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 penguin
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| posted on February 23rd, 2016 at 01:23 PM |
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Mohair headliner question
Hey all,
Have a question. We have a 56 oval in need of a new headliner and associated interior pieces. The car was hit by a tree and we now have the repairs
done, but the old mohair headliner is trashed. Bought a TMI one over here in the US to ship home, but its not what we are after. The mohair is not
mohair, its synthetic and very light.
Has anyone gotten a new set of mohair interior that actually feels and might even be mohair? Anyone know where to get a real mohair headliner? Prefer
to get one in Australia but willing to get one from anywhere.
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| posted on February 24th, 2016 at 08:00 AM |
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Try Chucks convertibles in Los Angeles
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| posted on February 25th, 2016 at 03:23 PM |
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I bought the same TMI headliner for my Sunroof Oval thinking it would be mohair, not even close to the original, it was expensive too, not happy.
FAHRVERGNUGEN;
Description of a pleasurable sensation,
Experienced when a car and it's driver are in mutual harmony, A unique driving experience, Pleasure, Satisfaction,
A feeling experienced by Volkswagen Drivers.
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| posted on February 25th, 2016 at 06:45 PM |
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How about this ?
http://www.jbugs.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=JBUGS&...
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| posted on March 4th, 2016 at 09:48 PM |
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Am speaking to J Bugs and a couple of others to see what they have. At least one has advised that they don't have mohair, but a wool blend that is
close (honest) and one in the UK who says they use real mohair.
Aside from Dave B and myself, anyone else fed up with crap advertising, especially this product? If so, feel free to complain to TMI so that they
can't say they have never received a complaint. I can give you the email address, so long as you have bought one of their headliners and are
dis-satisfied with it.
Hello,
I apologize that you are unsatisfied with the quality of our material. We do not offer original Mohair because we are not able to obtain the actual
material. It is an extremely rare material to find so we have replicated the headliner to the best of our ability. We have never received complaints
from customer being unhappy with the material so I apologize that you feel so strongly about it in a negative way. Have you tried contacting CIP to
see if they can issue you a refund?
TMI Products - Customer Service
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| posted on March 6th, 2016 at 07:34 PM |
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good work let us know what you find
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| posted on March 10th, 2016 at 05:12 AM |
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The guy in the UK doesn't do kits - he will only fit the car himself, so that's out for Australia. Lenny at West Coast Classic Restoration sent over
some fabric samples. Now, he was honest and said they weren't mohair, but they do have a high wool blend in them. he said about 80% and it feels like
it. Still hunting - found RHD floor mats though for 56-59  beetles
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| posted on March 10th, 2016 at 06:11 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by penguin
found RHD floor mats though for 56-59 beetles
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Be interested to know who does these? I was under the impression the only molded rubber floor mats available were in LHD only.
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| posted on March 13th, 2016 at 12:23 PM |
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West coast classic restoration - Lenny - they have the mats for 56-59 right hand drive Beetles. He said he has no idea where to get 60 mats, the ones
with the tunnel mat joined to the root well mats.
Lenny said he had about 30 sets.
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| posted on March 14th, 2016 at 12:20 PM |
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Another place to try could be - http://www.smsautofabrics.com
I have one of the oval RHD mat sets in my '60 (these were ones Wolfsburg West had) - a slight bit of creative trimming was required as there's a
slight gap under the front seats and the other major difference is the holes for the studs to hold it into place. As there's not much other choice
for rhd I was happy with the results 
Heidi - 1960 White Beetle
'65 Kiwi Ghia
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| posted on March 16th, 2016 at 08:48 PM |
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Try West coast classic restoration. Lenny helped me get mine for my ghia.
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| posted on March 20th, 2016 at 11:41 AM |
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Yeah,
spoke to him and got a fabric sample - he admits he cant get Mohair but can get a reasonable wool cloth. Far better than the TMI think I bought.
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