Interior Re-finishing

[s3jwl]

Hi All

I am new to the forum and CSL's. I purchased a 70k mile car last week which needs a little TLC to get the interior as i want it .

Can anyone recommend somebody to re-upholster the steering wheel, console between the back seats and back of the driver and passenger seat .

I was think of having the seats and steering wheel plastic painted or wrapped and there are a couple of german companies on ebay who cover the steering wheels .

I can buy all of the parts new although a thousand quid for something that doesn't really need doing and just me being a fussy git .

I'm in the process if fitting brand new disks and pads all round ( OEM BMW ) as they are quite rusty. The rears are good condition ( pads nearly new ) other than rust if anyone is interested in the old. The front ones are grooved quite badly .

Any help appreciated

Thanks and love the car. A 10 year old car shouldn't be this good ?! :smt055

[digi]

just buy the carbon bits from Mark on here. They look fab. :smokin:

[s3jwl]

Bit of a stickler for the standard look i'm afraid although appreciate the advice. Ciao

[digi]

you did mention wrapped. Though you were looking for carbon look or something.

If you intent to respray, they are quite easy to do. I resprayed my door handles and smg surround. Was easy and never looked back as they still look fresh and OEM. :-D

[s3jwl]

do you know what colour code i need to use, if i get it resprayed. i think spraying sounds like the best idea to me.

Thanks again

[glendog74]

Welcome to the forum :-D

I'll be sending my spare steering wheel to these guys:

http://royalsteeringwheels.com

[s3jwl]

your the second person to recommend these people and a BIG thanks. I will get off to them next week and will leave some feedback here.

Thanks and appreciate it :-D

[s.mac]

Shimmy had some interior parts sprayed, I'm sure he will tell you where. No one has managed to do the seat backs :(

[Mike R]

Shimmy had some interior parts sprayed, I'm sure he will tell you where. No one has managed to do the seat backs :(

Elms did my seat back and repaired my rear centre console :).

[s.mac]

Normal paint? How much did they charge?

[s3jwl]

sounds great can i have some contact details. Cheers Gents

[s.mac]

Elms is Elms BMW Cambridge, Giraffe on here works there, they are top notch with looking after CSLs, Shimmy is a big gay bloke on here, you can pm him, but be careful he doesn't try and groom you :bigcry:

[Mike R]

Normal paint? How much did they charge?

No idea on paint, but it's a very good match. I had them do it with a few other bits while they did the subframe, so I will have to check - documents are at work though.

[s.mac]

I only have a couple of really small marks on the back but wish I had known Elms could have sorted it :(

[s3jwl]

:-D Being groomed is just what i joined this site for.....cheers gents

[shane@mbtech]

:-D Being groomed is just what i joined this site for.....cheers gents

Do you like trains?

[s3jwl]

Spoke to Elms and Emma there tells me they dont refurb the rear centre console or steering wheel plastic and never have done so. She has however replaced a few with new. I have spoke to a couple of smart repair firms who say they will be able to match colour ( unable to sort rubberised finish on rear centre console though ) and air brush, so will keep you posted.

Ciao

[shimmy]

Elms is Elms BMW Cambridge, Giraffe on here works there, they are top notch with looking after CSLs, Shimmy is a big gay bloke on here, you can pm him, but be careful he doesn't try and groom you :bigcry:

I'm gonna YouTube that video if you carry on like this :-D

I prefer TALL to BIG :)

[s.mac]

:sad:

[Mike R]

Spoke to Elms and Emma there tells me they dont refurb the rear centre console or steering wheel plastic and never have done so. She has however replaced a few with new. I have spoke to a couple of smart repair firms who say they will be able to match colour ( unable to sort rubberised finish on rear centre console though ) and air brush, so will keep you posted.

Ciao

I beg to differ:
I have an invoice here in front of me from Elms for the when they did the repairs I mentioned above (while they had the car for the subframe) - they actually offered the service when I showed them around the car:
Repair centre console £105.00
Paint and materials = £30.00

Smart repair of OSF seat back and OS door scratches = £145.00
(All plus VAT).

I'm really fussy about the car, so I had them mop out all the imperfections in the paintwork I had spotted when I cleaned it for the first time (as well as a car-park dent that the previous owner obviously hadn't spotted, which you could only see in certain light, which was an additional £50 + VAT).

I would add that this was all carried out by Elms Bedford who do all the subframe repairs for Elms Cambourne, which may be why Emma isn't aware of it?