[CAHILL GORDON & REINDEL LETTERHEAD]



                                 June 17, 2002

Collins & Aikman Products Co.
250 Stephenson Highway
Troy, Michigan 48083

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have examined a copy of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No.
333-86396), as amended (the "Registration Statement"), filed by Collins &
Aikman Products Co. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") and relating to the registration pursuant to the provisions
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of up to $500,000,000
principal amount of 10 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2011 (the "New Notes"). The New
Notes, which upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement will be
registered under the Act, will be issued in exchange for a like principal
amount of the Company's outstanding 10 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2011 (the "Old
Notes"), which are not registered under the Act. The New Notes have been
authorized pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company, and are identical in all material respects to the Old Notes, except
for certain transfer restrictions relating to the Old Notes. The New Notes will
be issued pursuant to the Indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of December 20,
2001, between the Company and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee. In
rendering this opinion, we have reviewed such documents and made such
investigations as we have deemed appropriate.

     Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein,
we are of the opinion that:

     The New Notes have been duly authorized for issuance and, when duly
executed, authenticated, registered, issued and delivered in exchange for Old
Notes of a like principal amount, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting creditors' rights and remedies
generally and subject to general principles of equity.

     We are members of the bar of the State of New York and do not purport to
be experts in, or to express any opinion concerning, the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the law of the State of New York, the Delaware General
Corporation Law and the federal laws of the United States of America.


     Neither this opinion nor any part hereof may be delivered to, used or
relied upon by any person other than you without our prior written consent.


     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under
the caption "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement and related
prospectus. Our consent to such reference does not constitute a consent under
section 7 of the Securities Act, and in consenting to such reference we have
not certified any part of the Registration Statement and do not otherwise come
within the categories of persons whose consent is required under said Section 7
or under the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.




                                        Very truly yours,



                                        /s/Cahill Gordon & Reindel