This is an oft-commented upon event over on the E46fanatics.com site.
Common wisdom there seems to be the use of a 3-M product. Appears to be a
heat related failure of the OEM adhesive. You might check out the site for
the exact product name and procedure.

HTH - Jon


On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, vt wrote:

> I have a 2000 328Ci. There's a strip of interior trim that appears to run
> along the top edge of each door frame, down the pillar, and possibly all
> the way around the door frame. For some reason or other, whatever was
> holding this in place (adhesive, etc..) failed along the top edge of the
> passenger side door frame. Now the trim is just hanging.
>
> Anyone else have this problem? Can this be easily re-attached? Is there
> some special adhesive I can purchase?
>
> I'm trying to avoid having the trim replaced because the part alone has
> been quoted in the neighborhood of $250 USD, which I think is ridiculous.
>
> Any advice/info would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> vt