CF fabric ashtray lid

Soni · 01-17-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by tooyoungtoofast

ooo i c i never saw it in real life and from picks i liked the way it shines w/ a coat but that was like the commercial stuff not quite DIY lol but i saw the video of the front ass try thing and my cover doesnt close smoothly the back seems to rub and i have to force it closed i just got my car like 2 weeks ago u guys think bmw can fix that problem for me?

it should be easy fix....take it to dealer have them fix the problem before you attemp to wrap the trims.

tracerit · 04-01-2009, 04:50 AM

i too had the problem with the ashtray lid not closing after wrapping the CF. my solution was to place 2 thin washers at the two top screw holes (there are four that mounts the ashtray unit to the center console. it doesn't sit completely flush with the center console, but it's not that noticeable.

tmo24 · 11-28-2010, 07:53 PM

I know I am bringing this back from the dead, but I am stuck with taking the ashtray apart. I got it out of the console easy but I can't get the damn thing separated. I can get the hinges off somewhat, but it wont come out. And it looks like the entire assembly comes apart but I cant find any other tabs other than 3 slits on the bottom. I push those in and it tries to come apart but there is something else I am missing. Is there another set of tabs that makes this come apart?

tmo24 · 11-28-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tmo24

I know I am bringing this back from the dead, but I am stuck with taking the ashtray apart. I got it out of the console easy but I can't get the damn thing separated. I can get the hinges off somewhat, but it wont come out. And it looks like the entire assembly comes apart but I cant find any other tabs other than 3 slits on the bottom. I push those in and it tries to come apart but there is something else I am missing. Is there another set of tabs that makes this come apart?

Ok, nevermind. I pretty much broke it off and figured out that at this point, I have to glue it back. Good thing is that it broke off clean and it should go on easy lmao

TGIM · 05-24-2012, 10:54 AM

How in the world did you take the iDrive trim out?

willypongtb · 05-24-2012, 11:17 AM

nice thanks i will wrap my with carbon cloth next weekend thank for diy

BlackE93 · 11-21-2012, 12:10 PM

hey was just wondering how you got the silver piece out?

BlackE93 · 11-21-2012, 12:12 PM

and how did you wrap your center console? does the navigation controller come off?

Spun Crankhub · 11-27-2012, 02:27 PM

great freakin job!

kingofthedemo · 11-19-2013, 10:29 PM

Thanks for the great DIY!

Slant · 11-22-2013, 05:06 PM

Awesome! Thanks!

muffking · 12-14-2013, 05:44 PM

+1
Gonna try this next week unless i find a brushed ally non idrive centre trim as i got a full set with some leather seats i'm fitting, but the ally centre trim has the idrive cut out but my car isn't idrive.

04-01-2009, 04:50 AM	#24
tracerit Captain 139 Rep 804 Posts Drives: 13 BRZ Limited 6MT Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach/OC, CA iTrader: (9)	i too had the problem with the ashtray lid not closing after wrapping the CF. my solution was to place 2 thin washers at the two top screw holes (there are four that mounts the ashtray unit to the center console. it doesn't sit completely flush with the center console, but it's not that noticeable.
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11-28-2010, 07:53 PM	#25
tmo24 Major 139 Rep 1,271 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 335i e92 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Las Vegas iTrader: (3)	I know I am bringing this back from the dead, but I am stuck with taking the ashtray apart. I got it out of the console easy but I can't get the damn thing separated. I can get the hinges off somewhat, but it wont come out. And it looks like the entire assembly comes apart but I cant find any other tabs other than 3 slits on the bottom. I push those in and it tries to come apart but there is something else I am missing. Is there another set of tabs that makes this come apart? __________________ 2007 335i Jet Black e92 6AT - VRSF Full street exhaust DP, Chargepipe 7.5 FMIC, MHD, XHP, Koni orange/Eibachs, some other stuff 2007 335i Jet Black e90 6MT - Eibachs, magnaflow exhaust, carbon hood, short shift kit, some other random stuff - being sold somewhere sometime soon probably 2010 335i AW e90 6 AT Msport - The GF took this one over... JB4, PE exhaust, Koni yellows/Eibachs, pink badges, fuzzy steering wheel cover ?
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05-24-2012, 10:54 AM	#27
TGIM Enlisted Member 2 Rep 48 Posts Drives: 2006 330i e90 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Phoenix AZ iTrader: (0)	iDrive Trim Piece How in the world did you take the iDrive trim out?
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05-24-2012, 11:17 AM	#28
willypongtb Enlisted Member 6 Rep 34 Posts Drives: e90 330i Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: los alamitos iTrader: (0)	nice thanks i will wrap my with carbon cloth next weekend thank for diy
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11-21-2012, 12:10 PM	#29
BlackE93 Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 209 Posts Drives: Man Join Date: Nov 2012 iTrader: (0)	hey was just wondering how you got the silver piece out?
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11-21-2012, 12:12 PM	#30
BlackE93 Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 209 Posts Drives: Man Join Date: Nov 2012 iTrader: (0)	and how did you wrap your center console? does the navigation controller come off?
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11-27-2012, 02:27 PM	#31
Spun Crankhub Major General 965 Rep 5,032 Posts Drives: 15 F82 SOLD Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: San Jose, CA iTrader: (63)	great freakin job!
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11-19-2013, 10:29 PM	#32
kingofthedemo Major 223 Rep 1,100 Posts Drives: BMW E90 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: USA iTrader: (1)	Thanks for the great DIY! __________________ MY PROGRESS LINK: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=766852 ''Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.''Ernest Hemingway
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11-22-2013, 05:06 PM	#33
Slant Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: 2006 325xi Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Truckee, CA iTrader: (0)	Awesome! Thanks!
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12-14-2013, 05:44 PM	#34
muffking Regular user 224 Rep 965 Posts Drives: F30 330D M-Sport Auto Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincs. UK iTrader: (3) Garage List 2014 BMW 330D [0.00] 2006 Honda CBR1000R ... [0.00]	+1 Gonna try this next week unless i find a brushed ally non idrive centre trim as i got a full set with some leather seats i'm fitting, but the ally centre trim has the idrive cut out but my car isn't idrive. __________________
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