What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[Brandon002]

Vinyl is actually going to be more permanent than paint when it comes to interior trim. It will resist scratches better, will stretch a bit to expand and contract under different temperatures and overall will just hold up better.

So I'd say Vinyl is the way to go. Paint is going to need touch up, scratch repair etc..

[tmv]

RB, I have been thinking about doing 2-tone interior for my iS. I think either silver or Imola red door inserts, with Brush Black trim. If and when I decide to do so, I'll let you know.

[Ricky Bobby]

Tam that would look awesome, I was actually thinking what if you did the door pieces and the dash pieces by the steering wheel in the same silver or imola, then do the console, ashtray and rear cupholder brush black?

Would keep the trims at eye level in one color and then the console etc be your other tone. The possibilities are endless!

Going to order myself an E39 retrofit illuminated leather shift knob kit from Tischer to put in with my UUC SSK, and new 5 spd insert as I don't want m badge. That will hold me over till I do my trims

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Going to order myself an E39 retrofit illuminated leather shift knob kit from Tischer to put in with my UUC SSK, and new 5 spd insert as I don't want m badge. That will hold me over till I do my trims

Hopefully the retrofit will come with the correct color LEDs. I did the retrofit about 14 years ago and the lighter yellow LEDs (like in the M5 and 4.8is) clashed with the red in the 540. I couldn't stand it.

I took the shifter apart:






See the stock LEDs


Soldered new LED's:


And got a red pattern to match the dash!


Good luck!

[ukrcan]

Thanks to mr. pnoyako85 i now have 4.8is exhaust on my car

[puddinboo]

that looks sweet

[Ricky Bobby]

The tips look crooked in the pic showing straight on in your driveway, but it might just be the pic.

Prop, I'm looking to do this knob in my X5 but tough to tell what kind of illumination, the picture looks red, I have to do more research and cross reference part numbers, what cars had red illumination besides your 540?

M-Tech Illuminated Gear Knob

This is the cross reference when the part # in that link is ran on RealOEM, I looked at the pics in the link again and it does look red illuminated:

E30: Details on E30
E30 318i Convertible

E32: Details on E32
E32 735i Sedan

E34: Details on E34
E34 M5 3.6 Sedan
E34 525i Sedan
E34 530i Sedan
E34 535i Sedan

E36: Details on E36
E36 M3 Sedan
E36 M3 Convertible
E36 318i Convertible
E36 318i Sedan
E36 318is Coupe
E36 320i Sedan
E36 323i Coupe
E36 323i Convertible
E36 325i Sedan
E36 325i Convertible
E36 325is Coupe
E36 328i Coupe
E36 328i Convertible
E36 328i Sedan
E36 M3 Coupe

Z3: Details on Z3
Z3 Z3 M Roadster
Z3 Z3 M Coupe

[ukrcan]

Originally Posted by puddinboo

that looks sweet

Thanks

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

The tips look crooked in the pic showing straight on in your driveway, but it might just be the pic.

Yes, you are correct... installer had to redo the pipes, looks much better now... it has been rather cold here to take another pic... i will post an updated one with the sound clip hopefully shortly...

[pezho405]

I did this.




In south charlotte i had the roads all to myself yesterday.. yet to go out again today:




I had such a great time driving around and Valit Bokom

[J.Belknap]

Drove to work through a foot of snow. VDOT should pay me for clearing the road with the 315's