discussion BMW e36 rooflining sag temporary fix?

[Smell my finger]

Hi Fanatics. I recently bought a e36 318is and would like to get it through roadworthy. The car is perfectly fine I checked everything and fixed what was wrong. It's only problem is a saggy rooflining. Can I just remove the saggy material, brush off the degraded sponge flakes and put the hard shell back for now or will this also be seen as a vehicle defect?

Help is urgently needed👀

 

[zaleonardz]

unless the saggy headliner is obstructing your ability to drive, for example you need to hold it up with your hand, or falls in front of your visual field.. nobody is going to care

 

[Mytfine]

Just staple it for now. Normal office stapler should do just fine. It will not fail you on the roadworthy in any case.

 

[Solo Man]

I had a sagging roofliner on a previous E36 and took out the cardboard and removed the liner. For a temporary fix you can just put back the liner for roadworthy. What i did was i got some speaker material and glued it onto the liner (after thoroughly cleaning the liner) with contact adhesive. looked nice and worked out much cheaper than having it done professionally. I think nowadays it is probably about R1500 or more for an E36 size car to do it professionally. They do it with the right material though. Started in the morning, Had the liner out and cleaned by 12, drove into town, got the material, and glue and had the liner in the car by 5pm. Worked alone.

 

[AudiDriver]

There was a number for a guy who did this somewhere on the forum, but I van’t find it. Also have some sag in the track car and would appreciate a reference.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Smell my finger]

I had a sagging roofliner on a previous E36 and took out the cardboard and removed the liner. For a temporary fix you can just put back the liner for roadworthy. What i did was i got some speaker material and glued it onto the liner (after thoroughly cleaning the liner) with contact adhesive. looked nice and worked out much cheaper than having it done professionally. I think nowadays it is probably about R1500 or more for an E36 size car to do it professionally. They do it with the right material though. Started in the morning, Had the liner out and cleaned by 12, drove into town, got the material, and glue and had the liner in the car by 5pm. Worked alone.

A friend recommended doing this too. He did it on his golf but id expect it to be more difficult on the 36 as there are some complex shapes at the front of the headliner. I went price hunting and the lowest qoute was 1200. Might just try the diy🤔

 

[Solo Man]

I also thought the curves would be a problem but did not really had any problem working the material into the curves. Was no problem at all.

 

[Smell my finger]

I also thought the curves would be a problem but did not really had any problem working the material into the curves. Was no problem at all.

Which material did you ask for and where did you buy it?

 

[Solo Man]

I bought it from a local sound shop. I asked for speaker material.

 

[Mytfine]

A friend recommended doing this too. He did it on his golf but id expect it to be more difficult on the 36 as there are some complex shapes at the front of the headliner. I went price hunting and the lowest qoute was 1200. Might just try the diy🤔

I really think its not worth the trouble to DIY if you can get it done for R1200. It's a ball ache if you haven't done it before.

 

[momo1]

Hi Fanatics. I recently bought a e36 318is and would like to get it through roadworthy. The car is perfectly fine I checked everything and fixed what was wrong. It's only problem is a saggy rooflining. Can I just remove the saggy material, brush off the degraded sponge flakes and put the hard shell back for now or will this also be seen as a vehicle defect?

Help is urgently needed👀

I stapled mine on my old Golf until i got it re upholstered

 

[kefrens]

Please drop some details here of the people/places that do this. I'm sure everyone would appreciate it.