My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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It is an Italvolanti. It is in awesome shape for the age=)
I was never a huge fan of alcantara because I could never find it in nice shape. I have a feeling it will be super soft and comfy. I can't believe how cheap I got them and that they showed up right when I was looking
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The Lime rock park edition E92 M3 has alcantara interior and steering wheel along with most E60 M5's, thats where I got my inspiration from. The problem is the fabric does eventually wear out, like an old fleece blanket but rewraping with new material isn't too big of a deal.
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I just won't sit in my car. Haha It is crazy how perfect the seats are for their age.
But your centers aren't alcantara so that helps. Anyways any info on the seller? Curious how many "miles" are on the seats etc. I assume these came out of a dakar yellow 323ti?
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Would ya possibly part with the old wooden steering wheel??? That may look good in the e28!!! And damn good finds on the interior and the steering wheel might I add, this car is gonna be beyond awesome!!!
1984 BMW 528e - SETA and manual swapped! M50 to come!!!
1988 BMW 528e - Need parts?
1991 Chevy C1500 (mighty 350 with TBI and Wisconsin weight reduction package)
1996 Mazda Miata (SOLD!!!)
1996 BMW 325i (Donor car)
1998 Chevrolet Corvette (BEAST)
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (BROKEN)
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Earl... I'm a little jealous of your damn seats!
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Would ya possibly part with the old wooden steering wheel??? That may look good in the e28!!! And damn good finds on the interior and the steering wheel might I add, this car is gonna be beyond awesome!!!
Thank you. I sold the old steering wheel to Jake a few months back. He has it in his e30=)
Haha Thanks Pat
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Never trust early risers. They are shifty.
LOL couldn't resist
1984 BMW 528e - SETA and manual swapped! M50 to come!!!
1988 BMW 528e - Need parts?
1991 Chevy C1500 (mighty 350 with TBI and Wisconsin weight reduction package)
1996 Mazda Miata (SOLD!!!)
1996 BMW 325i (Donor car)
1998 Chevrolet Corvette (BEAST)
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (BROKEN)
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I got a bit done Saturday.
I started off the day by working on dying my "new" carpet. It had light fading in spots and I wanted to make it look as new as possible.
I went with Duplicolor Vinyl and Carpet dye. I brushed it in after each coat and then brushed it in the end. The feel of the carpet is no different than the feel of my old carpet.
Before:
After: (it is darker in person, white balance sucks on my phone)
I drug my old carpet out too to get a comparison:
After that my buddy Dustin stopped by and dropped off a set of center caps that he has been working on for me. The agreement was that I wouldn't get them until the car was done, but he was sick of them sitting in a box in his kitchen=P
They are concave but it is hard to see in the pictures. They also have an o-ring groove to make them easy to pop in and out. I am not sure if I should leave them as is, polish them, or have them powdered to match the faces. Right now I am leaning towards leaving them as is.
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After that Dustin and John had an idea to get the valve cover clean inside. We cycled the fuel pump with a battery and used the old gas to slosh around in the cover to remove the aluminum chips. It took a few times but it worked great.
I then installed the valve cover gaskets:
John and I then installed the cover and the mounting plate for my COP kit:
Since I don't have plugs yet, we just set the coils in and hand tightened the bolts to keep debris from getting in the cylinders:
Since we were putting the engine together, I installed the lower intake manifold gasket and also got my knock sensors cleaned up and re-installed:
John wanted me to keep installing as much as I could on the engine so the next step was the fuel rail. It had some scuffs and minor surface rust so we ran to grab a can of my favorite paint....Wrinkle Black. I didn't get any after pictures since we weren't there long enough after I sprayed it to see it wrinkle, but I will get them sometime this week.
After that we finished up my axle refresh. The boots were in great shape so we just redid the clamps. We used stainless steel ties which seem to work well for people.
Other than that my interior should be coming soon so I brought my rear seat bottom home to uncover so that I can wrap it with the new seats fabric when it arrives=)
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