I thought so. But the M3 front seats would still fit on the same 330Ci rails, correct?Originally Posted by UdubBadger
Capo
I thought so. But the M3 front seats would still fit on the same 330Ci rails, correct?
Consigliere
yeah, direct swap.
Call me Seth
CURRENT: 2016 Long Beach Blue BMW /// M2
RETIRED: ‘15 F22 M235i | '08 E90 M3 DCT "GoinHAM3" | '04 E46 M3 6MT "WEGOHAM"
'04 330i ZHP | '11 E82 135i | '08 E90 328xi | 07 E91 328xi SportWagon
Capo
Awesome, thanks!
Big Earner
+1
Guess I'll be taking that bad boy apart...
Enforcer
I swapped an M3 interior into my ZHP coupé. I prefer the look and feel of the smooth leather to the coarser grain of the stuff that was stock in my car, but the M3 seats are more stuffed, I guess, so I sit a little higher than I'd prefer. I have to recline the seat a little when wearing a helmet.
@ryankokesh is your airbag light on? I just hooked up PASoft to my car, hoping to reset the light after swapping my seats (see above) and the code it shows for that light is due to the driver's side tensioner. Which hasn't been right since I swapped the rest of the interior…*(see above)
Messaggero
Yeah, I don't really feel like taking the car apart, but I can't stand having to feed the seatbelt back in.
Capo
You know, I have a theory about this...
I had the cloth/alcantara seats when I bought my car. I've been looking for a few years for a Natural Brown leather set to swap it out with, and finally was successful after 4 years of searching. I put the interior in, and all of a sudden, I sit higher up than before. I was (and still am) quite perplexed by this, especially since I can't drive in my usual track memory seating position because the helmet doesn't clear the headliner anymore like it used to.
My seats have lumbar support. My theory is that this may be a trait specific to lumbar support cars, though I have absolutely zero evidence to back it up. I need to try sitting in a car that has leather but without lumbar, with my helmet on, to see what it's like.. Do your M3 seats have lumbar support?
BP
2005 330i ZHP / 6MT
Imolarot / Naturbraun
2003 330iT / 6MT
Orientblau / Naturbraun
It's not the car you drive, it's how you drive it.
Enforcer
Yeah, my seats are loaded. The old ones (standard leather, not alcantara) had neither neat nor lumbar. So there could be something to that. I notice the same thing between my MINI and my wife's MINI. Mine has cloth and leather seats, but hers has the English lounge leather. I sit much higher up in her car.
Big Earner
Nope... no light for me. It isn't too bad at retracting yet, though.
Enforcer
What front jacking point do you guys use to jack up the car to put in the jack stands?
2004 Silver Grey ZHP Sedan 6 Speed ManualCDV Delete, AUX Input, Clear TMS Lights, Stealth Bulbs, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, Black Grille,
aFe Stage 1 CAI Pro 5r, Dinan Front Strut Brace, CF Splitters, Active Autowerke Headers
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