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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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Default Re: custom pillar pod...

Originally Posted by rcompart
Another option is to use the OEM headliner material and wrap them in that. That is what I was going to do. It's about $75 a square yard and it obviously will match what is in our cars now as it is what they came with. Let me know if you guys want to get some.
Originally Posted by 70GT6
Someone on ebay is selling the headliner material that matches.
Pricey though. 2 yrds $155
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrys...spagenameZWD1V
That is what I am trying to do and that is about the going rate for that fabric with the foam backing. The problem is that there is not a catalog available that has the exact color. Sure you can get the EXACT headliner fabric material but the color is just slightly off, regardless if your order through Mercedes or Chrysler. If you look at the pictures you can see it says Mercedes headliner.

Its weird I am going to contact that ebay company, they obviously just took a picture of the inside of a crossfire, but That color looks more like the alpine grey, then what we have. I had the alpine grey in the car and it was really I mean really tough to tell with all the shadows against the actual headliner fabric, but when you pulled the actual pillar ( I KNOW ITS paint and slightly more tope then the fabric) it was way off as you can see from the pictures. look at the before and afters the afters look more like the alpine gray





The give away on why I think it is either ash or alpine gray is look at the visor compared to the headliner close but not the same..

As far as I know I am probably going to be the first to have this installed just to make sure everything goes as planned. I would never ship them out with out making sure it looked good in my own car. Lets wait till the other fabric samples get here and we will go from there. Sorry guys this adds about a two weeks to the finish date but I think it is necessary.

personally I don't like the dark color pillar (primmer) against the headliner doesn't flow at all.
 

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