peugeot 405 mi16 leather interior in an e30......SEE PICS!!!

[telski789]

hi,i had a 405 mi16 before my e30 and i bought a near immaculate full leather interior for it,anyway,when i sold the car i sold the interior (which i never got to fit)on ebay but the buyer kept messing me about. well im glad he did as i told him to stuff it and used it in my e30!,the width of the rear seats is exactly the same!! the front seat frames were changed for peugeot tilters,the ones where the handles are attached to the frames,and the frames were decreased in width by about 5 inches!! (obviously peugeot frames dont allow for the drivetrain tunnel!) the height of the rear seats was an issue aswell as they are about 100mm to high so i tilted the parcel shelf to suit,anyway,i wont bore you anymore,the end result is excellent,took lots and lots of cutting,welding and bracketry etc,but i got there in the end! i would post some pics up but i never have succeded,how do i do that?? cheers

Terry

[jamesroools]

how to post pics: http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... opic&t=677

[jamesroools]

(obviously peugeot frames dont allow for the drivetrain tunnel!)

i thought them 405 mi16 were rear wheel drive? only the really late ones were wrong wheel drive

[telski789]

no mate,either front wheel drive or 4wd! and anyway,the frames couldnt be used as all 405's were 4 door,so no tilting seats!! i'll try and post some pics on here.....

Tel

[telski789]

my camera's playn me up,anyway ive posted 2 pics of the seats in my garage,hope it works!! i'll post the pics of them in the car asap!!

[jamesroools]

lookin good
did the rears go in without too much trouble?

[telski789]

i wouldnt say they were easy! i had to cut off the two brackets which are spot welded on to hold the bmw seat with a disc cutter,these are right in the way of where the new rear head rest brackets! i welded six brackts on just for the upper back seat,these were to meet up with the hooks on the back of the seat,but afeter doing all that the hardest part was the arm rest believe it or not!! i had to weld a bracket to the original armrest bracket to fix behind the seat using bolts,very awkward to get in to drill etc...still,got there in the end,took about a week and a half of lunchtimes at work welding and night at home fitting,cutting and changing!!well worth it! peugeot leather lasts forever!!!

[jamesroools]

peugeot leather lasts forever

lets hope they do, the only problem i can see is trying to sell the car, anyone who knows anythin about e30's will prob see them seats are wrong a mile away, but what the hell, they look great, nice one m8

[telski789]

i aint ever selling this car!! its with me till it joins e30 heaven!! and anyway,i could always put standard seats in,only 2 of the brackets for the rear seats were taken out,nothing else is affected,even the front seats are using the original bolt holes! i'll get the pics of them in there tomoro

[Frenchguy]

peugeot leather lasts forever!!!

Looks like someone never had a 205 Gti !

[telski789]

well,yeah the half leather is poo!! but the full leathers are very good quality!

[E30Adam]

Nice effort but I prefer the BMW sport seats by miles.

[dazleeds]

how bout sport leather fronts and black leather 6series oldskool rears??

[telski789]

Nice effort but I prefer the BMW sport seats by miles.

so do 900 other peeps!! its good to be different!

[johnl320]

nice one Telski, should look nice ,although you may upset some purists on the zone. I have just fitted half leather recaros from a Rover 800 vitesse to my project car. some people may may hate the idea but they would agree they look better than the crap that was in there.
Regards
John

[telski789]

yeah but itll be the only one with them in! so yours will stand apart from the rest in more ways than just colour! good ole boy!! put some pics on when you can!

[telski789]

heres a few pics of the mi16 in my 325i! sorry if theyre a bit dark,you'll get the idea anyway!! notice how the whole front seat go's forward peugeot stylie rather than just the back of the chair!also is a pic of my car how its gonna be for a while till my mtech kit go's on,and in the background way up in the air is my donor car!!

[Raz316]

wow, you've gotta be pretty proud of that!

[TOURINGDADDY]

DUDE that is niccccccccccce!

[johnono]

a job well done dude! well done

[telski789]

cheers it started as a one week turnaround (week off work jobby!)then took 2 months!! but like all good e30's,it'll never be finished!!! i'm gonna leave the 318i badge on till its resprayed,i know the zorst gives it away but its still fun!!

[nav786]

looks . i like it.

[Jon_Bmw]

Very nice, very original. They are supposed to be quite comfy those mi16 seats arn't they?

[johnl320]

sweet

[telski789]

thanks very much,makes a change from hearing "you bloomin finished that thing yet?" from the missus!! nice to hear some fellow appreciation!! cheers lads (and lasses!!)

Tel