The bumpers are often scratched, rusted, or dented.A specialist company may be able to repair and re-chrome them.
Otherwise the club had arranged the remanufacturing of highly polished stainless-steel bumpers. The bumpers are made in Vietnam and are cheaper than what it would cost for chrome plating in Germany.
The GLAS Club has tested them for quality and fit. For the front bumper there are different models for BMW GT or for the GLAS GT. The rear bumpers are identical on both cars.
GLAS Club members get a special discount.
From the factory, on the BMW 1600 GT, Talbot Berlin 333 exterior mirrors were mounted on both fenders. These mirrors look sleek, but they are difficult to use in traffic. Therefore, many BMW GT are equipped with the exterior mirrors from the BMW 02 mounted to the doors, or with the mirrors from the GLAS GT, which are mounted to the side window frame.
Which mirror you mount is your choice. Original are the Talbot, which are offered again and again on eBay
The interior
The factory interior uses a good quality black vinyl. In contrast to the GLAS GT, some of the material on the seats and the door panels is partially embossed vinyl. The door panels are often damaged, and the vinyl is torn. The pressboard used on the door cars it usually warped or damaged from water, since rainwater can ran down through the door window shaft. Although a plastic foil on the inside of the door should prevent this but it offered only limited protection.
The door card coverings are no longer available. A car upholsterer shop may be able to repair them or make new ones.
The pressboard door cards were replaced with plywood.
Here in this case the owner had the complete interior redone with real red leather.
The complete carpet set consists of more than 20 pieces, including the pieces used in the trunk.
The headliner uses a thin layer of foam rubber, about 1 cm thick under the outer skin. When the foam gets older, it dissolves, and the headliner starts to sag down.
A new headliner is available to purchase, and you must glue it directly to the roof.
The steering column cover houses the controls for heating and ventilation. These covers are often distorted from direct sun light which makes the operation of the controls extremely hard or outright impossible. Especially the "H" control for heat can break off. The whole part is made of plastic with cast in threaded brass inserts. These can also break off over the years. You can have the cover repaired in the club, or better, you can buy the steering column cover made of cast aluminum, offered by the club. Then forever there will be no longer a problem with this part.