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Pillar trim needs new cloth - any idea where to buy?

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#1 ·
Hello Aussie Fanatics,

My 320Ci is in need of the A, B and C pillar trim pieces being re-upholstered. Easy enough to do myself but so far I've had no luck finding UNBACKED velour headliner material. Does anyone have any known working contacts that can get hold of unbacked headliner materials?
My interior is in the light tan/beige Nappa leather and so I'd take a stab in the dark that the headliner is beige in colour from what I've seen from suppliers so far.

Anyhoo, if anyone has any idea where to source this from it'd be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike
 
Discussion starter · #4 ·
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.
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.
 
Discussion starter · #6 ·
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 ;)