The fella that I bought my car from stripped out the headliner and pillar covers to do a sunroof gasket/seal replacement job. He just yanked the pillar covers off snapping and tearing out the plastic tabs. And, the C pillars are cracked all the way through. I thought I would try gluing cracks with some E6000 but I am wondering how to reattach the pillars after I recover them. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated! The only idea I have at this time is to spot glue the pillar covers on with some silicone glue.
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Last edited by Major Cheese; 09-21-2017 at 02:20 PM.
1994 850CSi, 2007 M5, 1990 VW Westy Syncro, 2010 e61 Touring Manual
My pillar cover tabs were plastic-weld repaired during refurb of the covers and headliner.
Tab distance was increased slightly to alleviate over-tension - evidently the cause of the originals breaking off.
Current:
1994 E31 850CSi Sterlingsilber/Anthracite Buffalo
Previous:
1987 E28 M5 Delphin
1986 E23 M745iA Arctic Blue
1986 E24 635CSi Polaris
1976 E3 3.0 Si Arctic Blue
If you mean those cracks in the foam, I'd try filling them with a non-ascetic RTV silicone (i.e. something that won't react with the foam material).
Current:
1994 E31 850CSi Sterlingsilber/Anthracite Buffalo
Previous:
1987 E28 M5 Delphin
1986 E23 M745iA Arctic Blue
1986 E24 635CSi Polaris
1976 E3 3.0 Si Arctic Blue
I used either Q-bond or JB Weld to attach my A-pillar's broken tab - so the plastic is indeed workable with.
Super glue the broken bits in place and do a few coats of a decent two part epoxy resin. Will outlast me.
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the tabs on my B pillars are all broken, how do i fix them? Help!!!!
As above.
Current:
1994 E31 850CSi Sterlingsilber/Anthracite Buffalo
Previous:
1987 E28 M5 Delphin
1986 E23 M745iA Arctic Blue
1986 E24 635CSi Polaris
1976 E3 3.0 Si Arctic Blue
Someone suggested using this plastic repair kit, https://www.polyvance.com/PlastiFix-Kits-1/2503/ to make/repair tabs but I have not tried it yet because I have been too busy with mechanical repairs. If I cannot make new tabs I may just glue some velcro onto the covers and roof pillars.
This product is available on amazon.
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