Montego Blue E86 is Long Gone - Z4MC Diff Rebuild

[Jameszy]

Great thread! What products did you use on the seats to clean and repair the cracking?

To clean:

AutoGlym's Interior Shampoo
Leather Brush
Drill attachment

Restoration:

I chose a furniture clinic kit with colour matched dye
This leather preserver after cleaning and restoring the leather

Did you buy the "Easy Restoration Kit"? They sell a few, trying to find out which one I need!

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Easy_ ... ration_Kit

[lucasxdiniz]

Great thread! What products did you use on the seats to clean and repair the cracking?

To clean:

AutoGlym's Interior Shampoo
Leather Brush
Drill attachment

Restoration:

I chose a furniture clinic kit with colour matched dye
This leather preserver after cleaning and restoring the leather

Did you buy the "Easy Restoration Kit"? They sell a few, trying to find out which one I need!

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Easy_ ... ration_Kit

It was something else, it came with a bunch of coloured dyes in case I wanted to tweak the colour. But that kit is all you need really.

[Jameszy]

To clean:

AutoGlym's Interior Shampoo
Leather Brush
Drill attachment

Restoration:

I chose a furniture clinic kit with colour matched dye
This leather preserver after cleaning and restoring the leather

Did you buy the "Easy Restoration Kit"? They sell a few, trying to find out which one I need!

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Easy_ ... ration_Kit

It was something else, it came with a bunch of coloured dyes in case I wanted to tweak the colour. But that kit is all you need really.

Sorry to ask - I thought you did a great job, I bought the "Easy Repair" one which didn't really work as well, so am trying to track the right one down!

Was it this one?

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Repair_Kit

There's another one which has an aerosol for painting it?

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Colourant_Kit

[lucasxdiniz]

Sorry to ask - I thought you did a great job, I bought the "Easy Repair" one which didn't really work as well, so am trying to track the right one down!

Was it this one?

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Repair_Kit

Yes, that's exactly what I used! Perfect results for me as you've seen.

[Belly38]

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My Montego coupe with half Montego leather, having trouble getting leather dye for it.
They do it in the States but not too popular over here

[lucasxdiniz]

Just wanted to share some photos of the car now that it is very clean for the first time since I finished all the recent mods.

A week after getting the alignment done, I went on a driving trip to Cornwall with two Z4 friends. After some 700 miles of hard driving I can honestly say I know how it handles now with the new mods and geo and I am extremely pleased with it.



Brake upgrade to come as soon as I can afford one!



Once I got back I did an oil service, flushed the brakes with new Motul 660 fluid and changed the gearbox oil. Changing the gearbox oil didn't do much in my E85 (although it was a noticeable improvement), in the E86, however, it's very noticeable and gear shifts are very smooth now, especially 1st gear.

Then I detailed the paintwork. Compound, polish and wax all by hand; the colour has a very deep gloss to it even though not all swirls are gone. The car looks fantastic and I honestly couldn't be happier with it.

[AlphaEchoAlpha]

Fantastic thread and lovely result with how the car sits now! Looks very clean without the front numberplate

[Mr Tidy]

Your car is looking better than ever Lucas - hopefully I'll see it in the metal on Sunday.

And it looks like you had some good company for your Cornwall trip!

[ColinBR]

Stunning car there and a testiment to your work in getting it to where its now at.

Theres just something about getting things the way you want and doing the jobs yourself you cant beat.

[tee.gilding]

Your coupe is looking epic!

[thegreatestben]

Great thread, inspirational stuff!

[Z4C_er]

Great thread! What products did you use on the seats to clean and repair the cracking?

To clean:

AutoGlym's Interior Shampoo
Leather Brush
Drill attachment

Restoration:

I chose a furniture clinic kit with colour matched dye
This leather preserver after cleaning and restoring the leather

Sorry to bring this up again, but did you use any other pre-cleaner preparation before applying the colourant, like IPA? Also, how is it holding up since January?

[lucasxdiniz]

Sorry to bring this up again, but did you use any other pre-cleaner preparation before applying the colourant, like IPA? Also, how is it holding up since January?

No, I didn't. That post was made in January, the seat refurb was over a year ago and 12k miles. It's holding up alright, not perfect, but plenty of dye left to touch up as required.

[Z4C_er]

Sorry to bring this up again, but did you use any other pre-cleaner preparation before applying the colourant, like IPA? Also, how is it holding up since January?

No, I didn't. That post was made in January, the seat refurb was over a year ago and 12k miles. It's holding up alright, not perfect, but plenty of dye left to touch up as required.

Thanks Lucas!

[JoshsZ4M]

It’s looking so good now Lucas