Interior swap

[johnl320]

Its interior day

Thanks to Jolf selling me his 325 I have some bits and pieces to do on the project.
heres some pics
The origional carpet. A nice faded blue, wrong in every way.


It did have blue door cards and I have fitted black ones, not sure wether to keep them on or stick the beige ones on



While the carpet is out I replaced my home made battery in the boot cable



Plenty of waxoyl before the cards go on



Stuck some better seat belts on. These ones are a bit wider so clip into the seat back properly


The rears finished


Carpet down, It had a 2 hour shampoo last night.



Centre console on



Done for the day



I think you'll agree thats a bit better. What do you reckon black or beige door cards. Obviously I will have all of them the same colour

john

[Ajay325]

you've done an exceptional job there john, personally i would go for beige door cards, the black looks out of place. i've been thinking of getting my car professionally waxoyled, is it worthwhile?

[johnl320]

you've done an exceptional job there john, personally i would go for beige door cards, the black looks out of place. i've been thinking of getting my car professionally waxoyled, is it worthwhile?

I'm lucky and found an early body that was in good nick. I've undersealed underneath and whenever panels are exposed like that I stick some waxoyl on. whether it works or not well only time will tell.

Cheers for the comments

john

[aceraf]

That's one hell of an improvement!!!

I'd go with the beige door cards!

How come your cars got manual front windows? i thought electric front windows were standard on all e30's? Or is that just face-lift models???

Great job anyways

[e30briyan]

nice, i think black door cards look good, will tie in nicely with the parcel shelf and interior plastics and gives a nice contrast to all the beige

[johnl320]

That's one hell of an improvement!!!

I'd go with the beige door cards!

How come your cars got manual front windows? i thought electric front windows were standard on all e30's? Or is that just face-lift models???

Great job anyways

Dunno about the electric fronts but this car started life as an 316 carb auto with no extras except central locking. I've decided to keep the manual windows, dunno why I just like them.

[johnl320]

nice, i think black door cards look good, will tie in nicely with the parcel shelf and interior plastics and gives a nice contrast to all the beige

Split decision now fellas, don't make me have to choose.

john

[greentouring]

Beige, for definite mate. Nice job on that interior

[whipsey]

i'd say beige as well with maybe the door handle surrounds black

[Alex]

looks brill but needs them beige door cards in

[csl]

Beige cards i'd say.

Leather looks really nice condition mate

[tbg]

i have a rear bench just like that (top part) in same colour leather if anybody wants?

[johnl320]

Beige cards i'd say.

Leather looks really nice condition mate

Thanks for the comments lads, The leather is very good but the drivers seat needs replacing so I'll be on the lookout for a tidy one. Beige cards seems to be the majority.

john

[jbh]

id go for the beige door cards the black ones clash with the seats and carpet top job btw.

Ive had a couple of facelift e30s without electric windows my tec1 also has windy windows im pretty sure it was an option when new but could be wrong

[Cotty]

Another vote for beige door cards

[4u2nvy]

good work on the interior id also say stick to the beige door cards....and if you need to redye them then use a company called furnitureclinic....tpe the name in on google and their webiste will come up...i used them and hey were good

[1an]

got to be beige mate,

[spook]

how long did it take to swap the carpet over? looks loads better

[johnl320]

how long did it take to swap the carpet over? looks loads better

Cheers for the comments guys I think its the most responses I've ever had from a thread I've started. I was beginning to get a complex

The carpet took 2 hours to clean (autoglym shampoo). 1 hour to peel the soundproofing off the old carpet (new one didn't have any) bitch of a job! and about 1 hour to actually fit. I cheated a bit and trimmed away the bit around the heater box.
I've still got the door cards to change, front speaker covers to fit ( with new speakers ) and drivers kick panel to fit once I've moved the m30 ecu a bit.
That lot will take about another year at the rate I work.

john

[slinky2000]

much better

[stevotheevo]

beige is looking way better, suits much better with blue paintwork

[johnl320]

Cheers for the comments fellas, Beige it is then. I'm off to start cleaning the door cards before they go on.

john

[e30briyan]

if the beige door cards have beige fixings (i.e grab handle, door pocket, door pull/surround, winfow winder) then swap them all over to the black doorcards, black/beige theme is well nice seen it in my mates dads merc cls!