my '87 327i

[squidmaster]

I'm going to do the floor in grey corduroy or faux felt, then the seats... well... I'm not that good. I think I'd ruin them.

any DIY on seat upholstery?

[Sample UF]

You got rid of the zebra.... I am disappoint.

[squidmaster]

you mean, appointed.

[Nsquared97]

I'm going to do the floor in grey corduroy or faux felt, then the seats... well... I'm not that good. I think I'd ruin them.

any DIY on seat upholstery?

Shit if you weren't so far away I'd give you a set of junk sport seats to try it out on.

[squidmaster]

:( damn, too bad. everyone local that has sport seats wants $250 EACH (and by everyone I mean the only guy that has any for sale)

I found a guy with mtech seats but he only wants to sell the entire interior as a whole, and it's from a vert. So... useless to me.

[squidmaster]

replaced the suspension.
WHO WOULD DO THIS.

(new vs old)

[squidmaster]

I've also had some serious issues getting it into gear and it's really jerky when driving now.

Oh, and I also replaced the hood-latch cable and put in the kick-pull. I don't get what was wrong with the guy that owned it before me. He must have had some serious mental issues.

[squidmaster]

fixed the images.

[squidmaster]

I've used seafoam on a lot of other cars and it's helped plenty, but I've never had it save a car the way it did with this guy.

I had stuttering acceleration and a few other issues before, but now it's incredibly smooth. I'm very surprised.

Doing some more preventative maintenance today, and just waiting on a 3.91 rear diff (i know, I know, I'm going open diff, but it's no big deal.) this weekend.
I'm not really planning to do serious autoX or anything, and I'm definitely not going to be doing any drifting, so it's not really an issue. The closer gears will be nicer for some fun daily driving, but it won't be too bad on gas (I hope!)

Anyway, pictures





Got rid of some under-body rust as well, which was much needed.

[Mr. Burns]

this thread is like A&E's INTERVENTION.

Squidmaster, you are the Candy Finnigan to this salvaged disastro E30.

[squidmaster]

I had to google everything that you said. I have no idea what any of that is (I don't subscribe to cable)

So, maybe thanks? Or was it an insult? aha

[squidmaster]

I had some more light today while working on it
and while replacing the dated shifter I notied that my guibo is TORN TO SHREDS.
It's toast. I mean, burnt toast that's been left on the counter for a few too many weeks.

Ugh.

Oh, also picked up some US ellipsoids for cheap today! Woo! I still need pig tails though :(

[FunfGan]

Keep up the good work! Love that you see the gem hiding beneath all that dirt, grime and zebra print fabric.

[BoxDriver86]

any DIY on seat upholstery?

Yup...here you go.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=152527&highlight=seat+diy

As far as the pigtails for the ellipsoids go, you can buy connectors at your local parts store and wire them into the sealed beam assembly.

Keep up the good work.

[squidmaster]

I have some female crimp connectors with vampire clips that I was going to use, but I want to have the water-sealed connections, too. If I can't find any, then I'll just wire them up like that.