Custom BMW Alcantara Interior DIY !!! Door Panels And Pillars

Great video but does this guy not know his please and thank yous? Poor lady being ordered around!!

A proper DIY that I was looking for! Thank you, sir!

Very labor intensive but looks incredible

Always informative 👍🏾 I’m here for it 👌🏾

I like it! I’m looking forward to the headliner vid. If you could, can you show a detailed explanation as to how to cut/tuck the corners? I’m wanting to redo the headliner in my FJ Cruiser.

Man this Chanel is satisfying!

Dude thank you so much for sharing your process with us!

Nice job! Keep ‘em coming!

Did ever think he might be an idiot! Hahahahhah, that was a good one and love the steps explained in real time. Stay safe and look forward to the next one!

Great work youns! This is awesome.

Good tip on the contact cement over using the spray. I need to redo the backs for my seats on my e30 but have been procrastinating doing them.

Fair play - you have crazy patience to be able to do all that!

Great video, Nathan!

Thanks for making this video! Unfortunately I’ve failed twice now trying to wrap an a pillar just like yours except on the top side it’s covered or capped because it’s exposed when the t tops are off. It’s a 86 trans am. There’s a small hole in the center where the t top pin goes threw which is no big deal but I’m having trouble making the corner to the top (capped off portion) without ending up with bunching. Any suggestions? Thanks again for making the video!

Question: I have a set of e36 door panels I'm working on and they used the same method on the e46 to attached the inner panel to the main door panel. Those plastic nubs melted on the other side. What would you do if those nubs were broken off completely? Gluing the inner panel on seems like a bad idea... Thank you for the video

So glad you did this. Not enough videos on this for bmw, let alone good, detailed videos. So, thank you Nathan! I've been struggling for awhile to get the pillars right, because of the foam backing. I knew the foam would just make it look too puffy, and cheap. So, in my journey, I've discovered "hem tape" They make it in different colors as to not show through in some fabric. I used black. Hem tape is a good idea, in theory, because you do not have to sand off the original cloth backing stuck to the pillar. Just stick the original, peeled off cloth back on. Nothing more to it. And, $10 will at least get A and B pillars, both sides. Well, surprisingly, it works. It melts into both fabrics, kinda like plastic weld, but for clothes. Don't know for how long it'll hold, though do to sun baking the cloth over time. But since it uses heat to adhere, maybe sun baking won't be a problem. I tested it by pulling in the fabric after I installed it, and to me it's the same, if not better hold than glue. You know when you think you're pulling too hard and feel as if more pressure would rip the cloth away, then give it a few little quick jerks, still won't move. So, it passes that test with flying colors. You must work using little strips of tape at a time, setting them apart with as little gaps between as you can so its as smooth possible, starting from one edge. And then press the spot with a steamer. I used a $30 one, that came with a microfiber attachment. Takes tint off rear windows easy, too. Anyway, I found out about this on my own. And, thought I'd share since you did such good video here for people who need help interior rebuilding.

Amazing, will be doing this on a 92 Lexus sc300.

Good video, you mentioned in the beginning while talking about the headliner having issues while laying material over tight bends with the glue. But never really mentioned what tecnique to use. Pls go over what tips to use when doing this to keep the material in place...thanks

Very interesting Nathan

Fantastic stuff !