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What have you done to your car today?

Not familiar with the interior, more inspired by E89 Valencia trim

enuff_zed said:
Rldee007 said:
I did share this on FB but I thought I'll add here too. I had my interior retrimmed: seats, door cards and all gaiters.

Just need to do the steering wheel now :D
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Inspired by the E89 VO Pure Traction design? Or just coincidence?
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Varies pending what you get done, I would suggest starting price £1,200 for doors and cards and allow 4 to 6 days from Tappers in Birmingham but it varies a lot from timing and costs between companies.


Big Andra said:
Rldee007 said:
I did share this on FB but I thought I'll add here too. I had my interior retrimmed: seats, door cards and all gaiters.

Just need to do the steering wheel now :D
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They look really good 👍🏻 what sort of costs are involved in something like that? I've toyed with the idea before, but never done anything about it.
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True-Blue said:
SonnyA85 said:
True-Blue said:
I’m going to give it a full machine polish & correction, but mainly focused on getting it mechanically sorted so far :thumbsup:
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i bought a cheap polisher off aldi but people are saying it spins too fast and to only use it on speed 1 otherwise friction will burn the paint. i now plan on just using it for waxing the car after a clay bar. i think clay is enough to sort out the minor issue of stuff stuck to the car. the paint i'm not overly bothered about. i may invest in a proper DA polisher in future but it's probably better off just spending the few quid extra and getting it professionally done. polishers aren't cheap the decent ones and you normally need 2 of them as well to do the smaller parts.
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On what basis is it better off spending a few extra quid to pay a professional?

I’ve got two machines and have corrected many cars, I’d have spent a fortune paying a professional to do them and missed out on the satisfaction of doing it myself.
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if you are doing multiple cars then sure DIY makes perfect sense, it's not the case for me but a one off then it's why for me it would likley be better just getting a pro to do it rather than spend £400+ on all the stuff needed to do it once properly.
 
[ref]Rldee007[/ref], looks fresh! The Valencia Orange / Pure Traction design has always worked for me. One thing I can’t quite get my head round are the door cards, specifically the leather panels. Got any close ups on those?
 
Barty said:
[ref]Rldee007[/ref], looks fresh! The Valencia Orange / Pure Traction design has always worked for me. One thing I can’t quite get my head round are the door cards, specifically the leather panels. Got any close ups on those?
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As my car is grey (I normally get cars with vibrant or bright colours) I wanted to spice it up. I wasn't happy with the dark interior and the standard seats weren't "sexy" enough. The orange works well with the grey and picks-up and highlights the orange indicator features.

What do you specifically want to see?
The split line car rearward of the handle is pretty much the same but due to the continue of this split sew but the grey curves up. Retrospectively I would of continued the grey down to the original split line as it looks a little busy. I can live with it because it is quite subtle in a busy part of the door.

I do love it and think it was money well spent.
 

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Understand your retrospective idea of continuing the grey along the split; it’s what I was wondering about :thumbsup: It’s a part of the door that’s mostly covered by the dash when closed anyway, and doesn’t look bad :wink:
 
Barty said:
Understand your retrospective idea of continuing the grey along the split; it’s what I was wondering about :thumbsup: It’s a part of the door that’s mostly covered by the dash when closed anyway, and doesn’t look bad :wink:
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Thank you, but doesn't look like train wreck and like you said it is semi hidden when the door is closed.
 
Yesterday washed the car and got rid of the Sahara and hoovered the hood, made a big difference. Cleaned in under the hood window, got out lots of muck and cleaned away the green with a tooth brush. Hoovered the interior and buffed it up. Started waxing the outside, got the bonnet and boot done then it rained, oh well, do the rest another day. :thumbsup:
 
Jameszy said:
Rinsed, jetted, foamed, 2 bucketed, clay barred, polished and waxed. Even got the interior looking back to its truer “champagne” condition.

Booked in this week for discs, pads and brake hoses all round together with front wishbones and track rod ends and finally gearbox and diff fluids.

Then will be off to Cornwall, and then the Lakes the weekend after. Can’t wait.
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Cars looking very good, James :thumbsup:
 
Cleaned it ready for Sunday. Then took it down to Seaton for a walk on the beach and a half. Came out Z4 covered from stern to bow in sea gull poop. :cry: :headbang: :headbang: :shutup:
 
craig3.2 said:
Jameszy said:
Rinsed, jetted, foamed, 2 bucketed, clay barred, polished and waxed. Even got the interior looking back to its truer “champagne” condition.

Booked in this week for discs, pads and brake hoses all round together with front wishbones and track rod ends and finally gearbox and diff fluids.

Then will be off to Cornwall, and then the Lakes the weekend after. Can’t wait.
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Cars looking very good, James :thumbsup:
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Cheers mate - been to Germany and back since I posted for a few laps of the 'ring. Car is feeling much, much better for reworked suspension and decent alignment.

Hope you are keeping well
 
Jameszy said:
craig3.2 said:
Jameszy said:
Rinsed, jetted, foamed, 2 bucketed, clay barred, polished and waxed. Even got the interior looking back to its truer “champagne” condition.

Booked in this week for discs, pads and brake hoses all round together with front wishbones and track rod ends and finally gearbox and diff fluids.

Then will be off to Cornwall, and then the Lakes the weekend after. Can’t wait.
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Cars looking very good, James :thumbsup:
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Cheers mate - been to Germany and back since I posted for a few laps of the 'ring. Car is feeling much, much better for reworked suspension and decent alignment.

Hope you are keeping well
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That would have been good fun.
Plan on doing the Ring at some point in the future,if fuel prices ever get back to sensible prices again, lol

Yeah,not doing too bad.
Hopefully see you at a meet,The National etc again sometime :driving:
 
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