Project Weißer Regen: 91 318iS Restomod

[Jordan]

Original 28 year old rear carpet section and parcel tray in their dirty faded glory...



Rear carpet insert reupholstered in the new material.



Ran out of aerosol contact cement midway through the parcel tray... so that one must wait.

[Staszek]

Hand painted lettering on the grills is done, its far from screen printed perfection, but it looks great from about 2' away which is as close as anyone is ever going to get so screw it...



I finally found a carpet match for the new BMW "black" carpet pan to upholster the rear section with. The rear section in "black" went NLA and what was delivered up to that point was a different color than the main carpet pan regardless. You can see the small sliver of actual BMW carpet placed in the center for comparison. Color is spot on perfect, thickness is perfect, texture is about dead on with the new being just a little more more coarse pile wise but this is as close as humanly possible IMO, also it is UV resistant automotive grade so that is perfect.



This is the carpet pictured:
https://www.yourautotrim.com/darkgre...w8pcTeGuHXwOeg

What I am dying for is a black trunk carpet!

I was able to get all the black trunk panels, except the carpet. I have an aftermarket one that looks good but its not a perfect fit.

[word is bond]

Slightly dumb question, did the 318is have the premium sound system as an option?


Ezekiel 25:17

Yes. I don't know what the US options were, but I have a Canadian 318is that I bought from the original owner with a weird combination of options: sunroof, no AC, Mtech 1 steering wheel, and premium sound.

[Jordan]

Hand painted lettering on the grills is done, its far from screen printed perfection, but it looks great from about 2' away which is as close as anyone is ever going to get so screw it...



I finally found a carpet match for the new BMW "black" carpet pan to upholster the rear section with. The rear section in "black" went NLA and what was delivered up to that point was a different color than the main carpet pan regardless. You can see the small sliver of actual BMW carpet placed in the center for comparison. Color is spot on perfect, thickness is perfect, texture is about dead on with the new being just a little more more coarse pile wise but this is as close as humanly possible IMO, also it is UV resistant automotive grade so that is perfect.



This is the carpet pictured:
https://www.yourautotrim.com/darkgre...w8pcTeGuHXwOeg

[Melon]

What are you going to use to paint the white lettering on?

Speakers look good man.

[majdomo]

Slightly dumb question, did the 318is have the premium sound system as an option?


Ezekiel 25:17

[Jordan]

One more for tonight, the refurbished passenger side tweeter pod installed.

[0-60 freak]

Jon gave me his left over fabric from doing the same to his M3, I'm not sure where he bought it? Jo-Anns fabric store or the like I would assume. I'll ask him to pipe in.



For adhesive I just used the same satin black SEM trim paint I refinished the housings and grills in. A thick coat on the interior of the grill with immediate installation of the fabric captured and held it in place perfectly without any glue visible on the cloth or grill from the outside.

Looks great, I got that particular fabric at hobby lobby, but I'm sure Joanne's Fabrics has something similar as well... real interested to see how your white lettering comes out it looks way too tedious and there's not enough height to the raised letters to do the roller trick

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[Jordan]

Jon gave me his left over fabric from doing the same to his M3, I'm not sure where he bought it? Jo-Anns fabric store or the like I would assume. I'll ask him to pipe in.

For adhesive I just used the same satin black SEM trim paint I refinished the housings and grills in. A thick coat on the interior of the grill with immediate installation of the fabric captured and held it in place perfectly without any glue visible on the cloth or grill from the outside.

[roznic]

NVM, just read the description...00

[roznic]

Beautiful!
What fabric did you use for speaker grills and adhesive??

[parkerbink]

As always, great work!

[Jordan]

A small project for today, refurbishing the original front tweeter pods and rear speaker pods that were part of the factory premium sound package. The units I had were solid and functioning, but beyond ugly... nothing a little work can't spruce up.

Super dirty and just generally ugly.



Grille fabric protecting the drivers from UV damage and concealing them badly decomposed.



Everything blown apart, housings repainted, grills ready for paint.



Grills with fresh satin paint.



New fabric laid in vs just cleaned.



The fabric is glued in place by a heavy coat of the same satin paint on the interior of the grill, with the precut fabric placed into and massaged into place immediately. As the paint dries it soaks into the fabric and effectively sticks it in place.

Once the rubber gasket is laced back on the grill fabric is stuck for good.



Looking gooooood, I will repaint the lettering white soon.

[flyboyx]

I'll have to let you know when I'm in Houston next time, would love to meet you and talk shop.

musky scent of manlove?;D

I hear he's a nice guy in person.

indeed

[AndrewBird]

I'll have to let you know when I'm in Houston next time, would love to meet you and talk shop.

I hear he's a nice guy in person.