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A Distraction of Sorts: My 1991 BMW 318is


CubbyChowder

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Installed my Nardi Classic today, now I just need to figure out a horn situation (don't mind my lame shift knob haha I'm having a custom wood one made as I write this):

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Also started to take my US Ellipsoids apart in preparation to be smoked. I managed to shatter one of the lenses because it got too hot and I barely tapped it with a metal chisel and it exploded in my face haha so that was stupid. Glad all the glass is off though, it was kind of a pain in the ass to get them separated:

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Car is coming along nicely.

I treated my euro elips to a coating of clear and then covered with Laminix. They look great. FYI, the IS lip is easy to steal. Lost two so far to some rat bastards. Next one I get will have some screws and adhesive compound applied.

Rims and stance look great.

Thank you for the tips! I will definitely consider them

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Ordered a custom wooden shift knob from r3vlimited forum user Nygdup. I had a vision in mind and he nailed it and even added his own twist which ended up working perfectly for what I was going for. I requested to have the knob shipped raw with no stain so I could stain it myself. I found out about his knobs from his thread which show some of his work in the link below, I highly recommend his custom knobs! Very affordable and he's super determined to create something that the customer will be happy with.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=275553

This is how I received it in raw form. I wanted to paint and stain it so that it matches my Nardi wheel:

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I painted the recessed areas black to match the black stripe on the Nardi:

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I then sanded the surface of the knob to remove any excess paint and proceeded to stain the rest of it. I have very little experience staining wood so this was kind of a shot in the dark for me. I picked a stain which matched the color of the Nardi perfectly on the label, but the finished product isn't an exact match. Finished it up with a few layers of a glossy polyurethane coating and installed it. Although it's not perfect, I'm still very happy with how it turned out. Here is how it looks:

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