coupelady
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Thanks for the pictures and sharing your experiences, that is greatly appreciated! I guess you could call the arrangement of the perforations a diamond pattern but it is not embossed in my opinion. I have become very attached to the perforated headliner (yup the whole car) I did find out the BMW is offering a 1.5 meter bulk material approximately $30.00. The info, other than that it is Weiss, does not say what it looks like.
For information: I learned that the headliner can be sprayed dyed by a professional or an aerosol by the owner but obviously the entire interior needs to be taped and covered for this procedure. Rather scary to me. To replace the entire headliner, according to Dave (highly recommended)at the trim shop I went to yesterday, to do the job correctly on replacement both front and rear windows should come out. So my advisement to anyone who is doing a full restoration at this time, go ahead and do a headliner replacement now while your CS is apart. In the opinion of 2 trim shops the discoloration that you might have on the edges and on the shoulder seat belt holder is probably the original glue that had dried and bled through. I have some of that, I am surprised that I don't have more as the car was driven daily for 5 years and parked in the hot Atlanta sun while at work during the day.
Now, the sun visors show NLA for a long time. I would love to hear any "stories" experiences on their replacement. Dave said the stumbling block on recovering to keep the originality is the heat seal around the edges and the foam deterioration within the visor itself. And those plastic clips that holds it in place! that break so easily! Hope this info helps someone.
For information: I learned that the headliner can be sprayed dyed by a professional or an aerosol by the owner but obviously the entire interior needs to be taped and covered for this procedure. Rather scary to me. To replace the entire headliner, according to Dave (highly recommended)at the trim shop I went to yesterday, to do the job correctly on replacement both front and rear windows should come out. So my advisement to anyone who is doing a full restoration at this time, go ahead and do a headliner replacement now while your CS is apart. In the opinion of 2 trim shops the discoloration that you might have on the edges and on the shoulder seat belt holder is probably the original glue that had dried and bled through. I have some of that, I am surprised that I don't have more as the car was driven daily for 5 years and parked in the hot Atlanta sun while at work during the day.
Now, the sun visors show NLA for a long time. I would love to hear any "stories" experiences on their replacement. Dave said the stumbling block on recovering to keep the originality is the heat seal around the edges and the foam deterioration within the visor itself. And those plastic clips that holds it in place! that break so easily! Hope this info helps someone.
