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Great review Sam, I will definitely try this on my seats (leather, in good shape, but a little "grey").

Jerad

Looks good Sam, next time you come to Indy bring the M3 (as long as its not snowing).

p.s. You have too many damn shoes.

gregeast

The color of the 968 panels is actually champagne...and man would those have looked good with my champagne seats.

Thanks for the heads up on the Leatherique dye, I've used their Prestine Clean and Rejuvinator Oil with good success, will have to give this a try as well.

SamGrant951

Thanks for the correction Greg. Great looking interior!

gregeast

Thanks Sam, I've been sprucing up the place a little lately and am pleased with the results.

I'd been trying to visualize what champagne door panels might look like and then saw your pics, guess I'll have to keep my eyes open.

SamGrant951

I will. Ive been doing all sorts of fun stuff with the interior of it to bring it back up to my standards. Shift/ebrake boots, new shift ****, redoing seats, prob get new floor mats as well. Stockers are shot. Heres the new boots installed and the **** thats on the way...





haha, I love my shoe collection

Keithr726

Sam,

You have an amazing 944! Those door handles are great.

Jerad

Very nice, I thought about an M3 after a ride in yours but I don't think it would be a practical daily here on the streets of Indy, especially downtown where the roads really suck. Now I'm looking at Jetta TDI's, 50mpg here I come!!

SamGrant951

Thanks Keith - nice to hear positive feedback. They were made for a little while, not sure if you can get them anymore. They also made them in solid aluminum I believe. Just something a little different I guess...

SamGrant951

50mpg never hurt anyone! What years? You keeping the 951 now? I dont blame you on the street comment - I hated driving the 951 around Indy in certain spots. The M3 is not a fan of rough streets, I havent managed to scrape it anywhere yet though. (suprised)

AndyK

Great looking M3 interior....gotta love those cheap crap BMW cup holder / ash tray units though. What were they thinking??

SamGrant951

So true Andy - you cant use them for drinks or else they end up in you or your passengers lap..just becomes another coin/trash holder.

gregeast

Sam, I have an E36 328i as well, do you have the plastic ring insert that goes inside the cupholder? It makes it much more useable (although they're still lousy). I can take a pic if you haven't seen them.

SamGrant951

Hmmm...not sure I know what you are speaking of Greg. Mine just have the little spring tensioned things that are designed to adjust to different sizes. (In reality they do nothing..) A pic might help - is it an aftermarket add-on?

gregeast

Here's what I'm talking about, although after looking more closely at your console I don't know that it would work. Too bad, it actually does ok on my car.

Found these pics at: www.bavauto.com
The first pic is of the console itself with the ring in it. This is the early style console but the ring might fit in your front holder at least.