Headliner Fabric from Veteranco

[Rokoz]

I just got done doing my headliner and pillars in POR911. Sorry for not getting back here earlier, but like the pic above shows, they're nearly indistinguishable. You could convince yourself they're different shades, but it's a stretch, and probably has more to do with holding the weaves at different angles. That combined with the fact that the headliner and pillars are on slightly different planes, I'd be surprised if anyone could tell they different in-car. The POR911 was also really nice to work with, very forgiving considering its thinness. It still has a light backing, but no foam.

Thanks for the update! Do you mind sharing some pictures?

As we know, from earlier photos in this thread even new OEM pieces don’t match each other perfectly.

[Pklauser]

I just got done doing my headliner and pillars in POR911. Sorry for not getting back here earlier, but like the pic above shows, they're nearly indistinguishable. You could convince yourself they're different shades, but it's a stretch, and probably has more to do with holding the weaves at different angles. That combined with the fact that the headliner and pillars are on slightly different planes, I'd be surprised if anyone could tell they different in-car. The POR911 was also really nice to work with, very forgiving considering its thinness. It still has a light backing, but no foam.

[karter16]

Bottom is BM134, top is POR911

wow that is a lot closer than I was imagining it was going to be. I was going to go the BM134 route but on closer inspection the plastic mounting points are damaged on my current pieces so will be having to get new items anyway... If I didn't have to do that I'd certainly be giving the POR911 a go based on that photo!

[dukeofchen]

More than good enough for government work, would be nice to avoid the added difficulty of alcantara without the bm fabric available.

[Shonky]

That would be close enough for me from that photo.

[Rokoz]

Please put up some photos of the two together at a couple of angles to see how well they compare. That's as much the problem as anything, getting the headliner and pillars matching (even when buying new A/B/C pillars).

BTW: BM134

Cartopplus shared the below photo with me comparing BM134 and POR911 a few months ago, I haven't made a purchase on the material as I'm debating recovering them or purchasing new pillars to match the headliner I did with BM134

Bottom is BM134, top is POR911

[Shonky]

Please put up some photos of the two together at a couple of angles to see how well they compare. That's as much the problem as anything, getting the headliner and pillars matching (even when buying new A/B/C pillars).

BTW: BM134

[Pklauser]

Huge bummer the unbacked fabric, BM3109, is discontinued by VeteranCo. I called them to ask if they had any alternatives, or if peeling the backing off of BM314 was at all viable. They said peeling the backing off would ruin the fabric, but that they had an alternative that's pretty close: EOR911. I don't have their catalog, so I don't have a visual, but they're going to send me samples of BM314 and EOR911 so I can see how close they are.

[Mpassioned]

reading that my fabric may be discontinued, Just curious if there is a paint or dye anyone has used that can refinish A pillars that are in good shape, but have sun baked fading. My interior is black.
I have one that has really good fabric condition and just discolored where it was exposed to sun.

[dukeofchen]

Unfortunate, my headliner is in fine shape but the pillars all need to be redone – guess I'll be going all the way with alcantara when I get around to it.

[SQ13]

What synthetic alcantara would you recommend for pillars and headliner?

Dinamica seems pretty popular. My Cobra Nogaros came with dinamica center cushions, and I know Audi and MB use dinamica. If you’re interested I can take a comparison photo between the dinamica center cushions and my Cayman’s Alcantara headliner, once I get the M3 back from the body shop.

TBH since the price difference is only $20/yd, I’ll be going with Alcantara when I have my M3’s headliner recovered.

https://apexleather.com/suede-1/

[LeeForst]

I’m having my touring headliner rewrapped asking with the sunroof shade. Do you guys have a recommendation on yards (to be safe ) - 4 yards?

also, do you guys have a # to call veteran? I have brand new abc pillars so hoping this BM134 is a decent match

[inlinesix123]

I've had a bunch of people reach out about material, unfortunately I can't sell any of my extra stash. I bought it just to save money buying in bulk and use on future projects. I offered to Ed because he is local and we have some history. But not knowing its NLA I can't let any extra go, sorry.

Synthetic Alcantara should be similar price as BMxxx and original Alcantara isn't terribly more expensive. Once I run out of BMxxx I'll likely switch to Alcantara.

What synthetic alcantara would you recommend for pillars and headliner?

[George Hill]

I've had a bunch of people reach out about material, unfortunately I can't sell any of my extra stash. I bought it just to save money buying in bulk and use on future projects. I offered to Ed because he is local and we have some history. But not knowing its NLA I can't let any extra go, sorry.

Synthetic Alcantara should be similar price as BMxxx and original Alcantara isn't terribly more expensive. Once I run out of BMxxx I'll likely switch to Alcantara.

[bavarian3]

Unfortunate news - Veteranco has discontinued the BM3109 that folks were using for pillars

Oh wow. lucky I bought some while I could