Long time BMW owner/BMWCCA member, picking up a '97 2.8 Z3 this week

[e30cabrio]

Passenger seat is in, swapping the frame that has the motors is no fun.

lol

I have the new seatbelt guide but the skin has to come off, I know from the Tundra I'm not going to be able to get it back together without a mess. Really bad design BMW.

Driver side is in, man they are comfy!

Here's the mechanism & rails, they are a single package.

 

[e30cabrio]

What does BMW think people are storing here????

 

[Althulas]

Changing that out for the switch plate instead a lot more useful.

 

[e30cabrio]

I currently have the seat heater switches there, living in Arizona, I don't need seat heaters but it is a ridiculous place for switches IMHO. The M console has seat heater switches & I am moving the wires there.

 

[t-tony]

That's one thing I did really like about my Z3, the seat heat, window and Sport Mode switches were at your finger tips. The E85 Z4 were no where near as good. The E89 is better, but the Sport Mode switch I had to modify.

Tony.

 

[1955Davidr]

Mrs R uses the small cubby for lipsticks!! Won’t let me use them either!

 

[e30cabrio]

This just came!

85mm pulley:

Ready to join the multiple boosted vehicle club!

 

[e30cabrio]

Supersprint is in. Hangers are build your own, no instructions in the box nor online. It sounds & looks great but for 800 bucks I expect better.

 

[e30cabrio]

It's done!

 

[e30cabrio]

Dialing it in & getting the the hood to close & run properly is an adventure, attempt #5, not running right yet.

Dash & the rest of the black interior parts (except carpet) came.

 

[e30cabrio]

Last piece of the puzzle, carpet came!

SC fully tucked in & finally good, now comes the remote tuning. Still need to install the PSB-1.

 

[e30cabrio]

I like my fog lights but to fit the air filter the driver side had to go, not having one so these went in.

Anyone need not cracked but nowhere near new fogs with new LED bulbs?

 

[e30cabrio]

Black plastics cleaned & ready. Waiting for blue sun visors & a header panel that goes under the sunvisors across the inside top of the windshield.

 

[e30cabrio]

Got the 90 degree hose, cut it down & got it pretty well together.

 

[e30cabrio]

It has begun.....

Ran the remote turn on for the sub amp & RCAs to the trunk.

 

[e30cabrio]

Slowly disassembling the interior, all that remains are passenger under dash, dash & carpet.

Proof of concept on the amp complete.

 

[e30cabrio]

Turned out the heater core needs to come out to "properly" r&r the rug. No.

Exhausted, need to figure out the best way to cut the "new" carpet to get it in.

Had to pull, push, pry & cut the rug out, these were the tools.

 

[e30cabrio]

M/3.0 Roadster hard rubber differential bushing.

 

[Esteban]

Fun watching this project evolve!

How much does the carpet weigh?

 

[e30cabrio]

The package was 20 pounds. It is very rigid & hard to move around.

This literally kept me up last night worrying that I would not get it in/get the wires where they needed to be.