Mtech Appearance Resto - My project nears completion - LOTS OF PICS

[Badgtho]

Count me as one of the 200 then! My '92 appearance M-Tech is a spitting image of yours, save for the all-white interior. A/C and power-top still work, too! Just picked up a new, OEM lower front valence to replace the old one.

I may have Kevin work his magic on my seats as well! Were did you score the M-Tech cloth, or did Kevin have it stocked?

Nice!
i had both the front valence and rear bumper painted. i put a 3/4" tape stripe along the bottom of the valence to protect it from chips and rash.

Kevin had the cloth in stock.

[Badgtho]

what brand is the white leather?

vinyl.. and no idea. i got it from Kevin Chinn

[reelizmpro]

That page is some guy's myth.
My car was made in 91. They are model year 92 regardless.
Unfortunately the Internet is not always fact.

strange, i had a full mtech 04/91 auto

Why do you say that? That guy is known for compiling BMW production data which can be done if you have access to the dealer build info. Many people have access to this information online. It's not a secret. The only flaw in his research was that he only searched for VIN's in 4/91. I was pointing out the fact that he did find appearance package cars manufactured in 4/91. This would make it a 91 year model. My M Technic (albeit a full M technic) is produced 5/30/91 and is a 91 year model. It's incorrect to say all appearance packages were 92 year model. Internet is not always fact...true so let's find the facts. Do you know the month your car was produced?

Julien? not sure what you're talking about but we are only referring to appearance package cars produced in 4/91.

Here's another site showing 4/91 for the appearance package.

http://www.e30cabrio.se/mtechnic.html

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=730706

Anyway, sorry for the thread jacking. I hate misinformation more than anyone on this site and everything I've seen supports the claims made on E30ic.com

[robrez]

One thing I'll point out for the mt2 guys.
The deck lid and grille badges never came on the 92s and are nla.
I made mine out of door moulding badges from a 94 e36 mtechnic. The size is similar. What do you think?

I think the re-purposed e36 m-technic door moulding badge looks good. I'm using one as a front grill badge.

Well all 92s were appearance. All 91s were the full deal.

As was pointed out above, I think this is a generalized statement that is basically correct, however, there were some 91 Appearance packages, and possibly even some 92 full M-techs.

[robrez]

Sorry to threadjack, but here's some m-tech nostalgia for you guys who want to learn more about M-techs.

[dude8383]

Car looks amazing!

Thanks to the others for posting production numbers. I've been trying to find out the numbers for the mtech appearance cars too.

I've got a 4/92 build though!

[Badgtho]

cool article but some misinfo in that too. the white cars did not have brown tops. they also did not all have extended leather on the console or door pulls, they had it on the map pockets in all that i've seen.

mine's a 7/91 so pretty early.. anyone ever seen a 4/91?
realoem shows the Mtechnic parts were available from 3/91 on. from past history with BMWs and early production oddball models alot of them never reached the public.

[Cabriolet]

i have a 5/91

love what you have done with the car btw

[Gregs///M]

Very nice AW vert. I suggest you get rid of that big ass steering wheel and put an Mtech II steering wheel.



That would finish it off very nice.

[reelizmpro]

i have a 5/91

love what you have done with the car btw

Thanks for posting. I knew I had seen several 91 appearance packages out there.

Here's another in black...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=155292

Hopefully Karzrtoyz or Ironman will chime in on the production month.

[cactusjacks1]

Why do you say that? That guy is known for compiling BMW production data which can be done if you have access to the dealer build info. Many people have access to this information online. It's not a secret. The only flaw in his research was that he only searched for VIN's in 4/91. I was pointing out the fact that he did find appearance package cars manufactured in 4/91. This would make it a 91 year model. My M Technic (albeit a full M technic) is produced 5/30/91 and is a 91 year model. It's incorrect to say all appearance packages were 92 year model. Internet is not always fact...true so let's find the facts. Do you know the month your car was produced?

Julien? not sure what you're talking about but we are only referring to appearance package cars produced in 4/91.

Here's another site showing 4/91 for the appearance package.

http://www.e30cabrio.se/mtechnic.html

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=730706

Anyway, sorry for the thread jacking. I hate misinformation more than anyone on this site and everything I've seen supports the claims made on E30ic.com

I agree with Barry - this is the E30 model that has caused more confusion than any other & much of it is due to misinformation that's propagated as gospel. The ".se" link that Barry has posted above has a lot of very good info (if you translate it).

[Badgtho]

Thanks for posting. I knew I had seen several 91 appearance packages out there.

Here's another in black...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=155292

Hopefully Karzrtoyz or Ironman will chime in on the production month.

shouldnt a 5/91 be a model year 92?

[Kershaw]

91.5

[CrusherCurtis]

Nice, not crazy about the white seats tho.

[reelizmpro]

shouldnt a 5/91 be a model year 92?

That's a question that is hard to answer. I haven't seen any definitive answers in regards to how they do it. My M3 is produced in 5/87 and there are models as early as 1/87, yet they were all 1988 year models in the US for some reason. Maybe they took longer to build...who knows. Yet, my M tech produced at the very end of 5/91 is titled as a 91. In fact, I have never seen a full M Technic titled as a 1992 but I know of some produced as late as 6/91 or 7/91.