What's next on the BMW NLA list?

[Meintii]

I'm just wondering if anyone has intel of what will be next to be NLA from BMW dealerships... It would have been nice to know before the Euro turnsignal became NLA... (although still easy to find)

Is there a method to knowing whats going to stop production of a certain part? IE, why are (were) there no more passenger side euro signals, but there are still some drivers sides? Just more people bought the passengers sides first?

Thanks,

Zac

[penth2o]

I don't think we would ever know that. We can't keep up with the prices from one week to the next or availability...

[Craig74tii]

Accidents? Maybe the passenger side gets hit more often than the drivers side.

The pattern with BMW seems to go like this:

Price of part slowly begins to rise -> price is in the stratosphere -> part becomes NLA -> part is re-introduced at a fair price.

Red side markers used to be $45 each. Now they're $12.

[BLUNT]

looks like headliners now. esty, ramp up production. i have yards of material but no pattern

[esty]

looks like headliners now. esty, ramp up production. i have yards of material but no pattern

i intended to make a pattern from the last headliner i bought but forgot....they would be easy to make

[BLUNT]

what about an in tact old original headliner? someone doing a resto could carefully remove it and send it to you. i can send you a big ass roll of original vinyl. theres a market for both sunroof and non sunroof liners. i get lots of requests and i have 8 on order but its not looking like theyre going to come back

[eastsidebimmer]

I have a non-sunroof headliner rolled up in my parts stash. Have no idea if it is good enough for somebody to actually use, but if someone needs a donor to make patterns, lets make a love connection.

-Ben

[im3crazy]

I'd say that (1) gas tanks and (2) door brakes are going quickly at reasonable access and price. I found ONE tank left in US and a backup of only 22 in Germany through BMW MT last year.

Eventually after much searching I found door brakes, but they were expensive. When I found a NOS source at a ridiculously low price, I bought them all even though I didn't need any! Call it a leap of faith.

These are my best guess - also drag links and other NOS suspension parts seem to be getting scarce quickly.

[penth2o]

The only bad thing about using old items for patterns like headliners or carpet is that dreaded word SHRINKAGE......

Best to find NOS or new for a template.