e85 two tone interior

M54E85 · 12-29-2017, 08:55 AM

made a two tone interior tan/black actually copied the red/black oem interior color scheme

started from this

removed all interior almost

carpet installed

now the seats , this is how the were with ugly fabric back panel

rear panels removed, useless map pocket delete and fabric with old foam removed

1/4 foam applied and black vinyl attached

assembled seat with black seat control housing :

now to the door panels got black ones

with some magic now matching the seat color

and almost finished product missing one console still

if you have any questions let me know will share with what i know

SDCoupe · 12-29-2017, 10:01 AM

Wow! Good work! Looks great.

M54E85 · 12-29-2017, 11:18 AM

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Wow! Good work! Looks great.

thank you

tecnicaeleven · 12-31-2017, 07:55 AM

bravo

Steeler · 12-31-2017, 08:35 AM

Nice contrast
Consider changing up the brushed aluminum to tie it all together.

inTgr8r · 12-31-2017, 11:09 AM

Very nice!
That looks soooo much nicer.!!!

+1 on changing the alu trim, That would complete this project IMO.

M54E85 · 12-31-2017, 01:37 PM

didnt really thought about the aluminum trim replacement yet as havent seen anything nice besides vinyl wrap, unless someone can share some ideas

Steeler · 12-31-2017, 03:06 PM

Powder Coat
Hydro Graphics

Hammam · 01-02-2018, 07:45 AM

amazing results.

Looks a lot like champagne after the transformation!!
Congratz!

dc_wright · 01-02-2018, 10:49 AM

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Powder Coat
Hydro Graphics

Quite a few options with hydro printing. Possibly one of the lighter wood grains or burl woods would match with the light leather colors....

https://watertransferprinting.com/pr...grain/page/10/

DannysZ4 · 01-31-2018, 09:59 AM

Did you swap in a 6 speed transmission while you were at it? I like the look of the shift knob.

Slalom · 02-02-2018, 08:09 AM

Looks really good. I have an 04 Z4 with the two tone red-black. As I recall, many of the 05's had all black door cards. I really like the two colour look.

Z4JAC · 02-05-2018, 12:14 PM

Looks good! I am in the process of completing the same thing in my coupe. Regarding the door panels, does the leather door card just pop out to where you can swap it onto the black door panels or is there some additional work involved? Not sure if I should get new panels or try vinyl spray.
Thanks!

wdb · 02-05-2018, 12:27 PM

Nice work. Is it just me, or did BMW actually produce interiors like this -- specifically black carpet with lighter colored seats? I see one in the 2006 brochure.

http://www.bmwz4roadster.net/brochur...cc_E85-E86.pdf

M54E85 · 02-05-2018, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Z4JAC

Looks good! I am in the process of completing the same thing in my coupe. Regarding the door panels, does the leather door card just pop out to where you can swap it onto the black door panels or is there some additional work involved? Not sure if I should get new panels or try vinyl spray.
Thanks!

i had a big NO NO when i thought i could do the leather panel swap from tan to black door panel its honestly impossible without ruining the door panel as leather panel is melted all over the perimeter and around speaker and door latch into door panel like continuos plastic weld

M54E85 · 02-05-2018, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DannysZ4

Did you swap in a 6 speed transmission while you were at it? I like the look of the shift knob.

no i didnt do a six speed manual gearbox swap all i did is bought manual transmission boot with plastic trim for it and bought aluminum shifter ball from ebay, BTW all electronics is still underneath the manual boot as if you get rid of them everything will work except the M/S mode when you shift manually + and - gears

P.S. i actually have this shifter not used as i upgraded to bigger brushed aluminum ball instead of a chrome

M54E85 · 02-05-2018, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by wdb

Nice work. Is it just me, or did BMW actually produce interiors like this -- specifically black carpet with lighter colored seats? I see one in the 2006 brochure.

http://www.bmwz4roadster.net/brochur...cc_E85-E86.pdf

never seen one in north america i work a lot with used cars, in that brochure it looks like tan interior with black floor mats

Huz-Z · 02-26-2018, 01:51 PM

I think that cars manufactured for Europe were available in a range of flashier colors and interior treatments, including two tone, that the North American market never saw.

vbelsky · 03-19-2018, 06:07 PM

Looks great! Should have 6-speed swapped though

M54E85 · 04-12-2018, 07:21 PM

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Looks great! Should have 6-speed swapped though

i thought about it but during season i drive a lot (150-200km a day) and hwy traffic kills all the joy and my left leg hates me

innevets · 04-21-2018, 08:23 AM

More details on the manual boot?? Looks great. I'm not fully understanding why the M/S option doesn't work??

M54E85 · 07-08-2018, 07:03 PM

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More details on the manual boot?? Looks great. I'm not fully understanding why the M/S option doesn't work??

M/S fully works you just have to transfer all electronics from underneath automatic bezel as i first run without it and iot worked fine but no m/s after i unclipped that PRND light and small electronic board from bezel and just connect it back and hide it underneath the manual boot and everything was working like before just you have that manual look

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