[Dsport]

Not been doing much with lately due to the poor weather, I've been thinking of changing the interior or some of the interior trim to break it up a little, came across a black centre console,


Cream out black in



The cream rear tray had been scratched and damaged by the prevous owner do repaired that




I'm not struck with the black against wood trim so I took the console back out and put the cream one back in for now
And have a re think

[225_AB]

Looks good mate, what about wrapping the wooden trim?

[no1_jazz]

Looking good Bud ,

It looks surprisingly well having been dropped to that height and the wheels i think bmw got spot on.

Keep it up

[Dsport]

Originally Posted by doc_ab

Looks good mate, what about wrapping the wooden trim?

Yea have been thinking about wrapp but don't want it to look cheap

Originally Posted by no1_jazz

Looking good Bud ,

It looks surprisingly well having been dropped to that height and the wheels i think bmw got spot on.

Keep it up

Thanks I'm just not struck on all the cream trim changes are on the horizon

[90MSP]

That looks good, i know exactly what you mean about breaking up the colour, mine was all gray so I 'Car Dipped' some areas, came out well.

Can I ask what kind of driving you and mpg you get. I'm not too impressed with my 330D at the mo in the mpg area

[Dsport]

Originally Posted by 90MSP

That looks good, i know exactly what you mean about breaking up the colour, mine was all gray so I 'Car Dipped' some areas, came out well.

Can I ask what kind of driving you and mpg you get. I'm not too impressed with my 330D at the mo in the mpg area

Do you have any Pics of how it's turned out
I get around 38mpg 60% motorway and 40% traffic don't think it's too bad on fuel

[Dsport]

So today as part of my plan I emptied my van to go on a small road trip to pick this lot up


It's a Full SE cloth trim
This is how my trim looks at the moment




It's going to take some time but have made a start
Changed the hook covers

[90MSP]

Originally Posted by Dsport

Do you have any Pics of how it's turned out
I get around 38mpg 60% motorway and 40% traffic don't think it's too bad on fuel

Yep, this thread: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=943111

I did the rear door handles too, didn't need to go mad, subtle change but makes a lot of difference.

[Jamie_E92]

nice Dar, you always do a top job with the interiors of cars

[Dsport]

Originally Posted by 90MSP

Yep, this thread: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=943111

I did the rear door handles too, didn't need to go mad, subtle change but makes a lot of difference.

Looks very nice have done bits and bobs with plasti dip deforestation the results are great

Originally Posted by Jay325i

nice Dar, you always do a top job with the interiors of cars

Cheers Ja just on with it now and it brings back memories of doing the E46 think it was about this time last year I did the grey and black

[Jamie_E92]

Originally Posted by Dsport

Looks very nice have done bits and bobs with plasti dip deforestation the results are great



Cheers Ja just on with it now and it brings back memories of doing the E46 think it was about this time last year I did the grey and black

haha -- hope you stick with the e92- the stance looks perfect for springs.

[Dsport]

Originally Posted by Jay325i

haha -- hope you stick with the e92- the stance looks perfect for springs.

Thanks Ja yea going to stick with it...

[Dsport]

So for the 2nd time I took the console out and fitted a black one and this time it's staying I'm not liking black against the dark wood, but will sort this later



The cloth trim came was complete with armrest but not a split one so fitted my cream one



Next job was to strip the door panels the drill out the plastic welds to get the cloth panel off







All stripped


The repeat the proses on the cream panels







Next was to glue the cream leather panel onto the black door card
For this I used a hot glue gun and some clamps


Rebuild the panel back up



Fitted back in


One down 3 to go

[Dsport]

Managed to get all cards finished today
Passenger front was the worst to do as the handle goes across the leather but now completed and happy with the results
Drivers card



Passenger door

All fitted

[D_Boi]

Must of taken you a while but you have a truly lovely looking car mate.

[Jamie_E92]

Wow amazing work dar! I wish I had your patience!

[Sparky68]

Looking good mate

How difficult are the colour panels to remove? I have some Lemon Dakota rear cards but the card has no blinds built into the door! If I can just swap the panel that would be awesome.

[E92NeilH]

Looking really smart and classy

[AdamC]

Love the changes, nice looking car.
Just need to find yourself a black lower dash now.

[jammy78]

Looking good!

Striping those door cards must have been a right ball ache...... I did 1 & it took forever, so I just gave up!

[Icekube]

looking good, cream plastic is pretty horrible, you should change the lower dash and carpet too :P

[Dirty Tool]

nice progress!