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    E46 ZHP sedan beige and black interior swap, combo, upgrade

    So I finally finished my two-tone interior swap/mod/upgrade. It took a lot longer than I expected. Maybe about 3 weeks working on it 2-8 hours a day. A lot of down time at the start waiting for Dremel batteries to recharge, though.

    I followed this post: http://www.diymybmw.com/e46/dyeing-l...tone-interior/

    I mostly just Dremeled out the plastic welds that connect each panel together for the entire door card. Each one has 25-35 to cut out (front have more than rear) and the Dremel battery would get me through about 15-25 each time.

    Then I would clamp the pieces together, align the plastic welds, and rebuild them with some epoxy putty.

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    Once the putty was in I'd screw the pieces together.


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    His: 05 330 ZHP Imola Red - 07 Z4 M Coupe Imola Red
    Hers: 04 330i ZSP
    2004 325 M56 Steel Blue Metallic - Sold
    Stephen's DD & AutoX/HPDE Build Thread
    Stewart WP - Z4M LCAB - M3 trans/motor mounts - DICE MediageBridge Duo - ARC-8 17x8.5"
    DrVANOS - Mason Engineering Race Strut Bar - E30 Exp. Cap - Custom Black+Beige Interior - M3 Seats
    Bilstein PSS10 - Turner Sway Bars 27/21 - ECST RTAB Limiters - R.E. RSM


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    Oh man, you had me all excited... but then the pics stopped. lol
    Got more?
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    Imolarot / Naturbraun
    2003 330iT / 6MT
    Orientblau / Naturbraun




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    A few "before" photos.

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    After finishing, I didn't know which combo I liked best, so I drove around with both for about a week, even though I made up my mind pretty quick.

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    And the final result!

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    His: 05 330 ZHP Imola Red - 07 Z4 M Coupe Imola Red
    Hers: 04 330i ZSP
    2004 325 M56 Steel Blue Metallic - Sold
    Stephen's DD & AutoX/HPDE Build Thread
    Stewart WP - Z4M LCAB - M3 trans/motor mounts - DICE MediageBridge Duo - ARC-8 17x8.5"
    DrVANOS - Mason Engineering Race Strut Bar - E30 Exp. Cap - Custom Black+Beige Interior - M3 Seats
    Bilstein PSS10 - Turner Sway Bars 27/21 - ECST RTAB Limiters - R.E. RSM


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    Overall I'm quite happy with it. I messed up the passenger rear door arm rest a bit... there's a slight gap there, but I doubt you'd notice it when actually sitting in the car.

    Total cost was about $130. $65 for the door cards from two different cars at Pick n Pull. The rest was for screws, washers, epoxy putty.

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    The black on beige door cards are available for sale if anybody wants them!


    His: 05 330 ZHP Imola Red - 07 Z4 M Coupe Imola Red
    Hers: 04 330i ZSP
    2004 325 M56 Steel Blue Metallic - Sold
    Stephen's DD & AutoX/HPDE Build Thread
    Stewart WP - Z4M LCAB - M3 trans/motor mounts - DICE MediageBridge Duo - ARC-8 17x8.5"
    DrVANOS - Mason Engineering Race Strut Bar - E30 Exp. Cap - Custom Black+Beige Interior - M3 Seats
    Bilstein PSS10 - Turner Sway Bars 27/21 - ECST RTAB Limiters - R.E. RSM


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    Quote Originally Posted by az3579 View Post
    Oh man, you had me all excited... but then the pics stopped. lol
    Got more?

    you were too fast!


    His: 05 330 ZHP Imola Red - 07 Z4 M Coupe Imola Red
    Hers: 04 330i ZSP
    2004 325 M56 Steel Blue Metallic - Sold
    Stephen's DD & AutoX/HPDE Build Thread
    Stewart WP - Z4M LCAB - M3 trans/motor mounts - DICE MediageBridge Duo - ARC-8 17x8.5"
    DrVANOS - Mason Engineering Race Strut Bar - E30 Exp. Cap - Custom Black+Beige Interior - M3 Seats
    Bilstein PSS10 - Turner Sway Bars 27/21 - ECST RTAB Limiters - R.E. RSM


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    Damn. That looks fantastic! Light Beige 2 leather interiors should have come that way from the factory.

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    Looks real good

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    Good job.

    Personally I think a beige airbag cover would flow better. And it would match the rear.

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    His - 2004 Imola Red / Alcantara 330i | 6MT | ZHP |

    Her's - 2005 Black Sapphire Metallic / Black Leather 330i | 6MT | ZHP |

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWCurves View Post
    Damn. That looks fantastic! Light Beige 2 leather interiors should have come that way from the factory.
    This.
    Quote Originally Posted by Vas View Post
    Good job.

    Personally I think a beige airbag cover would flow better. And it would match the rear.

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    And this.

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    2005 330i ZHP / 6MT
    Imolarot / Naturbraun
    2003 330iT / 6MT
    Orientblau / Naturbraun




    It's not the car you drive, it's how you drive it.

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