So I had my car painted about 6 months ago and I never color sanded it, so I was bored today and started doing it as well as cleaned and detailed it as well.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand005.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand004.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand006.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand007.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand008.jpg

a little foam pad wax buffing...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand013.jpg

go down to polishing glaze...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand020.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand022.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand023.jpg

microfiber it off
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand024.jpg

Finished product-
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand026.jpg

Before-
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/colorsand/colorsand001.jpg


and some fresh pics of the car and my new interior! I still can't believe this is in my 1995 740!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/017-6.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/026-5.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/022-4.jpg


and the new interior! M-Sport steering wheel and M-Sport seats!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/029-3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/036-3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/037-3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/045-1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/034-3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/030-3.jpg

Gorgeous man, very nice!

Pure sex!

Nice ride, let alone awesome interior... Love the seats. :thumbup:

Nice work once again colin. You have way way too much time man. You need to come work on my car, it needs to be buffed again!

I love the bag phone in the middle.... that thing trips me out.

Love the car man... good job on it!

First off. you have alot of guts wet sanding.:eek: but koodos to you brotha. as for the car. your doing or let me repeat did pretty much what im doing ( in process) with the exceptions that my headliner is faux black now. and my sunvisors are black leather m5 2003. so it gives a sort of a unique look once inside the car.

p.s saved this for last. this pic is just wrong dead wrong.:drink1 Captains seat. beautiful. im about to cry. :urtheman

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/029-3.jpg

Well done! But that last pic looks like my car when my boys put their feet on the back of the seat - LOL

yeah, I didn't clean the seat backs yet...I will do that tomorrow

yeah, I didn't clean the seat backs yet...I will do that tomorrow

That shouldn't take ya long. Love the upgrades, O4: seats/wheel :buttrock

Nice. I really like the wheel/seats.

Car is absolutely beautiful! You did a great job on the ext. and the interior is really unique. where did you get the seats and are they a "plug n play" retro fit?

where are the alpina's?

where are the alpina's?
+1 I was about to write the same thing.

Car is absolutely beautiful! You did a great job on the ext. and the interior is really unique. where did you get the seats and are they a "plug n play" retro fit?

The seats are from a 2001 740i Sport, the back rests are from a 1997 750iL. The seat frames are physically bolt in but the wiring harness doesn't match. I had to rewire the seats to make them functional.

where are the alpina's?


The Alpina's are at the wheel shop being repaired, and re coated.

Great looking car. Love the interior & the polished paint.

car looks gorgeous!

how much did it cost to paint???

car looks gorgeous!

how much did it cost to paint???

About $800

wow thats a good deal.... around here if i wanted to get my car painted it would probably be around 2g

all i can say is..............:worship:

btw did that include any body work or preping???

One of my favorite 7's on the site.

bewdiful!!!

btw did that include any body work or preping???


I did the body work and prepping

Oooh shiny! I like shiny.

I [b]still[b] have yet to sand and buff my car after my paint job. I did it a couple months ago, and it got cold that night and made the back half of the car a little cloudy... ugh, I really need to get out there and do it.

Wow car is Sex What front bumper or lip is that? I wanna get one for my 740il and i just bought it so i know nothing about these cars...

Wow car is Sex What front bumper or lip is that? I wanna get one for my 740il and i just bought it so i know nothing about these cars...


Hey whats up with you using my name. i got copyright mang. im watching you brotha. im watching you..... oh and dont pull that i dont have a i in my name bull. lol.....

my bad man i'll ask a mod to change it tomorrow as for now im out!

me toohttp://<a href=

holy shizzle. im suing you both. we can either settle out of court. or you can both by my next upgrade. your choice. the balls in your court. LOL......

oh yea. 94bimmer740il u dont count. ur names all backwards. i dont feel so threatened by you. hehe

ahah so you are threatened by me?? lol see you in court ;) .... no really though how do i get a mod to change it for me? Sorry to highjack the thread!!!

ahah so you are threatened by me?? lol see you in court ;) .... no really though how do i get a mod to change it for me? Sorry to highjack the thread!!!

bro your fine. listen potatoe-potato. you get the hint. the board folks know the difference. if it fits you. then keep it. hope u stick around the board. see ya!!!

I miss the leg supports...my M5 had them. Anyways, I have to ask though - how in the fcuk did you get the Sport Steering wheel to work? Does the airbag work too, because I KNOW it's not just a simple bolt and go since that airbag is a Gen II and we only have Gen I.

I miss the leg supports...my M5 had them. Anyways, I have to ask though - how in the fcuk did you get the Sport Steering wheel to work? Does the airbag work too, because I KNOW it's not just a simple bolt and go since that airbag is a Gen II and we only have Gen I.


The sport wheel is FULLY Functional. Airbag, radio controls, and cruise controls. The secret is...it's not a dual stage airbag. The wheel was pulled from a 1999 540iT. 5 series have the same style airbags as the 7. pre 3/99 are single stage, after 3/99 was dual stage. So you just need to locate a 97-99 5 series sport and the airbag is bolt on. On 95-9/96 cars you will need to bypass the MLF module to get the radio controls working, this can be achieved by running an ibus wire to the slip ring and jumping it into pin 4.

Awesome find bro! How much smaller is the sport wheel vs. the stock one? I feel like my steering wheel should have a crank knob on it for turning. My radio controls dont work since i've gutted the factory stereo system, but I still need the controls to work since I have an adapter that converts the buttons on the wheel into a wireless signal that my deck uses.

holy shizzle. im suing you both. we can either settle out of court. or you can both by my next upgrade. your choice. the balls in your court. LOL......

oh yea. 94bimmer740il u dont count. ur names all backwards. i dont feel so threatened by you. hehe

I think you all get the not-creative-screen-name fine. You can send the money to my paypal account.

Awesome find bro! How much smaller is the sport wheel vs. the stock one? I feel like my steering wheel should have a crank knob on it for turning. My radio controls dont work since i've gutted the factory stereo system, but I still need the controls to work since I have an adapter that converts the buttons on the wheel into a wireless signal that my deck uses.

It's just a little smaller than the 4 spoke

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/Ebay/002-1.jpg

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If you have a 9/96+ through pre 3/99 the radio buttons are plug and play.

Here are a few youtube vids on my install

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy-wptN4_f4

I tested it in my 12/98 production 1999 model-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pan1TajvFWQ

and jumping the ibus wire to get pre 9/96 MLF module bypassed-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGZzi76n5-I

:boobies what'd it run ya, and where'd ya find it anyways? There aren't any german specific junkyards out here like I had in Seattle :(

:boobies what'd it run ya, and where'd ya find it anyways? There aren't any german specific junkyards out here like I had in Seattle :(


We have like 5-10 BMW only junk yards in my area of SoCal, I paid $400 for my wheel and Airbag. The one pictured above I purchased for another member on this board, that one cost $500. I got a dual stage for a member of bimmerboard for $440 with airbag. The going rate for a wheel and airbag is somewhere between $400-600, just depends on your negotiating skills and how bad the yard wants to sell something.

Awesome find bro! How much smaller is the sport wheel vs. the stock one? I feel like my steering wheel should have a crank knob on it for turning. My radio controls dont work since i've gutted the factory stereo system, but I still need the controls to work since I have an adapter that converts the buttons on the wheel into a wireless signal that my deck uses.

What adapter do you have? I have an aftermarket deck also and would love to control it with the steering wheel.

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/prodsearch.asp?search=remote+adapters

Great job!!!!

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/prodsearch.asp?search=remote+adapters

Says that those will not work for my radio.. :-(

I thought they covered just about every make and model of decks? If not, maybe time for an upgrade/change, or just hold the remote in the old factory cellphone holder, either spot worked, like I did. I always put the remote in the front, had a bottle of Carmex there for use and to keep it from sliding under the spring loaded release for the old phone. I then placed my Treo on the spring loaded part because it has that nice little patch of rubber there to keep it from shooting into the dash when I hit the brakes, and the charger inlet plugs perfectly into the bottom w/ the rest of the phone holder getting in the way.

car looks beautifull. well done. love the colour too

Does look good btw, sorry for

M5james, speaking of which, I gotta see more picts of your interior, I've never really seen it.

And how is the 5% tint working for you? I wanted it, but was afraid...

Give me your email or else I have to reduce their size to post theme here. Ive also removed all the chrome strips off my car and have started to paint them a black metalic color that matches the front window trim ;)

Give me your email or else I have to reduce their size to post theme here. Ive also removed all the chrome strips off my car and have started to paint them a black metalic color that matches the front window trim ;)

I'll host some on my server for you if you want. I have plenty of space.