CLOTH TOPPINGS USED BY ROBBINS AUTO TOPS

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SF SFG TW GR GN A5 LM

Headliner Materials


SF-Robbins Sun-Fast® Cloth. Robbins Sun-Fast Cloth is manufactured by Lucerne Textiles using a 100% acrylic Glen Raven surface cloth laminated with a superior rubber formulation to a pre-shrunk cotton backing cloth. Robbins Sun-Fast is engineered to be soft and supple to make installation of tops easier, and with tightly controlled strength characteristics to insure that tops do not sag, billow or lose their shape over time. Products ordered in Sun-Fast Cloth will offer a rich appearance and many years of service if cared for properly.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

Black on Black Black on Tan Blue on Black Blue on Tan Brown on Black Brown on Tan Charcoal on Black
Driftwood on Black Lt Gray on Black Red on Black Sand on Black Tan on Black Tan on Tan Gray on Black

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SFG-Robbins Sun-Fast "G"® Cloth With German Style Dobby Backing. Robbins Sun-Fast "G" Cloth is manufactured by Lucerne Textiles using 100% acrylic Glen Raven surface cloth with a TWILL WEAVE for Black, Blue and Brown shades; and a standard weave for our other colors. Our Sun-Fast "G" Cloth is made laminating the surface cloth using the same superior rubber formulation we use in our Sun-Fast cloth to black or tan German style pre-shrunk cotton dobby backing. Sun-Fast "G" Cloth offers a rich appearance, especially in the Black, Blue and Brown twill weave shades; coupled with strength and tightly controlled stretch characteristics to insure that tops do not sag, billow, or are so stiff that tops become difficult to raise and lower. Products ordered in Sun-Fast "G" will offer a rich appearance and many years of service if cared for properly.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

Black on Black Black on Tan Blue on Tan Brown on Black Brown on Tan Charcoal on Black
 
Red on Black Sand on Black Tan on Black Tan on Tan Blue on Black  

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TW-Haartz Twillfast Cloth. This is the Twill Weave 100% Glen Raven Acrylic topping combined to a polyester/cotton blend (or 100% Polyester in certain colors) dobby backing which has been used for original tops by Audi, BMW, Saab, Volkswagen and other convertible manufacturers. This topping has become the new industry standard.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

Black on Black Mauve Blue on Black Dk Green on Black Dk Beige on Black Lt Oak on Black

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GR-German Cloth with Cotton Backing. Imported from Germany. This first quality German Cloth has a polyester/acrylic twill blend surface cloth laminated with butyl rubber to cotton dobby backing cloth. This polyester/acrylic twill blend surface cloth has good resistance to fading in Black, Blue or Brown colors, but lighter colors will fade over time.

* No Matching Hidem or Wire-on Available.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

Black on Black Black on Tan Brown on Black Brown on Tan Blue on Black Blue on Tan Tan on Tan

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GN-Happich Sonnenland with Non-Cotton Synthetic Backings. Original for 1990-95 Mercedes SL Models. This is the same polyester/acrylic blend twill weave surface cloth laminated with butyl rubber to a 100% Nylon Tan Backing, or 100% Polyester Black Backing, with the traditional German pattern. Topping with Black backing was adopted by Mercedes in 1993 for all convertible models. This is the same polyester/acrylic blend twill weave surface cloth laminated with butyl rubber to a 100% Nylon Tan Backing, or 100% Polyester Black Backing, with the traditional German pattern. Topping with Black backing was adopted by Mercedes in 1993 for all convertible models.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

GN-BKB GN-BLB
Black on Black Blue on Black Brown on Black

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A5
Imported from Haartz GMBH in Germany (formerly R & S), A5 toppings are made with a 100% Acrylic Twill weave surface cloth laminated using a rubber inner layer to 100% Polyester Black dobby backing. Audi, Jaguar, Mercedes, Porsche, Saab, VW and other convertible manufacturers use A5 toppings in OE tops. 60" Wide.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

Black on Black Beige on Black Mineral Green on Black
A5S toppings are made using a flame process to "singe" or remove the nap from the twill weave surface cloth. These "singed" A5 toppings currently are made exclusively for Boxster and Carrera style Porsche convertibles.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

Black on Black Graphite Grey on Black Metropol Blue on Black

LM-Landmark (JX)

Manufactured by Haartz, this is 100%Glen Raven Mills Acrylic cloth in regular (Stayfast) weave and Twill Weave (JX), laminated with a rubber inner layer to a Polyester/Cotton blend Gray backing. The Twill Weave (JX) topping is used in OE tops for 1996-On Sebring, and the regular weave version is used in OE tops to fit 2001-On Ford Thunderbird convertibles. 60" wide.

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Colors are listed with exterior color first and backing color second. Example Black on Tan = Black Outside, Tan Inside

Black on Gray Bridgewater Blue on Gray Sandalwood on Gray Beige on Gray Camel Tan on Gray

Headliner Materials

EU
Miscellaneous European Headliners

HL GNG is a stretch nylon for use in 1990-2001 Mercedes SL convertibles.
HL GRY is a lightweight PVC Vinyl run On a cotton backing, and is used for Peugeot, Rover and other headliners.
HL ESB and HL ESW are lightweight PVC Vinyls run on cotton backing for use in Ford of Europe Escort and other convertibles.

HL VLB HL VLC HL BUC
HL DBL HL DGY HL MAR
HL MBL HL TPE
VL Velour Cloth
100% Polyester Cloth. Black shade used for headliners to fit convertibles such as Camaro, Corvette, Mustang, Mitsubishi Eclipse and Saab. The Charcoal shade was used in Nissan, Toyota and other convertibles. The remaining colors were used in Chrysler Lebaron convertibles.

 


 
VW VW Headliners
HL BLK and HL WHT are lightweight PVC Vinyls run on cotton or polyester backing for use in 1980-93 VW Rabbit/Golf 1and other convertibles.
HL VWB and HL VWG are 100% polyester for use in 1995-2000 VW Cabrio/Golf III convertibles.


HL DBL
DB Dobby

100% Cotton or Polyester dobby, rubber skim coated, used in Cadillac Allante and other convertibles.


HL SEB
SE Dobby

HL SEB and HL SEBF are 100% Polyester with a light PVC skim coat. The only difference between these two Headliners is that the HL SEBF has a foam backing, and Chrysler use the HL SEBF in 2000-On Sebring models.

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