headliner questions, i couldnt find answers too...

[tylercM3]

ok so first thing i did with my Ti, is mount my beltronics radar in... in the process i basically screwed up (which was already screwed up) the A-pillar fabric covering, so i ripped it off. it is a little sticky but not really too much. My 99 Ti w/ 81k on the clock, has spent its entire life in texas, garaged and not. so needless to say my headliner is completely screwed up and sagging, im wondering how bad it looks with just the fabric removed, if i have ANY passengers its a buddy in the passenger seat and I don't know any of my buds that would even touch the headliner or contact it for any reason really...



so whats it really like under the sagging (in my case) BLACK interior?! is it THAT bad? couldnt i just paint the thing? my friend with a e36 m3 just re-did hes headliner etc with red suede... looks amazing but took him a week of work and lots of cash... i just really wanna have NO fabric and just paint it or sumthin..... i dont really want a stripped out look inside the car either.

[bmwpelican]

sounds interesting since myn is sagging also, would like to know if anyone has done it.

[tylercM3]

you know what i mean? what if i just rip it all off?!

my A-pillar was black behind the liner... and doesnt look any diff from the opposite side.... wondering if it ALLLLLL looks like this if so im rippin it out and sittin back with a brew. (callin it a day)

[tiFreak]

if it's black underneath I'd like to do it too, my headliner's just barely starting to sag, which doesn't bother me, I just don't like having a tan headliner and pillars when the rest of my interior is black

[tylercM3]

well, its black under the a-pillars.....

I was sorta wonderin if it was black under the lining itself?!?! anyyyyone?!! (which is black fabric sagging)

[John318ti]

hey man i don't know if this is what you mean, but check out post #5. this guy i guess painted it with trunk splatter spraypaint....
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23937

[tylercM3]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... i drive a BMW, dono wtf that is but its not me...


not talking about sprayin it with street looking fake concrete but..... just removing the liner and leaving it with a BLACK interior....

[John318ti]

yeah i'm not a big fan of it either, but thats the only thing i've seen... at least on here. i wouldn't do it for sure

[tylercM3]

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Mallard]

try to peel a corner to see the underlying fabric. If it is the same as the A pillars then you can go for it.

Or,

You can get hold of a can of spray glue as shown below

http://www.studioartshop.com/acatalog/info_2743.html



Try a light "dusting" of the spray after separating the loose netting

then press on in a spreading motion out towards the corners.

It will never sag again

This also works on A pillars

[TI-driftin]

ok here's the deal man. I just redid my headliner. I would NOT recomend just ripping the headliner down because more than likely you'll have a bunch of crumbly material that will blow around and fall on you and get in your eyes if your windows are down. The board underneath is not to pretty. It looks like cardboard with a few fibers and resin on it. You might be able to paint it but i dont think you'll get a smooth look. (you'd have to do a textured paint maybe) Plus it would be easier just to cover it with a material. Its not to difficult of a task. I took my time and did it in two weekends. First saturday i pulled the headliner out and cleaned it off with a wire brush on a cordless drill. The following friday night i spray glued it with a 3M headliner glue and put the fabric on. Then the next day (Sat.) I put it all back in. I am super happy with the turnout. Plus it was cheap. Just cost of materials. Takeing out the sunroof was pretty easy too! Probably could have done it all in 2 days if i had two full days back to back to work on it.

[tylercM3]

T-I Driftin:

did u just strip off the fabric and re-use it? or buy some totally new fabric? pardon my ignorance.

[TI-driftin]

Originally Posted by tylercM3

T-I Driftin:

did u just strip off the fabric and re-use it? or buy some totally new fabric? pardon my ignorance.

My fabric was not really salvagable plus i wanted to upgrade my interior a little so i went to Jo-anne fabrics and picked up some light gray vinyl. It is almost a perfect match to the bmw stock light gray. My interior was all black, stock, so i bought the bmw light gray shift/e-brake boots first and matched everything to that. Looks sweet!

go get you some leopard print man!

[bmwpelican]

complete noob to all of this, which is what i say on about every thread. but does the headliner come out easlily? like out through the trunk?

[tiFreak]

it comes out through the trunk, but not easily