[ragul]

Oem style 166

[StuKatz]

sTUNNING

[Ed91]

Swapped Style 189 from 193 for a more OEM look.

[6ixSpd]

Originally Posted by ragul

Oem style 166

Looks awesome! I've been hunting for 166 in silver! I have a set in satin black. Hoping to find someone to trade with before I give in and just refinish my set, lol.

[ragul]

Originally Posted by 6ixSpd

Looks awesome! I've been hunting for 166 in silver! I have a set in satin black. Hoping to find someone to trade with before I give in and just refinish my set, lol.

Thanks! Mine were refinished at union rim.

[gpomp]

Here is my daily driver:
2008 328xi
270 wheels with PS4S
3 stage intake manifold with Active Autowerke tune

[Nick.B]

Nice! Monaco Blue? Hard to tell for sure with the lighting.

[1razor1]

Still regret selling mine!

[diulayloemoe604]

Anyone on the west coast selling their e91? I'm located in Vancouver! (LCI & Auto)

[doogee]

Space Grey on Red Brown

417,000KM

[Cyril Sneer]

Originally Posted by doogee

Space Grey on Red Brown

417,000KM

😲

[marrymemercedes]

Is that extended leather?! Amazing. I have red brown too. I’d love to find extended leather

[marrymemercedes]

2010 328ix
Black sapphire metallic with red brown interior. Sport seats
Manual transmission
3SIM and European airbox
Msport rear bumper (still searching for the rest of the kit)
Rear muffler delete (done by PO)
mr12volt for CarPlay

[doogee]

Originally Posted by marrymemercedes

Is that extended leather?! Amazing. I have red brown too. I’d love to find extended leather

I have extended leather in my M3 and always thought it looked how all e90s should. I have a lot of leather dye experience, and found out the same dye used for leather is actually what’s used on plastic and vinyl interior pieces in BMWs, just with extra hardener. So I did it myself while I was retrofitting navigation into the car!

[Runnin'Rich]

I can imagine the beige and grey half tone dashes are paint coloured vinyl
But if someone ordered red-brown extended leather it would actually be leather right?

[doogee]

Originally Posted by Runnin'Rich

I can imagine the beige and grey half tone dashes are paint coloured vinyl
But if someone ordered red-brown extended leather it would actually be leather right?

I’m pretty sure extended leather was only an option on the M3

[marrymemercedes]

Originally Posted by doogee

I have extended leather in my M3 and always thought it looked how all e90s should. I have a lot of leather dye experience, and found out the same dye used for leather is actually what’s used on plastic and vinyl interior pieces in BMWs, just with extra hardener. So I did it myself while I was retrofitting navigation into the car!

Wow. It looks incredible. I have been perusing eBay looking for an extended leather dash and sliding armrest to retrofit. I agree it’s how I thought all e90s should have left the factory. I’ve been reading up on re-dying my seats (sticking with red brown). What dye did you use and did you have to source and mix the hardener in yourself or was it also sold as plastic/vinyl dye?

Top notch work. I was wondering how everything looked so pristine after 400xxxkm. Do you have a build thread?

[doogee]

Originally Posted by marrymemercedes

Wow. It looks incredible. I have been perusing eBay looking for an extended leather dash and sliding armrest to retrofit. I agree it’s how I thought all e90s should have left the factory. I’ve been reading up on re-dying my seats (sticking with red brown). What dye did you use and did you have to source and mix the hardener in yourself or was it also sold as plastic/vinyl dye?

Top notch work. I was wondering how everything looked so pristine after 400xxxkm. Do you have a build thread?

Thanks!

The rest of the interior is actually original. Just taken care of.

I use products from colourlock. It’s the same coating BMW uses. They will premix the dye for you in whatever colour you need. Their hardener is called crosslinker. They have some pretty extensive videos on YouTube or their site with instruction. You’ll also need an HVLP gun to spray with. Never use brush on products, they’ll never last.

But the process is basically, sand, clean, primer, colour, sand, colour, sand, clear coat.

Don’t ever listen to the people that say this doesn’t last. It’s utter non sense. It will last as long or longer than factory. I’ve never had a single failure, and my cars get used.

No build thread since the car wasn’t much of a build haha. And yeah no point looking for 3 series extended leather because it doesn’t exist.

I redye my steering wheels and shift knobs every couple years to keep them looking new though:

[marrymemercedes]

Thanks for the rapid and detailed reply! I’ll look into colourlock. Unfortunately I’m dealing with a few scuffs in the leather from the PO and maybe a few I’ve put in after two cross country moves and countless bike trips in the car.

[doogee]

Originally Posted by marrymemercedes

Thanks for the rapid and detailed reply! I’ll look into colourlock. Unfortunately I’m dealing with a few scuffs in the leather from the PO and maybe a few I’ve put in after two cross country moves and countless bike trips in the car.

Small bits of damage are a great candidate for colourlock leather fresh. It’s a simpler “dab on” and blow dye product that works great for touch up’s. Just not meant for full colour changes etc.

It’s super easy to use, you won’t be disappointed

You’d be looking to order “Rotbraun”

https://www.colourlock.com/Car-Leath...5ZuGtjuUyNujIf

All the professional spray products are listed in the professional category

[marrymemercedes]

Originally Posted by doogee

Small bits of damage are a great candidate for colourlock leather fresh. It’s a simpler “dab on” and blow dye product that works great for touch up’s. Just not meant for full colour changes etc.

It’s super easy to use, you won’t be disappointed

You’d be looking to order “Rotbraun”

https://www.colourlock.com/Car-Leath...5ZuGtjuUyNujIf

All the professional spray products are listed in the professional category

Awesome! Thanks so much for all the help! I’ll post the results after I’m done.

[Runnin'Rich]

Wow your steering wheel before and after is amazing.

Did you use colourlock leather fresh? Or the professional multi step process of sanding etc