Headliner Repair

[Fried_Chicken]

How much would you spend for a Headliner repair?

I got a quote of around $275 for the removal, sanding, and repair of my ZHP headliner (no sunroof, sedan).

I got another quote for $500 to have it done in suede, including the A and B pillars.

Are these reasonable prices? Is there anyone in the East Texas/Houston area that is especially good and deserving of recommendation?

[ZHPizza]

How much would you spend for a Headliner repair?

I got a quote of around $275 for the removal, sanding, and repair of my ZHP headliner (no sunroof, sedan).

I got another quote for $500 to have it done in suede, including the A and B pillars.

Are these reasonable prices? Is there anyone in the East Texas/Houston area that is especially good and deserving of recommendation?Honestly $275 is great for all the labor that is involved in that job. I'd pay that in a heartbeat.

[fredo]

I have a quote for $500 to replace the headliner on my ZHP. The shop won't use alcantara, just regular fabric that is a good color match. My car has sunroof, they will replace that section as wel.

The man does quality work, I took my Mini Cooper some years ago for headliner replacement and was very happy with the results.

[Smolck]

I had my sedan headliner covered in “alcantara like” headliner fabric for $200 including the fabric. but i did remove the headliner myself and take it to them.

[Thatguy_JZ]

I'm in NC and have an appointment to have my headliner with sunroof, A, B, and C pillars done in a few weeks all in Black Alcantara for $500 plus tax. So your quote sounds about right. A few other places quoted me closer or greater than $600

For just the headliner he wanted ~$250

[Fried_Chicken]

I got the headliner done, along with the A and B pillars. Cost $500 otd, including gluing some outside trim and re-fastening the front seat backs.
Overall happy with the results, although I wish I'd gotten real suede/alcantara (which I believe he originally quoted me for).

I ended up going with the standard headliner material (which according to the shop is what new BMWs use). It's nice, just needs airing out in the garage to get rid of the smell.

[veryDisco]

As a little update to this thread for those researching...

I'm going to order what seems to be the e46 agreed-upon match to the factory material for my headliner and pillars.

BM134 for headliner
BM3109 for pillars

Veterans Company in Cali has it.

I'm going to order it and then have it professionally installed. The quotes I have are $700 to replace the headliner and piilars but that included using their material. I'll report back with total costs once sorted

[BMWCurves]

As a little update to this thread for those researching...

I'm going to order what seems to be the e46 agreed-upon match to the factory material for my headliner and pillars.

BM134 for headliner
BM3109 for pillars

Veterans Company in Cali has it.

I'm going to order it and then have it professionally installed. The quotes I have are $700 to replace the headliner and piilars but that included using their material. I'll report back with total costs once sorted

Good to know, I know I'll need to do it eventually for my car

[GeorgeH]

Is BM3109 back in stock? Last i heard from VeteranCo was that it was permanently NLA.

[dpark]

Do people not just "reglue" the original alcantara? My headliner is still solid, but the alcantara on the A and C pillars is finally peeling off. There was a thread that talked about using a product called "tear mender" to reglue the fabric. That was the path I was going to go, since the material seems to still be good, it just "delaminated".

[GeorgeH]

Do people not just "reglue" the original alcantara?

ZHPs (and all E46s for that matter) were never offered with alcantara fabric on the headliner and pillars. If your car has that then it is aftermarket.

You can re-glue the pillars, the problem is the material is thin and if you get to much glue it can wick into the material and stain it.

The headliner is an issue because the foam deteriorates. The foam connects the material to the headliner board so a layer of foam is still glued to both materials but its not longer connected to itself. You can't just glue it back together unfortunately.

[veryDisco]

Is BM3109 back in stock? Last i heard from VeteranCo was that it was permanently NLA.

Got me. I didn't confirm. I just found it on their website.

[veryDisco]

ZHPs (and all E46s for that matter) were never offered with alcantara fabric on the headliner and pillars. If your car has that then it is aftermarket.

You can re-glue the pillars, the problem is the material is thin and if you get to much glue it can wick into the material and stain it.

The headliner is an issue because the foam deteriorates. The foam connects the material to the headliner board so a layer of foam is still glued to both materials but its not longer connected to itself. You can't just glue it back together unfortunately.

What George said. The roof uses foam backed material and should be replaced with the same. The pillar material does not have the foam backing.

I just got 2 quotes around $700 for the roof, sunroof (they replace the sunroof material even though its good so it matches) and all 6 pillars.

[dpark]

ZHPs (and all E46s for that matter) were never offered with alcantara fabric on the headliner and pillars. If your car has that then it is aftermarket.

You can re-glue the pillars, the problem is the material is thin and if you get to much glue it can wick into the material and stain it.

The headliner is an issue because the foam deteriorates. The foam connects the material to the headliner board so a layer of foam is still glued to both materials but its not longer connected to itself. You can't just glue it back together unfortunately.

Hmmm. OK. Well I am the OG owner of my ZHP, so whatever the material is on the A and C pillars is coming "unglued". Will try the "tear mender" route and will use as little as possible to avoid it wicking through.

Luckily my roof material seems solid. Nothing sagging.

[Oli77]

Been sagging in my 2005 for the past 8 years or so. I found headliner pins did the trick :eyetwitch:eyetwitch

[fredo]

I removed the fabric from the A,B,C pillars in my 2005 Silbergrau ZHP. The A/B pillars look very good. The C pillars look "ok".

Not planning to do anything else at this time, I can live with that.

[Oli77]

I had initially re-glued black thin fabric with thin material on my A pillars. Needless to say 10 years later, they look beigish-grey.

[eurotrash]

How much would you spend for a Headliner repair?

I got a quote of around $275 for the removal, sanding, and repair of my ZHP headliner (no sunroof, sedan).

I got another quote for $500 to have it done in suede, including the A and B pillars.

Are these reasonable prices? Is there anyone in the East Texas/Houston area that is especially good and deserving of recommendation?

I just got a quote for $350, but I'm in Tampa, and there are a LOT of upholstery places in my part of town. Outside of my part of town the quotes are consistently $500. And that is NO pillars, no sunroof. Just Headliner. But I have seen it done, and it is a lot of work. So anything under $400 is a deal. take it!