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      02-02-2014, 07:29 AM   #1
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finally time for a build thread....

Its taken 6months of frustration, sweat and tears but now that its *nearly* finished I thought its time to upload some pictures of my 1er.
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      02-02-2014, 07:38 AM   #2
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Very nice mate. Good work... Can we get another shot of your centre dash area? What have you done there?
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      02-02-2014, 07:55 AM   #3
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Very nice mate. Good work... Can we get another shot of your centre dash area? What have you done there?
I dont have any great ones but here's a few from my phone. I retrofitted idrive then Its been retrimmed in alcantara. Ill have the binnacle cover and bmwp seats to match it soon. Havent decided what to do with the door cards
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      02-02-2014, 07:57 AM   #4
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1er m conversation?
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      02-02-2014, 07:57 AM   #5
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Very nice. You should be able to get the 1M door cards... I've seen them floating around in FS threads often enough...

If you do that though, You're gonna need to do the rear seats coz they'll be the only red left, right?
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1er m conversation?
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Very nice. You should be able to get the 1M door cards... I've seen them floating around in FS threads often enough...

If you do that though, You're gonna need to do the rear seats coz they'll be the only red left, right?
I was toying with retriming the performance seats in coral red like a couple of the m3's have done.
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That would look HOT! If you do that then I'd leave the door cards as-is...
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I dont have any great ones but here's a few from my phone. I retrofitted idrive then Its been retrimmed in alcantara. Ill have the binnacle cover and bmwp seats to match it soon. Havent decided what to do with the door cards
Now wait... What about passenger side airbag????
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      02-02-2014, 02:52 PM   #9
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Did you replace the dash with the nav retrofit or just cut it?
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      02-02-2014, 04:18 PM   #10
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Now wait... What about passenger side airbag????
Theres a dead stitch there so it can still blow out

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Did you replace the dash with the nav retrofit or just cut it?
I already had the little storage box there before so luckily no cutting necessary
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      02-02-2014, 08:14 PM   #11
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      02-02-2014, 11:12 PM   #12
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Looks...epic!...
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      02-03-2014, 04:24 AM   #13
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Tire sizes?
265/30/19 front 295/30/19 rear PSS. I know youre going to say something about going wider since youre running 285s on stock fenders lol but my wheel offsets are too aggressive for anything bigger. When I ordered them I didnt realise the 135i flange hubs are a full cm wider than the 1m and its been a mission getting them to fit at all. I still have a scrubbing issue im trying to iron out at the moment. Theres probably 2cm inner clearance from the struts
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      02-03-2014, 05:22 PM   #14
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265/30/19 front 295/30/19 rear PSS. I know youre going to say something about going wider since youre running 285s on stock fenders lol but my wheel offsets are too aggressive for anything bigger. When I ordered them I didnt realise the 135i flange hubs are a full cm wider than the 1m and its been a mission getting them to fit at all. I still have a scrubbing issue im trying to iron out at the moment. Theres probably 2cm inner clearance from the struts
Honestly they looked much bigger than 295s in your rear facing pictures. You're also running 19s which doesnt allow for much extra room compared to 18s.

But you're right, i always am promoting going taller and wider with tires! Gotta get more grip.
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Nice conversion! How was shipping the Revozport E82 hood to AU?
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Good looking!! What steering wheel is that??
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      02-03-2014, 09:56 PM   #17
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Nice conversion! How was shipping the Revozport E82 hood to AU?
thanks mate. I think your thread has convinced me to switch my coilovers to the ohlins lol. at the moment I have ST's. The shipping and customs was about 50% as expensive as the actual parts lol. The diffuser is a perfect fit. I feel like the hood could be a couple of mm wider on either side but I've got it fitting relatively well now I think
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Good looking!! What steering wheel is that??
Thanks its custom made/retrimmed by DCT motorsports. They will use pretty much any material combination/stitching you can imagine. Think their website is dctms.com
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thanks mate. I think your thread has convinced me to switch my coilovers to the ohlins lol. at the moment I have ST's. The shipping and customs was about 50% as expensive as the actual parts lol. The diffuser is a perfect fit. I feel like the hood could be a couple of mm wider on either side but I've got it fitting relatively well now I think

Thanks its custom made/retrimmed by DCT motorsports. They will use pretty much any material combination/stitching you can imagine. Think their website is dctms.com
If you are interested in Ohlins I am happy to take you for a ride.
Good to see you making progress with the car, it's looking good.
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If you are interested in Ohlins I am happy to take you for a ride.
Good to see you making progress with the car, it's looking good.
Thanks mate, yeah thatd be good. Are you on ohlin OEM springs or swift? Im particularly interested in how much compression travel there is. I feel like my STs are too soft and low and I could fix the scrubbing with different coils. Just ordered adjustable camber links to try that first though.
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I'm on swift springs that are shorter and stiffer than the Ohlins supplied ones.
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Wow mate looks amazing.
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      02-04-2014, 03:15 AM   #22
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I'm on swift springs that are shorter and stiffer than the Ohlins supplied ones.
would definitely be good to come for a drive then! I'll be in Perth next weekend for a week if theres a good time at all. Ill PM you
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