Cosmos-Schwartz Coupe

[absidian]

It's been a while since I've toyed around with the car due to work commitments, travel and all that usual "I'll do it later" excuses.So... whilst the weather was sunny I decided to give the 328 a bit of TLC and share the outcome with you guys.Started off with a Meguiars 3-stage cleanse/polish/wax, applied with an electric random-orbital polisher. This was followed by a full interior detail using a combination of Meguiars and Liquid Leather cleaning/conditioning products.

Pics were taken at a local park with a Nikon dSLR, AF-S 18-55mm ED lens + Hoya CPL filter + Hoya Skylight(1B) and some rather unsteady, sore-from-polishing hands Edit: Cosmos-black has that mysterious hint of deep blue when subjected to direct light, which doesn't occur under regular lighting:

 

[initialM]

Wow cool bro

Your car looks great and I luv yr 2 tone interior Are those Vader seat??

 

[Russie]

wow yeah~ sexy car, luv those seats =) i always see 2-tone interior as something sexy hehe.

Great ride, great shines.... great pics Absidian.

By the way, a bit off topic...anyone of u here done up the roof b4? I mean the adhesive is getting "unsticky" and the whole piece of cloth is dropping...someone quoted me RM350 to fix it back here in KL for my E36. Anyone out there knows a better deal? And is it possible to change the door panel cloth too?

Thanks absidian for letting me "tumpang" space here to ask something

 

[DolCeAddicT]

Nice and clean looking ride ,bro. Loving the shine particularly on the first pic, great shot! "D

 

[absidian]

Wow cool bro

Your car looks great and I luv yr 2 tone interior Are those Vader seat??

Thanks guys. Nice to have it real clean for a change.

@initialM: Adjustable "Sport" seats, same as oem on the M3 saloon.

 

[Russie]

Bro Absidian, are u in UK? Those headlamps are original units? or OEM?
I got the info from internet saying ZKW headlamps are the OEM for bimmers in Europe... any comment?

 

[absidian]

@Russie: Yes, original german Bosch lamps (or was it Hella), with the dimples and horizontal lines. I modified mine to include CCFL angel-eyes behind the 4 glass lenses.

"ZKW" is the term created by our American friends across the pond to describe Euro spec "projector" lamps, coz over there they got a lower-spec, non-projector plastic thingy as standard. I think M'sian cars should have the ZKW ones anyway, unless replaced...

 

[Russie]

Thanks for the info. If I have enough budget then I might wanna consider getting the original headlamps (glass type) coz my current ones are Taiwan made "Depo" brand as the previous owner changed them *sigh*