Winter 2024 Projects: 1992 convertible interior build thread...Mostly ICE

[sna77]

Decided to wrap the door pockets and door armrests. Initially was going to use black door pockets and armrests for a two-tone look but didnt love it... Matching leather here now.. love it so far…

[sna77]

The headlights came back from Lightwerkz today. Will be installing these soon. I had Caesar at Lightwerkz do the retrofit.

[sna77]

Picked the interior up today from Prestige Auto Upholstery in CT, and dropped them off at Sound in Motion for the install (where the rest of the car is)! Should have the car back soon! These look incredible in person. So excited to get them into the e30. The peanut butter natural brown leather with white stitching will look amazing in the white e30.

[sna77]

Stopped by the shop yesterday to check on progress... More pics!

this pic is the most true to color in real life. Definitely peanut-buttery:

[sna77]

Few more... and the flush mount Porsche radio with CarPlay


subwoofer box without floormat over it:



It disappears with the floormat over the box:







Notice the flushmount on the radio:



will be swapping the black arm rest for the natural brown one soon:

[dadsbmw]

Great build! May have to think about stealing a couple of these ideas!

[sna77]

Great build! May have to think about stealing a couple of these ideas!

Thanks! It's been an expensive winter, but this has come out amazing

[sna77]

Updates on the headlights... They're all done. They were so perfect that I decided to replace the fogs, bc they didn't look as pretty...

Here are the full details of the headlights:

- New, old stock Hella Euro smileys sourced from https://www.instagram.com/bavariansteeringwheels/

- Morimoto Bi-LED headlights from Lightwerkz in NJ:

https://lightwerkz.net/products/e30-morimoto-mled-2-0-bi-led-projector-retrofit-kit

- I had Lightwerkz do the installation as well. I delivered them my lights in person, and they shipped them back 2 weeks later when finished. They made a youtube video of the install:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOzc1E1mz4g

A few notes:
- Since the outer light is now a bi-LED (ie the shutter opens to be a high beam), the inner light doesn’t really serve much purpose… You can still wire them up though. I decided to add a matching H1 LED bulb for the inner lights and also matching H3 LED bulb for the fog lights.

High beam (no-projector) H1 LED:

https://lightwerkz.net/products/h1-sl2-led-bulbs-pair

Fog light H3 LED:

https://lightwerkz.net/products/h3-sl2-led-bulbs-pair

Low beam only:



Dual high beams (bi-LED on right, H1 LED on left)

[Mike36]

Great job with everything! Anymore plans for the car?

[sna77]

Great job with everything! Anymore plans for the car?

Thanks! The tachometer is dead so I need to pull it and send it out for repair. Then the plan is to just enjoy it for the summer!

[sna77]

Cluster has been removed... What a PITA it is to get out. Sent to Bavarian Restoration for repair. Should have it back in a few weeks. Was fortunate to be able to get a loaner one from a friend so the car is drivable in the meantime.

[sna77]

Finally got around to installing the custom visors. These are OEM e30 visors (formerly destroyed black vinyl), that @bmwrestoredseats performed surgery on. We transplanted the sliding mirrors from an e46 M3 into the e30 visors and wrapped with natural brown leather to match the rest of the interior. No more sun glare off the mirrors when riding with the top down! Plus adds a real nice touch to the brown up the middle of the car...

[sna77]

...and the rest of the middle of the car got the special leather treatment as well. e46 armrest, ebrake, and shift boot wrapped in natural brown... To go along with the visors.

[amarino]

Do you know if the shop would be open to modifying the E46 center console as a service? Mainly the cutting / plastic welding / painting / custom bracket they made? I'm pretty handy mechanically but this interior trim stuff is foreign to me.

[sna77]

Do you know if the shop would be open to modifying the E46 center console as a service? Mainly the cutting / plastic welding / painting / custom bracket they made? I'm pretty handy mechanically but this interior trim stuff is foreign to me.

Don't see any reason why they wouldn't... All they do is high end custom work. My e30 was the cheapest car they had in the shop all winter:

https://www.sound-in-motion.com/

https://www.instagram.com/soundinmotionboston/

Their site is serious carp0rn