E21 Project Thread - Part 2

[straight6pwr]

seats need to match the door door cards like stock e30s.  get some that were the same tan color as the seats and dye em the same way.

black dash (there is no option there) black carpet and black headliner.

brown and black look great together. putting tan in there too will clutter it all up.

[HipMF]

I'd go with a patio theme. artificial turf carpeting, patio-style seats and christmas light headliner.

[B C]

i'm with Dan,  trade someone some tan door cards and dye them the same brown as the seats.

At minimum see if you can get tan/brown door armrests or something to tie in some brown to the door like tj said

[Bassboy3313]

The base material color does not matter when using the dye that I have. Whether the base color is black or tan, the brown will still turn out the same shade with complete coverage. Here is what the door cards look like (although mine arent as shiny).

Now would a two tone look best with black on outer and brown on the inner "stripped" section or would 100% brown look best? Examples below.

Then I take it people agree to dye the headliner black instead of keeping it tan?

[B C]

Was this door card previously black?

[Bassboy3313]

Which door card?

[KaiserRolls]

If you put speakers in your door like that I'm deleting your number from my phone

[Bassboy3313]

We're talking about color here, not speakers. Stay on subject! Ay ay ay!!!!

[YoungCR]

Only problem I see with two tone on your door cards is you'd have to mask the stripped section off and I wonder how clean the lines would be.

[straight6pwr]

YoungCR said:

Only problem I see with two tone on your door cards is you'd have to mask the stripped section off and I wonder how clean the lines would be.

this. the e30 had some factory door cards with two-tone, but it worked because it was stitched in that way.

and for your headliner, you could probably leave it tan, no one notices headliners. its like when people obsess over a crack in the ceiling of their house. no one sees it but you, because our eyes arent on the top of our heads.

[B C]

Dave lays mirrors under his car when he parks at car shows and now that he fixed the holes in the floors then I guess you are right

[Bassboy3313]

You have valid points here. So then the question comes down to black door cards, brown door cards or maybe black cards with brown handle/armrest piece? Not sure how that would turn out tho.

[straight6pwr]

i like black pulls because they hide the hand oil stains, but brown will look really nice too.

found some brown ones on ebay, they look great that way: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-e21-mocca-brown-front-and-rear-door-panels-with-handles-and-ashtrays-/131727654317?hash=item1eab947dad:g:2y8AAOSwoydWmn6h&vxp=mtr

[Bassboy3313]

Yeah i saw those too on ebay. I would worry tho that this brown wouldn't match the brown in my seats. If I were to go brown door cards, I would dye the ones I have the same color as my seats so its an exact match.

[straight6pwr]

yeah i wasnt suggesting buying them, just finding an example of all brown door cards to see how it looks.

[Bassboy3313]

Seats are complete!!

[B C]

Youve done well!

[YoungCR]

Looks great!

[Bassboy3313]

Thanks guys!!

Carpet set with rear seat delete ordered.

[i_love_cars]

this is a skillset way beyond my wheelhouse. I feel dumb. 

Seats look pretty good IMO.