Installing Flip-Down on '97 Dodge Caravan

Hi.

    First time poster, long time reader.  I'm an enthusiast that does labor for my friends on the side at the cost of beer and entertainment.  I've done several installs of A/V components but never a flip-down LCD.  One of my friends wants one in her Dodge Caravan.  After doing a little homework I've found that there is no support beam to bolt the LCD into behind the headliner in the middle.  I've thrown around a lot of ideas but I really need something to secure the LCD to behind the head-liner.  I've heard of people just securing the LCD to the headliner itself.  I'm a little skeptical of this idea because flip-downs generally require more force than expected to actually flip-down and I'm afraid her son would pull hard and either make the headliner sag or, god forbid, rip the whole unit off the headliner. 

     Any ideas on how I could secure the flip-down without having to just screw it into the headliner since the van is missing cross-beams?  I've thought about removing the headliner and JB Welding some sort of custom bracket to the roof.  Or perhaps gluing a piece of wood to the roof behind the headliner that I could screw the LCD into once the headliner is replaced, affectively making my own cross-beam.  Any ideas guys?

Thanks in advance!  This is a great forum.

-Sigi Deba

Thanks for the advice.  Do you know of any quick setting adhesives that would bond the wood to metal in less than 5 minutes?  I can't sit there and hold the wood in place for 4 hours while I wait for the adhesive to set. 

-SigiDeba

Wow, thanks.  The reason I want to glue the wood to the roof is because a 12 yr. old boy will be pulling down the flip and the flip takes more force to pull down than most flips I've seen.  JB Weld wood to metal?  I didn't know JB would bond the two, is that right?.  Thanks for the advice about the board  to brace, I already have one in my garage I can measure and cut.  If I do bond the wood to the roof I'm going to be real careful about how long my screws are, like you mentioned.  Just dealing with in-dash and audio I've never really had to worry about things like that.

I don't have the van until Sunday so I just want to get my plan straight so I can get it in and out.

Thanks NowYouKnow,

Liquid Nails has about 45 different products after looking at some of the metal bonds I couldn't find one that would service above 140 degrees.  I'm sure it gets to be about 180 degress in between the headliner and roof of her Maroon Van in Texas.  Do you know have any that can service and hold in that kind of heat?