William's 330Ci ZHP Maintenance and Project Thread

[Vas]

Best of luck

[Sockethead]

I just got some of those clips that hold the door cards to the doors a couple of days ago when I swapped my mirror shells The part number for the clips I got were 51-41-1-973-500 These are the proper white clips not the gray ones.

There is a DIY for Eagle Eye LED tail lights on e46f... don't know if that would help you at all

[BMWCurves]

Best of luck

Thanks! I hope the interior turns out to be in as good of shape as the photos look to be. That, and I hope the swap isn't too difficult, but I think I can manage.

I just got some of those clips that hold the door cards to the doors a couple of days ago when I swapped my mirror shells The part number for the clips I got were 51411973500 These are the proper white clips not the gray ones.

There is a DIY for Eagle Eye LED tail lights on e46f... don't know if that would help you at all

There seems to be a fair number of part numbers for these door clips. The numbers I mentioned are what I found to be the most up to date parts according to RealOEM. The larger quantity are white and have a foam washer while the other ones are gray and have a rubber washer. I'm hoping the washers will help eliminate door rattle at least for a little while.

Do you have a link to the Eagle Eye LED repair DIY? I knew there was a guide on E46F that I found a year or two ago, but can't for the life of me find it (my Google-fu is weak recently ). It's too late now to do the repair only, since the set I bought has already shipped, but it would be cool if I could repair the damaged one.

[Sockethead]

I got my clips from the dealership but they didn't have the foam washers

LOL on the DIY because I've had that page open on my iPad for close to year in hopes I'd get around to fixing my eagle eyes

http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=880623

[BMWCurves]

YES! Thank you! That's the one. Yeesh, I spent ages looking for that damn article but now that Google tailors your search, it disappeared.

[BMWCurves]

I drove up to Des Moines, WA today and bought a full Black Nappa leather interior (N5SW) pulled from a 2006 E46 Laguna Seca Blue M3. I'm waiting to hear back from the seller on mileage and VIN of the M3 for my own records, but the interior is in great shape for a 10 year old car! He had the front seats detailed at Seattle BMW and repaired a failed bolster air pump. The front seats are in fantastic condition.

The rear seats have a few more blemishes, but I'm hoping a trip to my local BMW dealership can shed light on someone who can detail them and bring them up to snuff. In particular there is a small scratch on the rear seat bottom on the driver's side that needs to be dyed, the fold down arm rest leather is a bit stretched in a specific point, like someone sat on the seatbelt buckle (the male part connected to the belt) with a lot of weight while it was resting on the seat back, and ditto for one of the lateral pieces (the leather between the seat back and the rear side card). Both side cards have small nick at the top in the "hard" leather and is missing a piece of said leather, but I believe they'll be covered up by the felt/fuzzy trim around the rear windows so the blemishes won't be visible.

If those issues can be remedied cheaply, I'll swap the whole interior!

I also got the Brushed Aluminum Shadow trim (737) that is in decent shape. The trim in front of the passenger on the dash has a broken trim pin (51458266808) bracket so I need to purchase another pin and epoxy it on. The trim over the radio also has a broken bracket that will need to have the same repair completed. The two door handle trims are scuffed a bit toward the rear due to the seatbelt buckle hitting it, but otherwise it's in good shape. The only piece missing is the center console trim. I plan to swap out the door handles and rear arm rests with my Black Cube trim and sell the aluminum trim.

The last big decision is to decide whether or not to swap the speakers currently in my car with the speakers in the M3 door cards. While the speakers out of the M3 are newer ('06 vs my '05), I would wager my speakers are in better shape since my car was previously owned by a married couple for 10 years. I am pretty sure I'll just swap my speakers over to the M3 door cards.

I still plan to purchase new door trim clips for the door to minimize door rattle, 51418224768 (x16) and 51418224781 (x6). Also need to pick up all the parts needed for an oil change (Mann oil change kit (filter, o-ring (big), little o-rings (2x 11427549573), and a crush washer)). Sigh, yet more shopping.

AND the APEX ARC-8 17" group buy opens up in a couple of days so I need to purchase those. Then I'll finally be done with purchases for awhile ("first stage of addiction is denial..." )

[Lorenzo]

Wow. You have quite the extensive project ahead of you. But sounds exciting.

[cakM3]

William, congrats on the ///M interior It shouldn't be too difficult to change out the interior just so you know. I did a complete interior swap on my ///M a few years ago in February of all months and did it in a day... (dash, carpets - front/back, back seats, front seats, and head rests). Just take your time and enjoy the transformation

[BMWCurves]

Wow. You have quite the extensive project ahead of you. But sounds exciting.

Yup, I'm pretty excited!

William, congrats on the ///M interior It shouldn't be too difficult to change out the interior just so you know. I did a complete interior swap on my ///M a few years ago in February of all months and did it in a day... (dash, carpets - front/back, back seats, front seats, and head rests). Just take your time and enjoy the transformation

Glad to hear it wasn't painful, thanks for the confidence. I look forward to doing it once I have all the parts detailed and ready for installation!

[330i Lover]

Sounds exciting! I look forward to seeing the results afterwards. Cheers!