Ditto on the speakers, what the heck is goin on there? Never seen anything like that!option00002 wrote:Neat example. The interior is definately going through an identity crisis, but is nonetheless exceptionally clean. I would love to see a shot of those speakers/fan and speaker on the kick panel. The exterior looks the ballz!
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Yes, i was told it originlly had beige cloth seats.C.R. Krieger wrote:Based on the door panels and lower dash, it appears your car once had Pearl beige seats. Looks good overall. You should like it.
We do have 'one of us' in Perth, if you've seen a white 635 or 535 around. He visited with a number of us in the US (including me) a couple of years ago. Dean hasn't shown up here lately, so if you see him, tell him to check back in once in awhile.
Well i regret mentioning them now, as the mounts are a temporary situation to get some decent speakers in there (which have a very deep basket). The right side is a fibreglass box trimmed with carpet that is molded to the footwell but it's not very nice to look at. The left side is just a number of circles of 16mm MDF on a ply base painted black/with carpet. As a first time at fibreglassing i did a couple of different versions which took so long that i gave up on form just to have function which is why the left is sooooo budgetRoberto wrote:Ditto on the speakers, what the heck is goin on there? Never seen anything like that!option00002 wrote:Neat example. The interior is definately going through an identity crisis, but is nonetheless exceptionally clean. I would love to see a shot of those speakers/fan and speaker on the kick panel. The exterior looks the ballz!
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The car was first owned and modified by the head mechanic (at the time) of Auto Classic, the BMW dealership here in Perth. I think it was actually his wife's car and he did a great job with it and maintaining it to a high level.mooseheadm5 wrote:Lose the ///M badge. That is not an M-Technic body kit. It is a Pebra body kit.
Looks like a nice car, though.
As I said I would love to see a close up shot of the fan.bradwood wrote:Well i regret mentioning them now, as the mounts are a temporary situation to get some decent speakers in there (which have a very deep basket). The right side is a fibreglass box trimmed with carpet that is molded to the footwell but it's not very nice to look at. The left side is just a number of circles of 16mm MDF on a ply base painted black/with carpet. As a first time at fibreglassing i did a couple of different versions which took so long that i gave up on form just to have function which is why the left is sooooo budgetRoberto wrote:Ditto on the speakers, what the heck is goin on there? Never seen anything like that!option00002 wrote:Neat example. The interior is definately going through an identity crisis, but is nonetheless exceptionally clean. I would love to see a shot of those speakers/fan and speaker on the kick panel. The exterior looks the ballz!
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I could get shallower components at some point but the Blau's are nice and i dont want them to go to waste
Maybe it looks like a fan because of the speakers grills ?!?
Whatever, mate, it's your car. While you are at it, why not call it an Alpina or a Hartge or a Dinan? Hell, badge it an M1.bradwood wrote:Anyway, although it may not be accurate the badge stays as it's there. That might offend the purists but that's my viewmooseheadm5 wrote:That is not an M-Technic body kit. It is a Pebra body kit.
Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback.option00002 wrote: As I said I would love to see a close up shot of the fan.
And it appears you have sacrificed your dead pedal for the sake of a speaker. I would throw some bass in the truck, components in the front and enjoy my dead pedal.
Nevertheless it's still a very pretty car.
Ok, i've edited the first post to reflect your feedback and i appreciate your info.mooseheadm5 wrote:Whatever, mate, it's your car. While you are at it, why not call it an Alpina or a Hartge or a Dinan? Hell, badge it an M1.
He wouldn't have much use for the dead pedal since it is RHD. For the most part, that foot will be on the accelerator.option00002 wrote:
And it appears you have sacrificed your dead pedal for the sake of a speaker. I would throw some bass in the truck, components in the front and enjoy my dead pedal.
Nevertheless it's still a very pretty car.
Good point!mooseheadm5 wrote:He wouldn't have much use for the dead pedal since it is RHD. For the most part, that foot will be on the accelerator.option00002 wrote:
And it appears you have sacrificed your dead pedal for the sake of a speaker. I would throw some bass in the truck, components in the front and enjoy my dead pedal.
Nevertheless it's still a very pretty car.
Not REALLY necessary, my friend. He's not passing it off as anything other than it is and he's very upfront about it. Since he's, what, 9,000 miles away, it's hardly likely to ever offend you in person ...mooseheadm5 wrote:Whatever, mate, it's your car. While you are at it, why not call it an Alpina or a Hartge or a Dinan? Hell, badge it an M1.bradwood wrote:Anyway, although it may not be accurate the badge stays as it's there. That might offend the purists but that's my viewmooseheadm5 wrote:That is not an M-Technic body kit. It is a Pebra body kit.
It's alright, no harm done.As, I am sure, you could worldwide. There are three schools of thought:Alpinweiß wrote:By the way, over here, you could buy an M badge at almost any BMW dealership back in the days.
Well put! I am in the 3rd school of thought also.C.R. Krieger wrote:As, I am sure, you could worldwide. There are three schools of thought:Alpinweiß wrote:By the way, over here, you could buy an M badge at almost any BMW dealership back in the days.
The 'M Purists' (like my friend mooseheadm5, here) would only allow ///M logos on cars built by BMW's M division. Even BMW has muddied that concept by building such cars as an early 318ti with an '///M' package on it.
The opposite are folks who would slap an ///M on a Hyundai, along with an Acura 'R' and some 'turbo' badges lifted from somewhere. They view them as mere decorations.
As in almost everything, I have a moderate view that says the ///M is a logo signifying support for the Motorsport division. There is a separate and distinct logo for the model names including ///M3, ///M5, and ///M6. I would not haphazardly put them on my car because it strongly implies that it is something it isn't. But hanging an ///M on it doesn't bother me at all, any more than it does BMW when they sell one.
One can purchase any badge for any BMW at the dealer.C.R. Krieger wrote:As, I am sure, you could worldwide. There are three schools of thought:Alpinweiß wrote:By the way, over here, you could buy an M badge at almost any BMW dealership back in the days.
The 'M Purists' (like my friend mooseheadm5, here) would only allow ///M logos on cars built by BMW's M division. Even BMW has muddied that concept by building such cars as an early 318ti with an '///M' package on it.
The opposite are folks who would slap an ///M on a Hyundai, along with an Acura 'R' and some 'turbo' badges lifted from somewhere. They view them as mere decorations.
loll what a loser, get over your M badge arguments. Go lose your IS badge.mooseheadm5 wrote:One can purchase any badge for any BMW at the dealer.C.R. Krieger wrote:As, I am sure, you could worldwide. There are three schools of thought:Alpinweiß wrote:By the way, over here, you could buy an M badge at almost any BMW dealership back in the days.
The 'M Purists' (like my friend mooseheadm5, here) would only allow ///M logos on cars built by BMW's M division. Even BMW has muddied that concept by building such cars as an early 318ti with an '///M' package on it.
The opposite are folks who would slap an ///M on a Hyundai, along with an Acura 'R' and some 'turbo' badges lifted from somewhere. They view them as mere decorations.
The M should indeed mean that the car was graced with M-technic parts or tuning from the factory. When I was younger, I thought it would be cool to have an M on a non-M machine. Now, I believe that there is nothing wrong with hanging any M part on a car that you would like, but the badge makes it seem as though the car is being portrayed as something that it is not. Why bother? I could take a 528e and build a car that will whip my M5 all day long, but I wouldn't hang an M badge on it no matter how many M-tech parts I hung on the car. It just makes me thing of all the rice boys out there with "Type R" emblazoned all over a US market base model Honda. It is a bit disingenuous (not that you placed the M on your car.)
Cars like the 318ti M sport are not muddying the concept in my opinion. They were sent from the factory equipped with parts made especially for M-technic. They had M-tech cloth interior, M-tech suspension tuning, M-tech wheels, and M-tech aerodynamic body parts. The special M-sport cars only had a tiny little 1cm tall M on the belt molding. It was sold as a 318ti Sport, not an M318ti.
Oddly, the 850CSi had every right to an M badge, but they left it off for whatever reason.
