E30 interior quality

[Bob_S]

It's amazing! I just went to the garage to find a window winder off an e30 as I knew I had one for someone off here. I thought they were made of plastic with a plastic nob on etc. Little did I realise that it is actually made of good strong solid metal with a rubber nob on, which over 15+yrs has not perished! I cant believe the quality and craftsmanship on this small almost insignificant peice of equipment!

[Zayyan]

Shame you can't say the same about the seats

[Conan]

or the rear arches.......................

[Bob_S]

whats up with the seats Zay?
Conan, dont we just know!

[Zayyan]

The cloth seats rip/snag/tear far too easily

[Bob_S]

you wear studded belts and slide into the seat dont ya? lol

you should always sit in the seat when you enter a car and not slide in and about on it as this is why they have problems
My cloth seats are immaculate

[bmwe30mtech]

I think the seats arnt bad (my drivers one has small wear patch). I think the interior is very nice in general, but i dont understand the door card quality, you will know what i mean if you have ever taken them off. Made of hardboard and no real 'shape' to them?! But they look ok when fitted. Also why do the seat runners always rust?! The only rust i have found on my car has been on the bottoms of my seats!!!

Paul

[calipsodream]

oh yes the cloth on the seats rips far to easy expecily on some of the sports seat

[gareth]

Also why do the seat runners always rust?! The only rust i have found on my car has been on the bottoms of my seats!!!

cos you've either got or have had a leak!

my cloth sport seats are mint except a small area of wear under my balls!

[bmwe30mtech]

lol, hmm. My car is mint though, not any rust anywhere to be found except the exhaust! (and a few bolts etc). I dont see how it can have leaked! The rust on the runners is only very little, but still annoys me as its the only place!

Paul

[gareth]

lol, hmm. My car is mint though, not any rust anywhere to be found except the exhaust! (and a few bolts etc). I dont see how it can have leaked! The rust on the runners is only very little, but still annoys me as its the only place!

Paul

could have been something as simple as a sunroof drain tube or a dodgy seal sometime in it's life...

a pain all the same!

[bmwe30mtech]

lol, hmm. My car is mint though, not any rust anywhere to be found except the exhaust! (and a few bolts etc). I dont see how it can have leaked! The rust on the runners is only very little, but still annoys me as its the only place!

Paul

could have been something as simple as a sunroof drain tube or a dodgy seal sometime in it's life...

a pain all the same!

Yep a pain! Oh well! Thats e30 life lol.

[Simon13]

lol i know what u mean about the rust on the seats! my sports the only E30 seats i've had where there is none!

I bought an M3 interior once out of a flood damaged 320 and i got the stains out of the seats, but the bottoms where really rusty

[oguz327]

easy si, how did you get the water stains out of the seats?
ive got same thing on mine , maily the pasenger seat, probaly from the bad sunroof leak the car had when i brought it.
ive tryed all the usual upolstry cleaners, was thinkk of mabie trying a vax or sumit

[Simon13]

well my mum did it Oz! i think she just used an upholstering cleaner, but the cloth on these seats are different to most sport cloth seats

[KDS]

I cant believe the quality and craftsmanship on this small almost insignificant peice of equipment!

True, for the most part the interiors are pretty well done. My gripe is with the rear ashtray and the handbrake part of the console. They're so flimsy and the plastic grain doesn't match anything else in the car. I'm thinking of filling the handbrake console with expanding foam to insulate (a lot of cold comes in this way) and make it feel/sound more substantial.