‘91 E30

[Rekpoint]

KaiserRolls said:

[KaiserRolls]

Still leaks PS fluid, but most of everything else is buttoned up

[jc43089]

KaiserRolls said:

Still leaks PS fluid, but most of everything else is buttoned up

It is a BMW so if it didn't it must be empty.

[KaiserRolls]

Sold the corbeaus, need to ditch the tan(?) carpet. Sounds like Dan has a good solution for the carpet part

pic of vomit colored carpet 

new seats should be here wednesday

[B C]

Looking forward to seeing this!

[SteelBlue]

Did you say that you were going to dye it? Forget what you said in the FB chat.

I think it took like 4 cans of the duplicolor stuff to do mine. Like others have said, black floor mats will cover the wear parts. I just bought these ones.

I rented one of the carpet steamers from Home Depot before hand, worked really well, makes a huge difference.

[KaiserRolls]

SteelBlue said:

Did you say that you were going to dye it? Forget what you said in the FB chat.

I think it took like 4 cans of the duplicolor stuff to do mine. Like others have said, black floor mats will cover the wear parts. I just bought these ones.

I rented one of the carpet steamers from Home Depot before hand, worked really well, makes a huge difference.

thanks for info on the mats 
@straight6pwr has offered up his old carpet which looks to be gray/anthracite or whatever. Think I’ll just try cleaning that one up really well. If it doesn’t clean up all that well I’ll try the dye route

[gilber33]

KaiserRolls said:

thanks for info on the mats 
@straight6pwr has offered up his old carpet which looks to be gray/anthracite or whatever. Think I’ll just try cleaning that one up really well. If it doesn’t clean up all that well I’ll try the dye route 

I had the gray carpet in my car and used a couple cans of black SEM carpet dye and it worked very well - turned out much better than I anticipated it turning out.

[Jdesign]

I assume the SEM stuff is better, but has anyone had experience with using this:

You can buy it just about anywhere is and is super cheap. I have used red over white in the past and it worked well for the purpose, and it seems there are quite a few guys online that have used it with good results.

[KaiserRolls]

I believe RIT dye requires full submerging of the carpet. Which probably won’t work with the foam backIng the e30 has

[Jdesign]

KaiserRolls said:

I believe RIT dye requires full submerging of the carpet. Which probably won’t work with the foam backIng the e30 has 

You could always just put it in a bucket and stand on it

[KaiserRolls]

Jdesign said:

You could always just put it in a bucket and stand on it

Foam will probably get ruined was my point

[KaiserRolls]

Plans:

Clean/dye current carpet (if I can’t get dans)

purchase brackets/side mounts for different seats

install MS3/wire up wbo2 

I still have a bolt-in 4pt sitting in storage, idk what to do with. Sell/install

cleanup/install trunk carpets 

fix firewall steering shaft boot 

fix Slow PS leak

[KaiserRolls]

I bought floor mats 

I’ll be back in a month with another insignificant update 

[jc43089]

KaiserRolls said:

I bought floor mats 

I’ll be back in a month with another insignificant update 

So now we see that the carpet doesn't match the floor mat...

[patsbimmer1]

Epic.  Absolutely epic.  Any detailed instructions on installation?  What other brands did you comp before you chose to go with the OEM floor mat?

[KaiserRolls]

patsbimmer1 said:

Epic.  Absolutely epic.  Any detailed instructions on installation?  What other brands did you comp before you chose to go with the OEM floor mat?

I just messaged some motoring life garage place and told the guy there to order me some. He gave me the run around about how I don’t own a 1er but I sent him money anyways

[patsbimmer1]

KaiserRolls said:

I just messaged some motoring life garage place and told the guy there to order me some. He gave me the run around about how I don’t own a 1er but I sent him money anyways 

Sounds like a fucking hack.  I'd complain to the bbb.

[KaiserRolls]

Just need to cut around the heater core and then it’ll be ready to be removed. 
 

[KaiserRolls]

Purchased some bummerworld floor plates for the new seats, new clips for the sill plates, new clips for the doorcards, firewall steering shaft boot and new boot mount from a dude on r3v (needed for making the boot work with the different steering shaft angle associated with the z3 rack), side mounts for seats, vac seat belt receptacle mounts and a manual gas pedal stop as mine was still the auto kickdown switch thing. 
 

hopefully that’s all I need to get the interior finished off