Date: 28.05.2008
Beitrag:
Hi guys, I am new here, but I have followed this site for a long time now. A few weeks ago I didn't feel like my car was worthy for a photo story here, but as you will see I have gone a long way transforming my ride and I think it is time for me to tell you all about it. I bought it in January 2007 and it looked like this:
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[/url]It was in a pretty good shape considering how old it is (the end of 92). It had black leather interior, climate control, sun roof, sport MOMO pedals(which I hate), lip spoiler, sun shade etc. The best thing the previous owner did was to change the suspention with Eibach springs and KONI coilovers.
I started transforming it as probably 95% of the general community of BMW owners by adding a m-tech kit. First was the front bumper, door mouldings, side skirts etc. I took me a year to get it all and make it look as a real M3. Of course I changed those ancient wheels with BBS 17" which suit it very well I think!
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[/url]During this year I have retrimed some parts of the interior. I hated the wood trim from day one so I decided to paint it in grey along with the central console
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[/url]I have added Xenon lights, DEPO angel eyes, clear M3 fog-lights, chrome rings, M-power steering wheel which was leathered with M-stiching( same for the gear shifter and hand brake), arm rest etc.
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[/url]Than I got really crazy
I was looking to buy some RECARO seats for my ride but I couldn't find any from a BMW. I wanted a Vader saloon in it but it is impossible to find these here. Finaly a guy from our Bulgarian forum of the BMW enthusiasts offered me a RECARO from S3 AUDI which were in the worst condition ever:
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Despite the nasty look, the all the electrics worked fine, and after all this is a very, very confortable and sporty seat. I had some trouble fitting them in the car but nothing is impossible. I faced now a different challenge. Having just the two front seats worked on was going to ruine the looks of the car and I had to decide whether to do it all and spend a shit load of money or... well there was no other way.
Since the decision was made I started looking at different combinations for the interior and inspired by Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera I decided on alcantara and nappa for it. Here is how the seats look after the great work of these guys http://www.avtointerior.bg
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[/url]As i said I didn't stop there. I wanted my dashboard leathered as well. This is the one exceptional feature of my car that makes me really proud. I had to buy the facelift one since it was easier for my upholsters to do it. The materials again nappa and alcantara:
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[/url]A friend of mine removed the old dash and installed the new one along with the digital climate control:
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[/url]And than I got completely crazy and redid the whole interior, every single bit
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[/url]And than I got completely crazy and redid the whole interior, every single bit
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