Alpina B3 Tribute

[CorvallisBMW]

What brand of vinyl die spray did you use? I've been using SEM ColorCoat, but I find that after 2-3 years it starts to wear off, even with meticulous prep :/

[AlpinaB3]

What brand of vinyl die spray did you use? I've been using SEM ColorCoat, but I find that after 2-3 years it starts to wear off, even with meticulous prep :/

That depends on use, my rear bench is quite shy and dont like butts, and after the vinyl paint i will not use them anymore, mostly because alpina sport seats from sedan do not move forward enough :-/, so no extra weight in the back. Am i the only one that h8 to have ppl in the back of my e30?

[ANDRÜ]

Ive found even that to wear off. I used it on a vinyl dirtbike seat (which does get alot of wear) and it was toast in like 2 rides.

[AlpinaB3]

What brand of vinyl die spray did you use? I've been using SEM ColorCoat, but I find that after 2-3 years it starts to wear off, even with meticulous prep :/

Ive found even that to wear off. I used it on a vinyl dirtbike seat (which does get alot of wear) and it was toast in like 2 rides.

Like i explain before, i will not use my rear bench.

[AlpinaB3]

Im pretty excited, alpina sports seats just left Germany and are in the way to the Caribbean!!!!

[CorvallisBMW]

I use vinyl die on my door cards, which get ZERO seat time, and even then it wears off.

[AlpinaB3]

I use vinyl die on my door cards, which get ZERO seat time, and even then it wears off.

I understood your point, this is my first time using the vinyl paint, and so far it looks pretty good, but i only dye the rear bench, all other panels are original black. My plans with the rear bench is to reupholster them with Alpina cloth in the near future since i already found a supplier.

[CorvallisBMW]

^I see now. Carry on!

[AlpinaB3]

Rear side carpets, bench and rear floor carpet installed today, i do love how they look.

[AlpinaB3]

Next step, change door carpets, remove front floor carpet and change it to black and wait for the alpina sport seats that are in some place in the atlantic ocean.

[e30m3s54turbo]

Any up dates on those Alpina seats?

[AlpinaB3]

Pfff no, i suppose they are still in the ship, its been 10 days since last tracking update, last time i used same shipping service took 12 days to be scanned at New York, so i assume in about 2-3 days they will be in the states.

[Der Ruffian]

What are the shipping cost on those seats.
Trying to figure out if it'll be to expensive to ship bigger parts to the US.

[AlpinaB3]

To be honest, those seats were quoted at 1500 in shipping expenses from Holland to PR.

[Der Ruffian]

That was quite a bit :-)