My E36 then and now. - Page 3 - United Bimmer Community

**MidnightRunner** · 02-06-2008, 02:59 PM

What did you do with your old rims?

**pswirley** · 02-06-2008, 03:33 PM

Well after the assole in the monster truck ran me into the curb, I felt lucky to be able to sell them for the 350 I got for them. Especially when you consider I got the new 18's for 300 with tires.

I got paid to go up an inch and have a stock style rim.

I loved the old rims too. Enkei's with a high offset arent easy to find.

Montizzle 325i · 02-06-2008, 08:14 PM

Great transformation buddy. Your car looks awesome and itll look way better when u get some of those other parts on

**pswirley** · 02-06-2008, 09:38 PM

I am getting excited to get them on. Twistys should be here this week. M bumper is at the shop. I am looking forward to it.

**94bmw325i** · 02-07-2008, 04:16 PM

looking good man. I've seen you around on 2 other forums now. I am glad that you are doing something different. My e36 isnt exactly a car for looks

pretty bad paint.

**GreenTourer** · 02-08-2008, 04:37 PM

That's looking schweet! What a difference your mods have made...............

denyo77 · 02-08-2008, 05:15 PM

it's got a stealth look to it...

btw GT welcome back haven't seen you around for a while, what's up?

**pswirley** · 02-08-2008, 07:03 PM

I wrapped the seatbacks in suede today. It looks absolutely incredible over the dyed blue and it ties the door panels in to the car much better. I am very pleased. Then I got home and my M3 skirts had arrived. I will have pictures of the new addition tomorrow.

**pswirley** · 02-09-2008, 06:08 PM

So I finally got bored enough to take my seats apart and wrap the plastic seat backing in suede. I am pleased with the results.

witeshark · 02-09-2008, 06:27 PM

You should be, that looks amazing

**pswirley** · 02-09-2008, 07:14 PM

Some more from a photoshoot today. Just because I am like Montizzle and enjoy whoring my car.

**pswirley** · 02-16-2008, 05:32 PM

My new seatbacks that I had done a week ago. They are witeshark approved.

**reymundo10** · 03-08-2008, 03:15 AM

pswirley, great job man, the car looks absolutely amazing, can't
wait to see the M bumper and some CF parts

btw where did you get the suede material, was it hard to install?

**pswirley** · 03-08-2008, 09:14 AM

The suede stuff is all DIY wrapped. The door panels were very hard to rewrap in suede. It took about 14 hours with me and wife wrapping them for all four. The seatbacks were easy, it took about 2.5 to do the pair and 1.5 of that was taking seats apart and putting them back together. I would recommend finding an upholstery or customs car shop in your area for the material and get a labor quote. This type of project is one that is pretty easy if you know what you are doing and have the correct tools, but it can become disastrous if you dont. I think I paid about $32/yard and used 7 yds of suede. You can find microsuedes or synthetic fabrics for about $12/yd.

**pswirley** · 03-08-2008, 05:14 PM

So today I worked on my car at the shop a little bit. I am in the processing of shaving my jack caps on my new skirts. Ive got the skirts about halfway prepped and ready for paint including the mods I am doing to them. I laid the fiber glass on the back side of the skirt over the jack holes and then next weekend I am going to fill them with Duraglass and sand them down smooth. Then they will be ready for sealer or primer. Then I can start prepping the bumpers that are going on. I dropped the rear end another 10mm today also and then installed Carbon Fiber Kidneys and my new Euro plate. I was inspired by all of the haters and decided to let everyone know that my "Cars Been Hated" or it could play towards the CF I have and am still adding to read "Carbonated". You decide, but thank you haters for the motivation. I <3 Haters.