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Recommendations on door trims

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The centre section of my Baurs door trims are disintegrating. The rest of the door trim is perfect. Can these sections be replaced separately or am I looking at new trims?

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The driver's seat is on the way out too but I'm hoping to get my hands on a pair of recaros which need a total re-cover. I'd like to keep the beige colour as it contrasts nicely with the exterior colour.

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Re: Recommendations on door trims

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Hi Andy, if you want the original BMW cloth there's next to no chance. Even if they are available you'll have to buy the entire seat covers/ food cards they don't come separately. You can get some pretty close replacements though, I'm sure someone on here can point you in the right direction.
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Re: Recommendations on door trims

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I was afraid of they wouldn't be available.

Since the door cards are in otherwise good condition I was hoping to repair them, either with similar cloth or something which blends in with the style & colour. Not sure how a new section could be let in though.

I have a parts car available which has black all vinyl trims. Were the cloth/vinyl trims unique to Baurs or were they a trim option on other models?

If I can get the Recaros I will have to re-cover them & the rear seat to match so my other option is to get the door trims completely recovered at the same time. I had an E30 cab which had been done this way & it looked really nice. Pricey though!
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Re: Recommendations on door trims

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Actually, I've just found the cloth section on the door trims can be replaced - The Neek has done it!

Before (this also answers my question on whether it was only Baurs that had cloth/vinyl trims)

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Repairing the doortrim:

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The result:

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