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I have been wanting to re-upholster my car since i got it but I was too busy working the exterior. What I want to know is if anyone has had their interior upholstered and if so how much did you pay. I'm looking to do the entire car in black leather with a suede center on the seats. Has anybody priced this at all? The shop says the will charge $1,600.00. Does that sound fair? |  |  | | 02-01-2006, 09:39 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 |
sounds fair to me. __________________
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yeah, it sounds fair | | | | | 02-02-2006, 03:21 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
Checking the leather option on a new car is around that.
Just make sure you know what kind of leather you're getting, and what constitutes the "entire car."
Black & suede sounds pretty awesome. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 02-02-2006, 03:21 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, GA Posts: 1,231 |
I went an talked to the again today now they wanted to raise the price. I'm looking elsewhere. | | | | | 02-02-2006, 03:24 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, GA Posts: 1,231 |
they were going to do the door panels, rear panels and seats. at least for what they told me they were going to do today. last time I talked to them the dash was included. | | | | | 02-03-2006, 03:44 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, GA Posts: 1,231 |
ok. so, today i dropped off the panels and seats to get covered in leather and the guy tells me that the door panels might be too difficult because they are not factory leathered. Does anybody know if the door panels were made in grey leather? I have to know so I can go to BMW and get some if they did make them. | | | | | 02-03-2006, 07:46 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 312 |
They made door cards & rear panels with leather inserts only, the whole panel was never covered in leather from the factory. | | | | | 02-03-2006, 10:57 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Iasi, Romania Posts: 101 |
I am just curios as how hard is it to change the inserts on the panels from cloth to leather compared to a normal e36 considering that ours is a one piece panel and the insert doesn't come off by itself(form what I know). | | | | | 02-04-2006, 07:31 PM | #10 | | Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jamaica Posts: 62 |
| | | | | 02-06-2006, 04:30 AM | #11 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |
GDB on bf.c and i think he's a member here did the fron/rear panels on his ti. From what he told me they just popped right out with a little heat. I will be doing this interior mod to my ti in the spring. http://bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=468690 __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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It's recomended that you put the new insert over the old one. It looks better. | | | | | 03-16-2006, 06:34 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, GA Posts: 1,231 |
what I did is that I made some inserts made out of fiberglass that perfectly fit over the insert on the door panel. I attached them to the door from the inside so you cant see any screws. I wrapped them in perfprated leather and now the look like the came from the factory. I'll post some pics tonight. I also finished the interior so I can post some pics of the whole interior. | | | | |
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