Alpina B8 #64 of 93 Limo

[tekazgtr1984]

Beautiful car. Kudos on all the work you've put into it. It looks great!

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by tekazgtr1984

Beautiful car. Kudos on all the work you've put into it. It looks great!

Thanks for the complement

One more small thing done today that has annoyed me from the start:

Before:



After:



A keen eye will spot that it's not exactly the same, but it is genuine from Alpina. Massive thanks to testdriver for sourcing the part for me

It wasn't quite the right size, so I spent some time with some sand paper to make it the right size. I didn't want to take some quick and easy route where someone would be able to tell it had been cut down to fit.

[Scooter]

Worked on the driver's door panel wood trim this week. I actually don't like it, but it's what the car came with. As you can see in the second pic it's not as simple as just reattaching it. Holes were drilled in the panel to attach the piece, so if I want to have panels without the wood trim I'll need to buy replacement panels....annoying.

[jrsmitchell]

Originally Posted by Scooter

Worked on the driver's door panel wood trim this week. I actually don't like it, but it's what the car came with. As you can see in the second pic it's not as simple as just reattaching it. Holes were drilled in the panel to attach the piece, so if I want to have panels without the wood trim I'll need to buy replacement panels....annoying.

I have the same wood trim in my B3 and I'm also not crazy about it. But like you said, it's 4 new door panels to completely remove it, and actually I'm not sure if I could re-use my Alpina-cloth door cards with standard door panels?

Have you though about wrapping them? They have pretty good matte black vinyl wrap now, or if you want to get a little fancy you could do Piano black, faux aluminum or carbon fibre, etc.

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by jrsmitchell

Have you though about wrapping them? They have pretty good matte black vinyl wrap now, or if you want to get a little fancy you could do Piano black, faux aluminum or carbon fibre, etc.

No, I haven't, but that is a great idea!

Found this on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-x-3ft-3M-...-/181603038836

Looks pretty similar and it's 3M, so it's probably pretty good and it appears to be pretty similar to the original Alpina wood trim. I actually wouldn't mind it that much if the trim wasn't cracked all over the place. That 3M wrap might be the way to go so it still looks original.

[jrsmitchell]

I actually hadn't considered wrapping it with a wood-look. That is kind of genius. Now I want a dark (almost black) wood grain in mine

[Scooter]

Got a replacement shift boot. It's not new, but the condition looks much better than the one that's in the car now:



Presently in the car: