Where are we going to source slicktop headliners?

[liam821]

Carbon fiber slicktop headliners. Would this cost more than the carbon roof?

Probably not. It wouldn't need to be nearly as thick. Just a few layers of carbon should be enough to hold the roof above your head.

[elbert]

Where are you located? There are 3D scanning companies that can do it for a pretty nominal fee. If you are in LA by chance I know a few people.

DC area.
Local university engineering department appears to have a scanning service. Not sure if they consider it as a proprietary and copyrighted. I'll email them and ask.
Any other suggestions welcome.

edit: Is the headliner backing fiberglass or cardboard? I haven't taken mine down yet to look.

[sev]

Part support is the main reason I'm selling our e39 M5. It's getting sketchy out there.

I'm not really sure why they're doing it. A friend of mine that works for BMWNA told me that parts is ~25% of their revenue, and more of profit. Do they think people are going to buy new BMWs if part support dries up for the old ones? I know nothing they make today interests me in the slightest, so they'll just lose my parts money if they stop making parts.

... at least they sold a shit ton of e46 M3s, so for most things there will likely be an aftermarket solution.

curious what parts are NLA that's causing you to walk away?

sad situation

[ugaexploder]

In a state of insomnia around 5am this morning I was scouring the interwebs as I typically do in search of this mythical headliner and I think I may have found a solution...

I forgot that eBay and some other big e-commerce sites have different portals for their websites to limit international shipping since most items are purchased for domestic use no matter where you are in the world.

I decided to use the UK eBay site/portal and bingo. There are quite a few slicktop headliners...almost all will not ship internationally or have it set up that way unfortunately. I'm in the process of contacting some of them to see if I can pay extra to ship to US.

One user is trying to sell his slicktop headliner for like $10 euro

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285528669022?hash=item427ad5bb5e:g:CEEAAOSwJ9xi29nb&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMbLgo8YfQ92SBfe4n0%2Bcksm3GxUC3CK%2BrYrLEhcVh2IFYww7LD1DN5f%2FpTZL15RbrDKuDlhKoSkjz8g7ZOrXb3Fk7LQqgOw1M%2BlplVE%2FMd7XBnZU%2FpLSXWXGLPVP0fOa5lJxlmmvip9IcK6l8R5gSaDH1sW1Dsf%2F3Lp6kP%2FNqLWXCpynBheSB709XiDVQi8L%2Fa1meswnG90pl%2BCkQLi%2Fgr6hfnWFWPf7Hx8NNHEmP1W383YMdHEuu1yjM4K8QNlWA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4yJ3vLuYg

[Nate047]

The guy I bought my hood from said they shipped it in a bicycle box, maybe you can look into that. The weight of a headliner is nice and low. Probably going to cost a couple hundred bucks to ship still just because of the size.

[2M Autowerks]

I’m with 2M Autowerks and we are currently manufacturing E46 coupe euro headliners wrapped with oem style material or alcantara…(thanks to Nate Hassler, Nate047) we are already in production and should have the first batch done in about 2-3 weeks.

Msg me to pre order

Info@2mautowerks.com
Ig: @2M_Autowerks
Txt: 858-536-2886

[gabylonfive]

I’m with 2M Autowerks and we are currently manufacturing E46 coupe euro headliners wrapped with oem style material or alcantara…(thanks to Nate Hassler, Nate047) we are already in production and should have the first batch done in about 2-3 weeks.

Msg me to pre order

Info@2mautowerks.com
Ig: @2M_Autowerks
Txt: 858-536-2886

interested to hear more about this - i've been hesitant to go in on a cf roof as I figured it would be impossible to source a headliner.

[2M Autowerks]

***UPDATE***

Pictured is our very first production headliner completed. We are still trying different fabrics as the company that sells bm 134 has not replied to us for an order. This particular one is wrapped with a standard black/grey headliner material similar to oem. We should have the final fabric swatches come in this next week and we will decide which material is closest to matching. We can also do alcantara for additional cost.

Current production price is $800 but possibly will retail for 1K once everything is set.

[ZHPizza]

FYI it looks like 2M is selling the above headliners on ebay now

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116228102218

[Derek //M]

Saw this on eBay if anyone is looking

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326277461203?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20240723115851%26meid%3D60c7dc1c09bd44bda87a4326a6e8ed7d%26pid%3D101952%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26itm%3D326277461203%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DWatchlistVariantWithMLR_BP%26brand%3DBMW&_trksid=p4375194.c101952.m162921&_trkparms=parentrq%3A649e83f51920a5515b6774cefffffa60%7Cpageci%3A8395d46b-844c-11ef-b360-0e53c924d10c%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage

[0-60motorsports]

Saw this on eBay if anyone is looking
https://www.ebay.com/itm/32627746120...3Avlp_homepage

That went quick LOL

[Ramps]

***UPDATE***

Pictured is our very first production headliner completed. We are still trying different fabrics as the company that sells bm 134 has not replied to us for an order. This particular one is wrapped with a standard black/grey headliner material similar to oem. We should have the final fabric swatches come in this next week and we will decide which material is closest to matching. We can also do alcantara for additional cost.

Current production price is $800 but possibly will retail for 1K once everything is set.

Any pics of the back side of it or installed? The OE one is like a moulded foam type of material, is this similar or more of a rigid fiberglass?