Interior Rejuvination

[742002]

Started work on fitting the new Z3 M seats into the car. Unfortunately the old mounts make the seats sit far too high. Being at 6'2" my head was going straight out of the sunroof. That all meant that the seat mounts had to come out. This would end up being a very good thing after I had them out, pictures will tell the story. Here is the floor with the mounts out:

Tyrel

[742002]

Now for the pictures that will tell the story of why it was so good that I took the seat mounts out. I would not have found this out if I hadn't pulled them out. Here they are:

Tyrel

[742002]

So I ordered a new front floor and am now waiting on that to come in. In the mean time I have another goodie to install. I want to thank Keith from www.my2002tii.com for the idea on this one. It is a rear view mirror from and E30 with map lights:

I might actually get that headliner in before the summer is over...

See you all at V@V, obviously not with the car,

Tyrel

[Poon]

How hard is it to fit the E30 rear view mirror?

I saw that upgrade on Keith's site as well and was considering it.

-Andrew Poon

[742002]

The mirror is very simple...it goes in the exact same way as the original.

Tyrel

[742002]

The trip to V@V was tons of fun and it gave me some more motivation to get going on my project. My father and I drove down to North Carolina and had a really great time at the show. I ended up buying a new steering wheel for my car:

It is in excellent shape and goes along with the new shift knob very well. Also it should get rid of all of the horn problems I have had with my old steering wheel.

Tyrel

[742002]

So, after all of the excitement of V@V I got home a started trying to mount my Z3 M Coupe seats. I figured out the wiring and then designed and built the mounts. The seats sit at just about the same height as the stock seats in the middle of their setting and are just short of the rear seats when all of the way back. Here are the mounts and seats:

Tyrel

[742002]

It felt so great to get the seat mounts figured out. Now it was time to deal with the rusty passenger floor. I tore the old one out and was very happy to find that my frame rail still looked great underneath. I threw some POR15 on the inside of the frame rail just to try and prevent any possibility of rust getting in there.

Tyrel

[742002]

Now in the past hour or two I have been putting the new floor in. The difference is amazing after looking at the before and after of the floor.

Before:

After:

Tyrel

[742002]

Yes! Finally done with the floors. I thought it was just the passenger side front that was rotten. Silly me. I ended up replacing spots in the front and rear driver's side and the rear passenger side as well. It really does feel great to have it finished. It is all painted now with POR 15 and I used their seam sealer to make sure the new pieces that I welded in would be water tight.

Tyrel

[742002]

I finished painting the underside of the roof and just have to finish wiring in the map lights for the rear view mirror. After that I can truly start putting the headliner in!

Tyrel

[Armond]

What type/brand of rims is that? Good luck with that project.

[742002]

What type/brand of rims is that? Good luck with that project.

Those are the 15 x 7's from Ireland Engineering.

Tyrel

[742002]

Got the map light wiring in and the lights working last night. I also got the dome light put into the roof.

Tyrel

[742002]

Got the headliner hung and glued today. It really wasn't nearly as bad as I thought that it was going to be. It only has one small wrinkle in it, and its in a place that I will never see it. I also got the FatMat thrown in.

Tyrel