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Photo: Nissan’s Water Drop Headliner

May 29, 2012 By Nadeem Muaddi

Designed to resemble ripples in a pond, the Nissan Cube’s “water drop” headliner goes down as the coolest headliner I’ve ever seen. While the rippled effect goes against my natural trimmer instincts for a wrinkle-free finish, I just can’t get over how unique it looks.

My only complaint is the Cube’s boring dome light. As the center of attention, you’d think they would have designed a more modern-looking courtesy light.

What do you think? Tell us in the comments section below.

Filed Under: Archive, Concepts & Designs Tagged With: 2012 Nissan Cube, Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Water Drop Headliner

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Comments

  1. Ferbs says

    May 29, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    Absolutely love it! Love the contrast of it to the “boxiness” of the vehicle. Definitely agree, needs a jazzier dome light.

  2. american custom services says

    May 29, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    I agree a round dome seems more of a logical design pattern. And, as far as wrinkles just heat the material up a little and you’ll be fine.

  3. Nadeem says

    May 29, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    Yeah this looks great. It’s a shame that more automakers don’t take advantage of their headliners to do something really unique. For most, it’s just wasted space…

  4. Jeffrey says

    May 29, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    The idea is good, but i think this design look`s cheap.
    People come to me with headliners looking like this one . 😉

  5. aunc says

    June 1, 2012 at 4:28 am

    Hate to see Nissans price on a replacement for that!Haha!

  6. nacho says

    June 5, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    When the cube first came out I actually went to nissan to check it out and was like woah!!! when I noticed the headliner lol

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