Touring International

[Earl]

Picked up more parts from the dealer on Friday. Was pretty impressed with the unboxing experience for the HVAC panel





New versus old

[Earl]

I installed my new license plate mounting plugs, screws, and washers yesterday. The old ones were left in when the trunk was resprayed. I have a feeling the whole hatch will be resprayed when the car goes back to paint so I will make sure to remove all of the trunk handle inserts and the license plate mounting plugs so they don't just spray over them again. I do need to figure out the correct part number for the license plate screw plastic caps. They're a bit bigger than the interior screw caps.*

I also finally finished a project that I have been working on for 2 years off and on. I*set it aside and forgot about it countless times when it made me angry and wasn't turning out great.*



I can post in process pictures that I took along the way if anyone is interested in what I all did.

[Minuki]

I've wanted to do this for the longest time, I even have spare bit of trim.

How do you plan on opening the boot?

[Earl]

I've wanted to do this for the longest time, I even have spare bit of trim.

How do you plan on opening the boot?

I'm wiring a door lock actuator up to a trunk release button=) It's super simple since wiring is only two wires and the original linkage for the latch fits right into the end of the actuator.

[Earl]

Definitely love how this came out

[Falco_e36]

looks great! now you made me think about doing the same thing to my compact

p.s. I started following you on instagram so I don't miss any progress

[Earl]

Progress over this past week has mostly been chipping away at undercoating removal by hand. I have the center portion stripped all the way to the gas tank area and half of a floorboard/rocker completed.

I did get some time to remove the fabric covered sunroof shuttle so that I can take the headliner, A pillars, shuttle, and drivers seat to the upholsterer.


I also got my front subframe, crossbar, fuel line cover and window tracks back from powdercoat


Lastly, a friend of mine made me a render of what my car will look like once I finally finish it. Enjoy=)

[lordicon232]

It is going to be epic when it is done. Amazing work!!!!

You should have just ordered the entire car in parts from BMW and assembled it yourself.....

[Steven_318ti]

Mate that chop is great, very subtle, its nice getting new parts to freshen everything up isnt it il hopefully have an update this weekend, fingers crossed...

[Earl]

I cleaned the sunroof tracking on Saturday (no pictures of that as my phone died before I finished) and removed the side pieces from the sunroof to replace them.


I also cleaned the underside of the sunroof and noticed the edge of the vinyl sheet is peeling up. I'm not quite sure what would be the best thing to adhere it back to the sunroof. I had though about replacing it but I don't see it listed as a part in the diagrams on realoem.com

[Earl]

Worked on cleaning the headliner, sunroof motor cover, and sun roof shuttle last night so I can drop them off at the upholsterer.

Removing the old foam and adhesive from the sunroof shuttle was an absolute nightmare and I still need to clean it with soap and water to be finished

[Nixxon]

What did you use to clean the glue with? I have something similar to do (well, it's a task I have been avoiding for 5 years :-) ).

[Earl]

I used a stiff plastic scraper, a jug of lacquer thinner, and a roll of shop towels

[Benwalsh91]

just done all 40 pages, insane level of detail you have gone to on this.

putting everyone else to shame.

keep up the good work and i can't wait to see it.

try and get it out for sowo/euroexp (or whatever people are calling it these days) so that i can see it when i come over.

[Earl]

I picked up the headliner bits and drivers seat from the upholsterer yesterday. He did a phenomenal job. I will get some decent pics today while it is light out as it was late when I got home with them. I will also attempt to install the headliner today if someone is home to give me a hand.

Other than that I finally got a set of rear bumper shocks and a passenger window. The window should be going in today and I am just cleaning up the bumper shocks before installing them.

I've also been working on a little side project for the car that I want to keep under wraps until it is completed. It should be pretty neat once done