E30 Touring Headliner replacement

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Mrmyke00
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Post Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:20 am

Hi guys

Was contemplating getting the headliner on my e30 Touring done as it's looking a bit tatty, can anyone recommend someone to do this and what sort of price I'm gonna be looking at apparently it's a bit of a ballache

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Post Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:27 am

capri_rob had his headliner professionally done, from the pics it looks fantastic, yet I think he paid a fair whack for it.. He'll probably come along soon, otherwise send him a PM.
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Post Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:32 am

Heya.

I i did mine last weekend and its not as hard as you may hink its just extreemly time consuming. The hardest part is taking the sunroof to bits to get the headliner out.
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Post Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:25 pm

Yeah I wouldn't trust myself being able to put it back together, so on this occasion I'd rather pay someone lol
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Post Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:30 pm

Any ideas on costs?
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Post Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:21 pm

To swap a headliner on a touring is probably a day's work,so 8 hours at whatever your tame mechanic/expert will charge.
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Post Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:18 pm

I got p1ssed off with mine . So I spray glued it. It stayed up for a week. Did again and hot weather dropped it in a day. So I got out a staple gun with short staples. It looks like a sofa but isn't coming down again lol
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