Alpina B8 #64 of 93 Limo

[jrsmitchell]

Using only the finest paper towels Looks like she's in great shape.

[Scooter]

Yup!

Took her on a 800km run shortly after and she ran like a champ. Pretty shitty to have to drive through fresh crack seal though Now I need to clean the tar and sand off.

Anyone have a tar removing product they recommend?

[Scooter]

Just a clean up with a quick spray on wax

[Scooter]

I finally did some work on the car A month or so back I managed to pick up a center console with an arm rest. After having this in other E36's I've owned I've really noticed not having it in this car, so when I found one in good shape I made sure I grabbed it!



Lots of dog hair from the previous owner. Cleaned it as best I could for the moment (pic above was before I cleaned). One day I'll tear the interior all apart and give the car a thorough clean.



Installed! The job was more involved than you would think. I had to cut away some carpet and buy new, longer bolts as well as remove a plug for a third bolt location that wasn't previously used. It's nice that cars are manufactured the same even if they don't have all the same parts

[Stirling]

Nice work. I'm without a centre armrest in the B10 and I miss it.

[Scooter]

Not much to update here, but I took the car for a drive the other night and thoroughly enjoyed it! Sadly she hasn't been driven as much as I'd like this summer. Something on the front needs some work. I'm getting vibrations from the front right on braking. I don't think it's a warped rotor, but maybe it is. I just haven't had time to look into it.

The good news is that I'm moving in a few weeks and she will FINALLY get to live in a garage! I'm super excited about it. I've been waiting a long time to buy a house and store my car(s) in a garage. It will be especially nice to have a covered place to work on my cars. Hopefully, gone are the days of rolling around on the road next to and under the car and occasionally getting wet from rain or someone else washing their car down the road! It will also be nice to be able to stop work part way through a job rather than "needing" to finish in one day

[Scooter]

Long time no update...I'm dealing with a fuel leak. Just waiting for new parts now. In the mean time, I found replacement door cards in pretty good shape. The Alpina wood trim is old, cracked and expensive to replace, so I got other inserts. A bit of glue coming undone on the inserts, but not bad. Replaced 3 of 4 last night. Before and after of one rear door below.





Slight difference on the front doors was the tweeter speaker was different (my car 1996, donor car 1992). I was able to swap them out, but in my car the speaker was a bit smaller, so I had to get it lined up just right to not show a gap on the edge.

Both door cards showing the different speakers:



Speaker swapped:



You can see the larger imprint from the original speaker.

Next on the list is to replace the driver's door handle including swapping the tumbler so I don't have two different keys. I'll do the door card swap at the same time. Then on to the fuel leak.

[Stirling]

Nice job on the door card. The door cards were always my nemesis on the B10. So hard to find replacements that weren't peeling too.

[jrsmitchell]

Car looks great! I too really like the arm rest. Not sure why anyone prefers it without to be honest.