 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  02-24-2008, 05:13 AM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 18 |  Silly question
I will be doing an engine swap in the following weeks and I found a smashed M-Coupe (rear ended).
The scrap yard wants to sell me the whole car. I figured I could use the engine and front brakes but then I wondered if I can retrofit the dash and center console in the TI. Did anybody thought of doing that ? |  |  | | 02-24-2008, 05:16 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
i really doubt it | | | | | 02-24-2008, 05:43 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
it would be a first  the coupe / roadster console and dash are quite nice actually and a bit compacty also  __________________ 
Vin Number decode and Retrofit Pdfs Available Free ! Just PM  | | | | | 02-24-2008, 05:47 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, OHIO Posts: 332 |
I think you would have a problem fiting the coupe dash in the car. I know the sedan will work but i dont think the coupe would without some fabrication.. i also dont think the console will work at all but im not sure.. __________________
99 black ti sport | | | | | 02-24-2008, 06:51 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
im confuzlled here  again is it from an e36 or a Z3 he is getting hold of? __________________
Vin Number decode and Retrofit Pdfs Available Free ! Just PM | | | | | 02-24-2008, 07:16 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
Quote: Originally Posted by johnnya  I found a smashed M-Coupe (rear ended). | Quote: Originally Posted by Mallard is it from an e36 or a Z3 he is getting hold of? | he said M-coupe, I think the dashboards are the same between the Z3 and M-coupe | | | | | 02-24-2008, 07:26 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
thats what i thought its just Bloodsrun that threw me off __________________
Vin Number decode and Retrofit Pdfs Available Free ! Just PM | | | | | 02-24-2008, 09:38 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, OHIO Posts: 332 |
sorry guys my bad. lol __________________
99 black ti sport | | | | | 02-24-2008, 10:29 PM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 18 |
yes it is the M-Coupe like the Z3. And the interior are very similar | | | | | 02-25-2008, 08:53 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
Yeah it might be possible, but i think the roadster dash leans out a but more to the windshield. COMPACT  ROADSTER  __________________
Vin Number decode and Retrofit Pdfs Available Free ! Just PM | | | | | 02-25-2008, 09:09 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
that would be sweet if you could make it work! __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 02-25-2008, 11:02 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
what color was the interior in the m-coupe? I love the way those dash's look in two-tone | | | | | 02-25-2008, 11:33 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
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Vin Number decode and Retrofit Pdfs Available Free ! Just PM | | | | | 02-26-2008, 12:00 AM | #14 | | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 |
I bet it's possible with a little cutting, grinding and sanding. But wouldn't it be a royal PITA to wire in all of the new switches and connect the vents. Even with a standard e36 sedan dash, the vents are shaped different and the HVAC panel is totally differently from ours. I know the sedan dash has been done before, but I've never seen a writeup about the involvement. The shift console as well as the parking brake console will also have to be swapped as ours are slightly narrower. On the sedan dash, the headlight switch is a twist type while ours is a pull type and the foglight switch isn't integrated like ours. The headlight switch is actually mounted to the vent. The Mcoupe and roadster dash's look very similar to ours and would probably be much easier to retrofit into a 318ti than the sedan dash. I say go for it! It would be awesome if this works and like Mallard said, you'ld be the first one. __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | | |
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