforation pattern.
Warm shop conditions can make the vinyl easier to shape. Avoid open flames and excessive concentrated heat, which may shrink, discolor or permanently distort the material.
Locate and cut openings for the dome light, sun visor brackets and other accessories only after the material has been centered and properly tensioned. Begin with small cuts because removed material cannot be replaced.
Inspect the original sail panels before installation. Repair or recover them separately when necessary because replacements are not included.
Professional installation is strongly recommended because this conversion requires accurate measuring, drilling, bow placement and controlled material tensioning.
Electronic displays, photography lighting, aged original interior components and production dye lots can affect perceived color. Compare a physical Off White PRP1181 material sample with the vehicle’s existing trim when close color matching is important.
