Possibly EBAY for replacement pillars,local auto salvage yards or strip the cloth off down to the residue,lightly sand and spray paint to the same color ??!!

 

I just went to a few auto upholstery shops, picked through their stock, and found a nice thin black one. Check out these posts for some good info.

Loose Fabric on Interior Pillar Parts

I am wondering how to fix the loose fabric on the interior pillar pieces on my daughters 2003 330i? (See attached pictures). - Can these parts be easily removed? Are there any instructions as to HOW TO? - Can these fabric pieces be re-attached by a good Upholstery Shop? - Does one need to...

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Loose Fabric on Interior Pillar Parts

I am wondering how to fix the loose fabric on the interior pillar pieces on my daughters 2003 330i? (See attached pictures). - Can these parts be easily removed? Are there any instructions as to HOW TO? - Can these fabric pieces be re-attached by a good Upholstery Shop? - Does one need to...

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Trouble is this is Australia and not USA. I've seen a fair few threads of people in USA finding replacement cloth but so far I've come up blank here in Oz and none of the big suppliers talk back to me when I mention non foam backed cloth. Total radio silence. Having to troll around local trimmers is time consuming as they're so far apart and only open during normal work hours. Hence it's really quite a ballache trying to source non main stream items over here.

 

Global Upholstery (aka VeteranCo) have so far been the only place I've found that could match headliner material, so I'd try them for your bits. Yes, I was also surprised to only find Americans supplying proper materials for a German car, but they do deliver.
Otherwise, get some from a breakers?

 

Cool. I'd found these guys b4 and it's the shipping from USA that's always the killer. Gonna do a bit more looking using Google UK as shipping from the UK is waaaaaay cheaper than USA

 

Maybe a fabric store has some UV-tolerant cloth?

 

Yea, thinking I may try that. The main headliner is in good condition but sunroof section the glue has failed so also tossing up whether to do the whole lot and find matching backed and non backed material.