I am planning to recover and install sport seats, if I can find a good match to the existing PB upholstery. I'll keep you in mind if that ever happens.
Yes, there was an "is" that was going to be sold to me, but the owner totalled it . . . so I found this "i".
I'm both impressed with the durability of the carpet and happy that mine is separate from the underlayment. I plan to pull the carpet and drive around in our Portland monsoons with bare floors until I am confident that the car leaks not at all. We had 3 inches of rain last Friday!
tn535i wrote: ↑Nov 15, 2021 2:31 PM I know you have all already been over a lot of discussion so if I am repeating sorry...
The blue on blue is the same as my car. If it's not arktisblau (spelling), it's very close. When I got my car it had original paint (still does but less of it) and in the right light it definitely had a lot of purple-ish tint to it. We also had an artic blue e30 before the e28 and it was my favorite color on a 4 door e30/28.
I think you are right the seats look much too shiny but they look like the original leather (fittingof it) to me. The backside of the headrest I can see looks right as do the blue dash components and such. I'm guessing someone has put some kind of leather 'dressing' on those seats. Maybe you have in mind to change it up but if keeping I bet Leatherique two step clean and condition would make them look like you would expect them too.
Personally I think a 7" wheel ideal on the e28 and favorite (as on my car) is the Style 29 which is also one of the easiest to keep clean. Then use a 205/55/16 tire. It's as close to what BMW intended as possible and enough rubber for a 535. I would not try to go 8".
The carpets in these cars is near indestructible as any I've ever seen and usually clean up well. The stuff underneath not so much as you are finding. If you gone this far you might just replace it with newer products which are easily available but I don't know about just foam? I'd be inclined to remove the carper and thoroughly clean it outside the car and not put back until you resolve the moisture issues. There are some combination foam and mass loaded vinyl materials that are great for sound and vibration I would choose rather than just foam. I think it is what BMW sort of had in there.
If I go back to the start of this did you think you were getting an 'is' car or was there an is you had your eye on but lost out on it? I'm not sure?
In any case look like a great starting point to make what you want of it.
Oh, and to be selfish a second... If for some reason you decide to change your seats or recover and you would like to sell a PB seat bottom cover I could sure use one.