Gauging Interest: E46 console retrofit service

[glucklich21]

Totally understand that feeling....

[E30Nova]

I'd be interested. I started an e46 console conversion like a year ago and still haven't finished it due to being so freakin lazy. :rofl:

[glucklich21]

I understand. I'm still pretty early in the final mockup, so I don't really have much to show so far other than a bunch of templates and metal pieces. I plan on having the mounting part finished by the middle of the week.

For making it match up, fiberglassing about half an inch on each side of the E30 center console and sanding it down to match the contours out the E46, similar to DeansBimmer.



And as for mechanics, the only issues are the emergency brake being a little close to the console itself, which I'm trying to come up with a way around it.

[IRON-E]

Interested in seeing mounted pics and working internals.

[george graves]

I'd be interested in seeing a pic and understanding what it is - this is kinda a visual thing you're selling.

How are you making the front of the e4 console look decent with the e30 console since they don't match up?

[glucklich21]

So basically I've figured out how to fab up mounts in a way that retrofitting an E46 console wouldn't be as involved as before. However it's still a little complex and does take a bit of time to do right. Which is why I was thinking of a service.

You would ship me you E46 console and your center console and I would make it pretty much drop in place into your E30 without much effort on your part. If I were to do something like this, it would be roughly $125+ just because of the materials and time that is required to make it work. A little pricy which is why I though about selling a kit instead for those a little bit more skill inclined than others. It would include all of the templates, materials, and instructions necessary to do it, minus the finishing materials like fiberglass, bondo, primer, etc. That would be about $75. These figures are just rough estimates and could go up or down once I have everything worked out.

Turn around time would be around 2 weeks.

I'm still working on the mock up design, so I don't have really anything to show right now, but once the final design is done, I'll post pics of everything.


So anyone be interested in this?