1997 BMW 525tds Touring Oldschool Install

[mmmadog]

Very nice install George going to be sweet when its done but Iam liking the barracuda and duster you can see in the background. 2 of my favorite old school cars...

[brett.b10]

Hi joerg, a couple of quick questions, are the fiberglass bottoms pre made or did you do them uour self ? and is the double din mod fabricated or a kit ?


Brett

[joerg]

Hi joerg, a couple of quick questions, are the fiberglass bottoms pre made or did you do them uour self ? and is the double din mod fabricated or a kit ?


Brett

Doorboards: http://www.ebay.de/itm/E39-BMW-Doorboar ... 27a47fc314

Double Din Kit: http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-E39-BEZEL-BL ... 4ab297ed23

[joerg]

Cut off the excessive polyester matt and started to sand the door. Ran out of synthetic resin filling compound and since i´m living on Mars where all shops close early saturdays that´s it with progress for today. At least i managed to test fit the whole thing inside the car. It´s still holding on the door with only the original clips from BMW.

[brett.b10]

Thanks joerg

[Stryker]

those are some great looking doors so far. Good job!!

[ttocs]

I had that same concern of weight with my door panels planning the Ti9's. BMW's are obviously put together alot tighter then the average ford so I would suspect you will have no issues. I have decided to make an enclosure that will bolt to the door, and the door panel will just go over the top. The majority of it will be cut out to show the speaker and the enclosure so it will lighten up the panel while making the door heavier of course.

How are you going to finish them? Vinly or texture coating? If vinyl leave a good amount of room around the door-pull/arm rest as I am always suprised how much thicker it makes things when you finally put them all back together.

[joerg]

From all the installs i did this car is the most fun one to work on. Every cover u take of is easy to put back on and still stays in place. Every bolt u loosen is holding together as it did the first time after retightening it. I only broke one clip during all the work so far.

[ttocs]

shit after starting my install career in the midwest workin on ford/cheby/dodge farm trucks I was use to most panels almost falling off before I got to them. When I started working in Scottsdale I had the worst time adjusting to bimmers. I was sure I was pulling on the panel hard enough that it was about to break before the other guys would show I just needed to yank it harder.... The transition to ferarri's was even worse when I could not find the door handle to get into the 355 we had to work on. Also had a HELL of a time figuring out how to open the fuse panels on the Rolls Royce that came in there. I was not an amature installer, just an amature import installer....... Had lots of funny WTF!? moments in the bays in scottsdale

[joerg]

How are you going to finish them? Vinly or texture coating?

I´m going to finish everything with black velours.

[oldskoolmseriesfan]

shit after starting my install career in the midwest workin on ford/cheby/dodge farm trucks I was use to most panels almost falling off before I got to them. When I started working in Scottsdale I had the worst time adjusting to bimmers. I was sure I was pulling on the panel hard enough that it was about to break before the other guys would show I just needed to yank it harder.... The transition to ferarri's was even worse when I could not find the door handle to get into the 355 we had to work on. Also had a HELL of a time figuring out how to open the fuse panels on the Rolls Royce that came in there. I was not an amature installer, just an amature import installer....... Had lots of funny WTF!? moments in the bays in scottsdale

I hear you ttocs.. I hate grabbing a door panel and yanking on it and feeling Im almost gonna break it....but that is Quality when you go from chebbies to beemers to ferraris!! The quality shows!!

[joerg]

Didn´t have a lot of time to work on the car during the week but at least i managed to get all the MDF cut to size at my carpenters place. Plus i´ve been shipping a ton of stuff today and surprisingly got a package from the post office in return. Came from mhyde71. I guess i got enough distros for the install now.

[ttocs]

thought I was the only one with that many distros planned for install.

[kg1961]

damm that a lot of money in distro and weight. so far everything looks great

[joerg]

After almost 2 month of having no time i finally had a chance to work on the car again.
The passenger door is done just the original door handle needs some cleaning attention.
And next weekend i´m going for the drivers side door

[joerg]

Two more pictures!

[kg1961]

love the doors with or without grills the a pillars not to sure on i know it will sound great just looks a little out of place
super nice work!!!!

[stipud]

Nice work man! Is there an enclosure for the mids at all, or are they just screwed to the door panel? I feel like vinyl or some other finish might look a bit nicer than that carpet, especially on the doors. The flash probably makes it look worse than it is in person.

[joerg]

The enclosure in the door is 6,5 liters and should serve them mids very well. The carpet is actually velours and looks better in person than on the pictures. I just wanted to keep it simple as possible, thats why i used it. Better to spend the money on more important stuff...

[Stryker]

mmmmmm velour.....nice

[joerg]

It´s been ages since i had time to work on my car but i finally finished the front stage.The seat cover of the driver seat will be replaced soon and the remote from the Basscube will get integrated into the center console. I also have a voltage dislpay but no clue yet where to mount it.

[vladthebad]

Sexy denon sexy sexy denons.. Wait, what was I going to post? Oh... Nice doors. I've got a set of spare skins for mine and I think I'm going to try and take it up a notch like that... Nice work.

[Autosom]

Sorry sincerity but you completely destroyed a car.
Sounds good at least?

[ttocs]

you can't make an omelet with out breaking a few eggs.

[LowandLoud]

you completely destroyed a car.

Wow, personally i think he has done a rather clean job of upgrading the stereo system. Then again, i dont know how anyone could drive ANYTHING stock without making some changes to personalize their ride. Maybe thats just me.

LL