Headliner Fabric from Veteranco

[elbert]

DAP Weldwood Landau Contact Cement is the stuff to use if you want to do it once and never have to worry about it.

Also no experience with the weldwood stuff.

I haven't used the contact cement for headliner, but I used it for repairing the pillar trim on my E46 wagon. It was holding up great at two years (and it was parked outside) when I sold the car.
Contact cement is the same stuff used for Formica countertops, so it should last a really long time.

[timmo]

I bought this fabric but can't figure out how to wrap the C pillars. it doesn't conform to the curves at all.

I had to do a relief cut right under the window pop-out arm. I covered that with a small fabric patch, luckily it's under the arm so I'm not too fussed with that

[cobra]

I bought this fabric but can't figure out how to wrap the C pillars. it doesn't conform to the curves at all.

[heinzboehmer]

3M super 77 or super 90. Personally, I've found the 77 to have enough hold. Just make sure to spray it on the pillar and wait until it tacks up to attach the fabric. If you spray it on the fabric or attach it when it's still too wet, it might bleed through.

Edit: hmm, interesting thought above. I glued my pillars back just a couple months ago, so can't speak to the longevity of the adhesive. Also no experience with the weldwood stuff.

[toy4to]

I've heard that 3M Spray adhesive 77 or 90 don't hold up well long term. DAP Weldwood Landau Contact Cement is the stuff to use if you want to do it once and never have to worry about it.

Added a link: https://glueplace.com/industries/con...rade-1-gallon/

[Nate047]

What kind of glue/adhesive do we like for the BM134 headliner, and BM3109 for A/B/C pillars?

[Wernd]

Headliner was 617
All pillars and abs covers were 747

[AWE46M3]

I actually ordered my stuff from my local dealership as their prices were significantly better than ECS and ECS was backordered on the euro headliner. Received them last week and finally installed this past weekend, I didn't notice them not matching but I didn't lay everything out side by side under a light either

How much did you pay via dealer if you don’t mind me asking?

[Nate047]

Yup for sure, that place is more convenient to people in OC or anyone who wants to order online. So like, everyone lol

[Thoglan]

That's a different place in Anaheim. Veteran co is in downtown LA. Their websites have always been atrocious to the point of comedy. I guarantee the IT guy who is also the janitor just forgot to renew their domain.

Ah you're right my mistake. For some reason I thought I had seen something linking the two websites.

They're probably all stocking the same fabric so I suspect it doesn't matter where you order from.

[Nate047]

I was looking at this a few days ago since my headliner just started sagging

As far as I could tell veteranco's new website is https://www.cartopsplus.com/

That's a different place in Anaheim. Veteran co is in downtown LA. Their websites have always been atrocious to the point of comedy. I guarantee the IT guy who is also the janitor just forgot to renew their domain.

[Nate047]

Also FYI for those of us in LA, Veteran Co is indeed still open and you can just go and buy the fabric in person. They have shit loads of it.

[Wernd]

Turner / ECS was shipping a kit that had mismatching ABC trim panels last year. Did you get a kit that matched?

I actually ordered my stuff from my local dealership as their prices were significantly better than ECS and ECS was backordered on the euro headliner. Received them last week and finally installed this past weekend, I didn't notice them not matching but I didn't lay everything out side by side under a light either

[slavik1988]

Just an FYI, The BM3109 for the pillars is quite a bit thicker than the OE material. It is hard to work with and is not very stretchable. I would suggest new pillars if possible while they are available.

[AWE46M3]

You guys have a LOT more motivation than I do, I just ordered an all new euro headliner and all new pillars. Very happy I did, everything looks perfect. This would definitely save some coin though. Just be careful with the 20 year old plastics as they break easily

Turner / ECS was shipping a kit that had mismatching ABC trim panels last year. Did you get a kit that matched?