1988 325is Alpineweiss II

[Aleman]

That is 100% Cardinal red. It was the only interior offered in 1988, in red.

For reference...

0162 "Cherry" red (1984 spec)
0208 "Taurus" red (1985-1987)
0256 "Cardinal" red (1987-1989)
0324 "Crimson" red (1990+)

Could be 0296 Cardinal as well. Not sure why they changed the code number from 87 to 88.

[968Reckless]

Who did you buy the covers from? I want to redo some sport seats for my car. Did you need any special tools? Kinda intimidated by doing it, but Ive seen several tackling it so I think its worth a shot

Seats are easy. Get a set of harbor freight 12” bolt cutters to remove old hog rings.


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[benwalsh91]

the seats look amazing! i want to see how the trim has come out as thats on my to do list soon!

making me tempted to re do my seats now aswell. hmmmm

following along the progress, keep up the good work!!

[mbonanni]

I got mine from lseat.com for $330 ish shipped just for the front seat covers, shocks are like $150+ to replace all 8 as well so keep that in mind. I did not do that yet. Overall the job was not that hard but youll definitely want to take your time, do it little by little every day and follow the diys. I bought a heat gun to help shrink the leather after, clothes steamer to help expand the foam, hog ring pliers, and hog rings.

[2mAn]

Who did you buy the covers from? I want to redo some sport seats for my car. Did you need any special tools? Kinda intimidated by doing it, but Ive seen several tackling it so I think its worth a shot

[mbonanni]

Been neglecting posting photos because i still need a couple things to finish the interior, but the front seats are done with the exception of the seat shocks. I am having trouble with the passenger side tilt locking. It won't lock in any position other than furthest forward. I am happy how they turned out though, annd for the crappy iphone pics..

[mbonanni]

Got the seat covers Monday and have put in a few hours getting my seats together. A little bit more to go, but I think these are going to look sweet when they're done. I've never really had an e30 with a clean interior, so I am looking forward to how this turns out.











I also ordered the following from FCPEuro which should be here next Monday.
Control arms
Tie rods
Sway bar end links (F/R)
Strut mounts
Shock mounts
Oil & filter

I have the Camaro KYG AGX struts and plan to get KYG AGX rear shocks as well. Not sure what I want to do for suspension. I am between either doing a shock/spring setup and also some aftermarket sway bars, or getting a coilover kit and camber plates from ground control or similar.

[mbonanni]

Well I did sand, primer, and paint the bumper surrounds but lost the phone with pictures, so that will have to hold off till later.

Small update tho, the motor is all back together and running. There is a check engine light on and it stutters every few minutes at idle, but other than that everything is ticking away.





I ordered new front seat covers from lseat a couple weeks ago that should be here thursday so I will start recovering the sport seats when those come in. I've also ordered all new brakes and some KYB Camaro AGX front struts that came in last week to start getting her ready for the road. I'll be searching for rear shocks, coilover springs, and camber plates over the next couple weeks as well.

I really need to start taking picture with a better camera.

[Jokester]

Use all purpose cleaner, or degreaser, to scrub and clean any dirt off.

Then you use IPA or paint prep to remove any film left over.

Let it air dry before spraying the trim paint. Works flawlessly for me everytime.

[e30RS]

Interior carpet looks great.

[mbonanni]

Now for bit of an update.

I ordered new front and rear brake pads/rotors, rear mr2 kyg agx's, and Lseat front leather reupholster kit. I will be ordering rear shocks and new suspension bits over the next couple weeks to get this back on the road asap. While I wait for parts in the mail I've decided to redo all my trim pieces and get the seats ready for recovering.

Rear bumper/surrounds off, appears theres a dent in the valence that you can't really see with the bumpers on.







Started to get a little bit dark, but got the front bumper/surrounds off as well









Vacuumed the interior, it was already very clean but I wanted to get a better idea of any dirty areas I will need to focus on. I am going to look around to see if there are any carpet rejuvenation remedies or something as well.





Not quite sure how I want to prep the plastics before I paint them, any suggestions? I already bought SEM trim paint

[mbonanni]

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

Truue. I put it all back together a few days ago. Just waiting for my injectors to come back from being rebuilt and I can give it a start.

Oh hell yeah, congrats Marco. I'm dealing with some rust under my battery tray right now as well, maybe we should grab some brews and tackle them together for moral support

:-)

Sina! How are things? Thanks man, my battery tray was also pushed up from the bottom, looks like the PO hit a big rock or used a jack on it. Pretty sure cut/weld is my only solution, but I'll have to look at it more. Next time I'm over in your area I'll give you a call so we can catch up.

[freeride53]

Oh hell yeah, congrats Marco. I'm dealing with some rust under my battery tray right now as well, maybe we should grab some brews and tackle them together for moral support

:-)

[Danny]

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

[mbonanni]

Austin comin in with the facts again, thanks!

Not much of an update today, no pictures at least. I got the fan clutch tool and was able to get the motor taken down to the point I just need to reinstall the new timing belt parts. This is where I can’t decide which direction to go tho..

Option 1:
Get injectors rebuilt and put new waterpump/ timing belt and associated gaskets back on, call it a day.

Option 2:
Get injectors rebuilt and put new waterpump/ timing belt and associated gaskets back on as well as pull the head to do a head gasket (I have a spare goetze head gasket sitting in storage), do exhaust gaskets, intake gaskets, and clean the block/pistons/intake.

The only thing thats stopping me from doing option 2 is the cost really. New head bolts, intake/exhaust gaskets, pressure test and decking the head. What, another $200 or so, is it worth it? The current head gasket seeems good based off the condition of the coolant. Hmmmm