If the plan I had set forth did not work out, I had a back up plan of using a hot glue gun to attach the panels. I should mention at this point, that these panelettes cannot be ordered as a separate part from BMW.
Too large and they would split the posts. I needed to use screws that were coarse threaded, and just the precise diameter needed. My idea was to remount the leather panels with body panel screws (since the original factory heat stalking "ate up" the vinyl posts. There is a good deal of careful clean-of prep work done to the door panel and the posts.
I kept the vinyl posts in their oval shapes, because this provided a precise realignment method for assembly later on. There is built in play in the door panel's post holes. The head are milled off and sanded flat using a dremmel tool.
Pic2: Leather panelettes are attached via heat-stalked melted mushroom head vinyl posts. Door handle, two leather panels (one for the airbag), upper plastic trim.
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