Where are we going to source slicktop headliners?

[ugaexploder]

Like many of you, I would love to have a CF roof installed but these slicktop headliners are pretty much impossible to find.

Do we have any other options outside of praying and hoping one pops up in classifieds?

[Casa de Mesa]

Have they gone NLA? I ordered mine thru my local BMW dealer and picked it up 3 weeks later after it was shipped from the motherland.

[Lagunaseca_Blau]

They just went nla and the only option is a beige/grey slick top (if they just hasn’t been remarked nla yet). I’ll most likely be trying to order one sometime and reupholster it I guess.

[Arith2]

Just checked ETK and 51 44 7124314 shows cancelled. Hellgrau is still in production but not schwarz. Sunroof headliners have plenty of stock and are still being made. Besides cosmetics, they should still be ok to use. BMW is really shifting focus on newer cars. Checked stock and there are none in the US.

[Wernd]

51442699065 is the euro headliner and will fit a US car if the sunroof is removed. I installed one in my car back in January sourced from my dealership for $619

[Arith2]

It must've been in stock at another dealership because BMW won't let US dealers order Euro parts from BMW. $619 sounds right though.

[Casa de Mesa]

...because BMW won't let US dealers order Euro parts from BMW.

Is that a new thing? I've ordered a Euro bumper, for example, and other Euro parts through my dealer in NC.

[Arith2]

Is that a new thing? I've ordered a Euro bumper, for example, and other Euro parts through my dealer in NC.

If there is one in the US then you can still buy it. There will be items bought and never picked up. 2019 was the start of this bs rule, there was just plenty of stock in US warehouses. Now that has run out. BMW seems to be changing for the worst at the moment. This definitely reversed my decision on buying a new one a while back. There's a few other things I won't go into so I don't turn this into a BMW flaming thread. From the looks of it, only European shops are the answer for this unless someone wants to GB euro headliners. Not sure if that's even worth it.

[Casa de Mesa]

Interesting. My bumper, windshield, Euro headliner (no alarm dome) all supposedly shipped from Germany in early 2022.

I sourced mine via:

https://www.bmwpartsdirect.com/

...which is local to me so I just picked everything up from them. Some items took 6 weeks to get from Germany. Others took just 3 weeks. I didn't order everything at once.

[repoman89]

Yeah I remember getting one of the last Euro headliners in the US in early 2021 so somebody is ignoring or getting around that rule.

[Casa de Mesa]

Well no one rat them out if they doing us all a solid!!! Ha

[Norocehcap]

I can confirm that the dealership is not allowed to order any euro parts for our US cars, was at the dealer today and was told the only way to get euro parts is if it's an import euro car, you need a ton of paperwork and you can't get any part you want only some parts can be sold in the US. He said the best way to get euro parts is have them imported using a 3rd party company.

[ugaexploder]

really appreciate the discussion here

i'm thinking i might have to go ahead and pull the trigger via bmwpartsdirect...they seem to have a beige one for about $1k shipped to me in GA...

[AWE46M3]

I can confirm that the dealership is not allowed to order any euro parts for our US cars, was at the dealer today and was told the only way to get euro parts is if it's an import euro car, you need a ton of paperwork and you can't get any part you want only some parts can be sold in the US. He said the best way to get euro parts is have them imported using a 3rd party company.

Must be a recent policy change. I bought a Euro slicktop headliner 51442699065 in February from my local BMW dealer. I asked about CSL roof rails last week and the dealership said they couldn't order Euro parts anymore. The part number wouldn't pull up in their system.

[Slideways]

I can confirm that the dealership is not allowed to order any euro parts for our US cars, was at the dealer today and was told the only way to get euro parts is if it's an import euro car, you need a ton of paperwork and you can't get any part you want only some parts can be sold in the US. He said the best way to get euro parts is have them imported using a 3rd party company.

Even when they would get most of the parts, they would tell everyone that. In recent years, it's been a bit more difficult.