headliner recovering

[George Roffe]

One of the things I did to my 328i while it was off the road was to redo the headliner (as well as replace the sunroof cassette). Turned about to be much easier than I thought. It looked kinda scary, but other than trying not to break mounting tabs (nearly impossible in a Bimmer), it was plenty easy.
The mouse fur comes with foam backing attached. If you look around you can find it with different foam thicknesses.
Geo

---- Erik Halvorson <hammer_down at hotmail.com> wrote:

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Good topic. Two of the B13's under my care have good headliners but one is falling apart. The foam has definitely died and the material over the top is quickly following. I know the best way to do these fiberboard based headliners is to remove them from the car. Not sure that can be done without cutting it or removing the windshield or back glass first. There are some good videos (youtube) that go over headliner refurbishing and they talk about suggested/reccomended materials too.


> David P wrote:
> Based on the same sentiment that Geo expressed re:tints....
>
> Where does one go to get a headliner recovered? And is it possible to
> get it recovered in anything like the OR mouse fur fabric? I suppose
> upholstery shops do this kind of thing. And I could do it myself, but
> I'd want to get fabric that, if it didn't match the exisitng grey
> exactly, at least ended up with an OE look. And I think the degradation
> of the foam backing is at least half of the problem.
>
> It isn't the highest priority, but my SE-R's interior is in really nice
> condition except for a ratty headliner (and disintegrated sun visor
> padding) that seems to have happened via nothing more than the passage
> of time.
>
> David
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