Help tracking down Natural Brown leather interior

[nextelbuddy]

Where are you located?

im in Atlanta GA but can travel to another state possibly or I have freight shipping options available

[az3579]

mother of god thats beautiful. everything looks so brand new and supple even the steering wheel. did the wheel get recovered and thickened?

The steering wheel was purchased brand new last year. It was a lot fresher when those pics were taken. Now, even with a super cleaning, I can't get my wheel to look that good anymore. lol - Funny how that works...

The driver's seat is actually mediocre. Pics don't show it, but it has a lot of cracks. The interior clearly wasn't taken care of by whoever had the car they came out of as they were all pretty much rock hard, which is past the point of rejuvenation. Everything was out of an accident car. You can see some of the cracking in this pic, on the right-side lower bolster - they're all over that bolster, as well as much worse ones on the left bolster. This is right after I did the euro tray and proper armrest delete conversion, not that long ago:

0926161541 by botond.pal, on Flickr

im wondering if i could get this ebay person:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1998-2004-BM...lV~YcI&vxp=mtr

to make seat covers in the same natural brown leather color.

You'd have to send them a sample for them to match, and even then it won't be a 100% match both for color and for leather grain. You can buy new Dakota NB seat covers from BMW, but unfortunately that's a good $1400 per seat... sigh.

im in Atlanta GA but can travel to another state possibly or I have freight shipping options available

im scouring the web and craigslist nationwide in google searches lol. i found a car in NY where he sold the front seats but has the 4 door panels and rest seats for $400 but im sure he wouldnt ship and its expensive.

NY isn't that far from Georgia, make it happen! Hell, I throw you an offer you can't refuse - if you buy those parts, I'll gladly pick it up for you and meet you halfway somewhere. I have a 4-day weekend coming up... just saying.

[Cadeez]

There is another way...albeit a more expensive way upfront, and potentially painful... But if you really want Natty Brown, you could always find a ZHP with NB interior, do the interior swap and resell the car. This has actually crossed my mind a couple times recently, I've come across two ZHP's locally with NB interior, I seriously debated buying the car and swapping the interior out. I had NB in my last ZHP, and didn't realize what a unicorn it was until after I sold it. Worst mistake ever.

[BimmerDude]

Lseat.com has both front and rear seats...

Rear
https://www.lseat.com/products/1999-...vers-rear.html
Front
https://www.lseat.com/products/1998-...ers-front.html

[704sw]

Lseat.com has both front and rear seats...

Rear
https://www.lseat.com/products/1999-...vers-rear.html
Front
https://www.lseat.com/products/1998-...ers-front.html

Maybe a stupid question (as I'm unfamiliar with Lseat), but does anyone know how the quality is? I'm seeing a color close to E90 Saddle Brown (Lseat brown), which could be a game changer if the quality is good.

[nextelbuddy]

Lseat.com has both front and rear seats...

Rear
https://www.lseat.com/products/1999-...vers-rear.html
Front
https://www.lseat.com/products/1998-...ers-front.html

So I saw them on ebay... not sure if their intention is to match factory colors or not.

do you think the BROWN they have is better or the TAN?

[az3579]

So I saw them on ebay... not sure if their intention is to match factory colors or not.

do you think the BROWN they have is better or the TAN?

If you're going for the NB look, neither of those look like a good match, unfortunately.

[nextelbuddy]

i found a few recyclers that have the front seats but they are standard seats not sport lol. would be nice t know if i could snag those and reuse the seat covers and install on sport seats.. im sure they wont fit though with the increased bolster sizes in sport seats.

[NYRhockey]

0926161541 by botond.pal, on Flickr

Did you get a new shifter boot? it looks "fluffier" and like leather instead of alcantara

[brettbimmer]

Just going to add a few more natty brown pics to this thread. ;-) This was after some Coby magic too.