My new interior (finally)

[KenC]

The seats are from an e36 318is. No, they don't bolt right in. I set them in there and then drilled through the floor and lag bolted them down. I also had to change the seatbelts a bit (lemme know if you want pics of that).

Through my DIRTY window:




Back seat is amost done being installed:





My friend and I spent about 40 hours, from start to insalled, designing and making these speaker pods for my CDT component set.

Speakers:


Pod creation (should have taken more pictures):

Frame of pod (a flannel sheet was streched around it afterward):







Just before being covered in vinyl after 4 coats of fiberglass:





Finished Product:



Still have leg room (kickpanels were also covered in the same black vinyl):



I still have to install the black drivers side armrest:







Tweeter install (pulled grill and chiseled out everything, and then epoxied the flush-mount frame in the a-pillar pod):



Bonus pics of my new amp and install:
The amp is an a/d/s/ PQ10 bridged to 100 watts x 2 RMS







Tell me what you think! I'll entertain inqueries as well.

[MattE30]

Awesome work with the pods. How are the comps working for you?

Seats look great too.

[KenC]

Awesome work with the pods. How are the comps working for you?

Seats look great too.

The speakers are fucking awesome. I really like the tweeters.

[Court M3]

Awesome Ken! How did you get the E36 seat to fit? That looks :pimp:

[Jand3rson]

Very impressive, Ken! I think that the color of the E36 seating is a little out of place in the tan interior, but it works well. The speaker pods are amazing!

[Erick]

Bitchin' m10.

[///M Powered]

Bitchin' m10.

[Beej '86 325es]

Very nice speaker pod install. How is the sound from the woofer? I installed just woofers (no tweeter) with 150W RMS to each and can't hear sh*t over the other ones running off the deck. The only thing that really looks different is that mine is open into the door.

[KenC]

Awesome Ken! How did you get the E36 seat to fit? That looks :pimp:

I'm still using the stock front inside post, but every other mounting point was drilled through the floor and bolted.

[KenC]

Very impressive, Ken! I think that the color of the E36 seating is a little out of place in the tan interior, but it works well. The speaker pods are amazing!

I'm going for a two-tone black and tan theme (mmm... black and tan... beer me).

[808BMW]

Are those tweeter silk or titanium?

Damn you and your good crossovers :P I need to upgrade to those (I have the 456's atm). My crossovers REALLY don't like 12gauge wire.

[cramer]

those door pods are freaking huge!

I like the E36 seats. Do they sit at low as the sport seats?

[KenC]

Are those tweeter silk or titanium?

Damn you and your good crossovers :P I need to upgrade to those (I have the 456's atm). My crossovers REALLY don't like 12gauge wire.

They're silk. Yeah, the crossovers are pretty dope.

[KenC]

those door pods are freaking huge!

I like the E36 seats. Do they sit at low as the sport seats?

The pods only stick out like 1-2" further than the map pockets. The just look huge.

The seats will sit pretty low... I haven't measured against the e30 sports.

[NickP]

How well do the rears fit? It looks like its a decent match.