Restoring A Rare and Totally DESTROYED E39 BMW Interior For $200! Super Satisfying Transformation!
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In this video, I completely restore the interior on my rare E39 BMW for a total of $200 including the seats, trim, carpet, seatbelts, and more.
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Alex. I really enjoy watching Your videos. But on Your head keeps didn't keep a lot of You know what. But they're good as long as they sponsor the vids. I face the same and take a few nutricial additives. L-Arginin works well, and it is natural.
M1 LM look and performance with a full interior because i need a/c!!😂 Great job on the interior, agitating the carpet also gives it a more natural feel as well. Next up cigarette burn repair, it's really fun fixing burns.
Is there a way to restore the leather without it becoming shiny? New leather in my BMWs have never had a sheen which looks worn and greasy with this Clydes.
Weather strip!
How does the Clyde’s hold up against leather cleaners?
DUUUUUDE! Take those carpets out and pressure wash them! Been doing this for 30 years and it really gets the carpets clean deep down.
Yep
Would a good shampoo and extraction so the same?
@@scott4036 No, there is no comparison to high pressure agitation from one side and then the other. Also, you can scrub it without the fear or thought that you are pushing the stain deeper into the fabric.
Agree Here but I would remove all painting from that interior same way.
@@jaroslawzmuda8963 Yeah I agree, that interior needs colourlock!
You may be surprised to find that glass cleaner that comes in those cylindrical paint can style containers and spray in almost a foam-like method are incredible for cloth restoration. It also works well on hard plastic. If you saw the 2002 Corolla I restored, I only used Safelite auto glass cleaner, a thick bristle brush to break up the dirt in the seats and soft brush and microfiber towels to handle plastic as not to scratch anything. Unreal results
Can confirm, I use Sprayway myself.
Sprayway and Simple Green baybeeeeeee
@@FunnyLariat what ratio of water to simple green do you use or do you just buy the pre-diluted stuff?
As a mechanic I can confirm we use glass cleaner on everything. If we accidentally leave a black finger print anywhere, the first thing we go for is glass cleaner at my shop.
I use glad cleaner to clean vinyl and larger furniture as well as any hard surface. Works wonderfully and leaves no smudges
Since the original intent of this car was, “cheap car that could be fixed on a budget and sold for a profit,” I think you absolutely hit it out of the park on this interior restoration. Cheap, looks 1000x better, and at the end of the day, greatly increased the value and appeal of this car. Great video as always, keep that BMW content coming! 🤙🏻
That interior could only be described as a “hot mess” - well done on this revival/exorcism that you did! Truly commendable and I tip my hat to you Sir!
"exorcism" is the right word, the difference is mind blowing.
Alex the builder
I tell you my eyes were twitching at the start 😀
I was with you up to the carpets and seat belts. The trim and seats look great, but the belts and carpet are just not it, especially the belts
good excuse to buy an extractor, would really help with those carpets
Another tip: steaming creased up leather will make it pop back to shape. Start by laying a heavily damp towel-nearly dripping-and using an iron to steam the leather. Should restore the wrinkles and creases to straight brand new
Clothes iron?
@@charitho1 well, probably not a 7 iron.
@@simonbailey2151 HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH
@@simonbailey2151 haahaahaa
That two-toneing of the light tan with the brown looks spectacular. BMW should have offered it. Just spectacular.
Alex, what a great transformation. You have a right to be proud of the job you’ve done. I love these type of vlogs. Keep them coming. I enjoy your channel very much. Thanks
It’s hard to believe the transformation of the interior! It looks amazing! I know you put a lot of elbow grease into it but I think it looks almost better than new! I can’t wait to see this car when it’s finished! Great job! Thanks!
Larry from Ammo should do a reaction video to this. Curious to hear how he would have done it and how well he thinks this will hold up. Looks way better, so great job!
Alex, thanks a bunch for the Clydes leather balm. That stuff legitimately worked in my 2004 Z4 3.0i project. Saved me from having to spend more money on additional interior salvage parts.
Just tried it as well and it was horible just left a blotchy mess maybe it works better with dark interiors by in my beige one I had to completely remove it
@@Thanos.m they have different colors...
Love the DIY work. One thing i will mention, as a detailer i would caution you in using harsh chemicals on seatbelts as they may weaken the fibers and cause premature failure in the event that God forbid someone needs the seatbelt to work properly.
Alex you make everything seem very achievable! with your approach and teaching methods in your video.. I'm watching very closely as I recently lost 2 cars due to a storm last September in New York ...car is looking great and I'm tuned in for sure!!
Gotta say.. keep it classy.. keep it OEM…
Great job on the seats. Carpet not so much. However, I realize it's a video about doing it on a budget. For that I say Bravo!
Alex that interior looks absolutely AMAZING!!! Great work, I know you have a TON of time invested, but for under 3 grand??? You have a gold mine in your garage at car prices today, and I'm sure you're not going to take 'advantage' of the next owner, I'd be PROUD to buy one of your projects!! GREAT work man.. thank you for keeping TH-cam worth watching!!
As he stated in the series though he doesn’t include his time in the value. So when he goes to sell that’s where the money should be made for his time
@@Wrencheasy true.. too bad I'm not getting that sweet time money, my wife's honda timing belt went while driving, rebuilding heads for free this week..
@@AnthonyRBlacker That's why I'll never buy a car with belt driven timing! My 04 Chevy Avalanche has 237k on it and going strong with original timing chains Lol. Just gotta keep up with oil changes
@@TH-camr1g Fun for me, it turns out the belt went because one of the cam bearings (sohc) wiped, stressed the pulley i'm sure and killed the belt.. Fun times, thank goodness for Ebay and people who sell odd things like right cyl head camshafts. .haha
I love watching your work on BMWs and other euro cars. I feel like your appreciation for them shines through, and the effort and care really make a difference. For the price you put in to this, I feel like this looks outstanding. A few things could have been done differently, sure, but you’d be shelling out more cash.
Overall, thank you for what you do! I’ve loved every minute of this restoration; and the Alpina B7!
Use a Vinegar water mix in the steam machine for a perfect clean and odor remover
You might want to put another coat of dye on the rear seatbelts, they still look a bit blotchy.
Or dye them completely black, that would look good against the sand beige seats.
Alex, you should do an interview with Eddie and or Chief from the Barstool Chicago office on one of their shows during the week. Their show(s) aren’t much more than an hour. I’ve brought up your name to one of them before and sounded like they were interested in having you on. Can’t get much better than you being a lifelong Chicago resident being on and Carl being a lifelong Chicago guy on and maybe WSD (White Sox Dave) who’s a lifelong Chicago Neanderthal
that green paint will look amazing after it gets all polished and i hope you ceramic coat it
You did your thing, that’s a brand new interior!!!
Really like the budget builds and very helpful thanks for the channel.
Blows my mind that people can look at a factory beige interior and think I’m gonna paint that 🙉 well done Alex, good job at having the patience to tackle this.
That came out looking great. 👍Matt.
I don't really have a dream BMW although I love the E60 M5. I just wish it didn't come with so many potentially expensive issues and there aren't many out there anymore that have seen zero of the common issues
If you have the money to get the issues fixed before they cause serious damage, they can be an awesome driving car.
The sport package manual V8 cars are amazing too.. and muuuuch cheaper.
I’m stuck between the E39 M5 or the E60 M5 I love both the body styles my first car was a E60 528XI drove it to 202000 miles and it still ran like a champ I traded it for a 2003 E39 540i with only 105k miles
@@spicysnowman8886 I'm saving up for a pickup but maybe some day I'll make it into a euro sports car
Seats turned out fantastic. Would have gone matte on the trim and an extra coat or two on the dye for the belts and carpet. Overall good job!
Alex clean them with pressure washer the seat belts... is the only way you can clean them. You will see the dirt blasting out from the back side. They will be like new. No soap no chemicals just pressure wash them
I really enjoy your videos, you're an excellent instructor, giving detailed easy to understand tutorials!!! This BMW came out great!!! 👍👍
is it just me or do the seatbelts look wack? overall the car is 100x better than before but the seatbelts definitely could've used another coat or different colour entirely. besides that though, for $200, that's super impressive.
The Rit Dye is gonna soak right out of those belts and stain seats and clothes. 😮
yup feel bad for the next owner hopefully all this bootleg cheap shotty work is disclosed
You are speculating on what the previous owner may have done. He was probably doing the best he could. Not everyone has the same talents.
Just pull the carpet out and pressure wash it. You took 10x the time spot cleaning with that toothbrush of a steam cleaner and vacuuming the residue with a shop-vac. It ain't clean, at least use a little Bissel carpet shampoo machine so you can saturate and actually extract the dirt out.
“Do you expect me to talk?”
“No, Mr. Palmeri, I expect you to dye….”
Wow amazing results 👍👍👍👍
I had to fast forward through the video, but can someone explain how he dyed the seatbelt with a can of beans?
What an incredible and amazing job you've done with the interior of this car! My goodness! What a transformation, and for the couple a hundred dollars it cost you, is very impressive! Great job!
Amazing job, Alex! Congrats!
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What a transformation!!!
That seat restoration was absolutely incredible. I can believe how good the interior looks right now with the restored trims, great job Alex !
Alex is like the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photographer of European cars, take a beautiful car and make it look sexy lol
Nice job Alex. I'm not a fan of the brown. I would have gone with black personally. Love your videos.
Wow I didn't know that it's possible to restore cracked leather. Nice video. I'm wondering if the seat dye will transfer color to your shirt though
No it won't.
I like the seat trim contrast but it looks like you didn't match/redo the door trim to the same darker brown. That would've made it even better
Seatbelt Cleaning - If you want to clean your seatbelts, just power wash them. Unbolt the bottom of the seatbelt, pull out of car real tight and spray. They will come out brand new.
Impressive restoration
So you talk trash about the house paint but you go and spray paint the interior plastics
Yes with the proper plastic primer and plastic paint. Not wall paint for a house like the last guy
These videos are going to help me restore the interior of my 2000 540i, I have the same color interior and trim not dyed of course. I got the car ,and had to replace the motor , the clutch fork pivot pin I don’t get why they made the pivot pin out of plastic I got the brass pin replacement ,and master slave cylinder it has been quite the experience I’ve done everything alone.
Love the e39 one comfy car to drive my dream is a 540 or m5 e39
I was surprised he didn't remove the carpet & seatbelts, but cosmetically!?? This is ASTONISHING. I'm still in disbelief. These results would've been impressive had he just been dealing with typical wear of 23 years. But to restore it to these results after an IDIOT painted them?? ... with freaking ... PAINT!?? Simply astonishing.
Excellent job! It looks fresh.
Currently this is my favorite series you are doing. Great Work Alex. I wonder what the target is on a car like this? A 540, with manual and with less than 100K ---sorted inside and out, clean title(?)...... $10K ? $12K? Am i high, am i low??
11k
Just finished up Speed Academy, BMW M5 Build Part 6. And more interior content. My day is made♥️
very satisfying to watch once again
While I don't really like the interior colours, I can appreciate that it looks 10x better than before you started 😁
I usually remove the carpet and hang it, or drape it over saw horses and power wash. Bonus is I've found a couple wedding bands underneath, mostly under console area
I think it came out pretty well for what it was. Personally I’d have swapped the interior though. I’m not a big fan of even the best dyes. Stock is best.
Stock is dyed.
@@CortMarshal there’s a big difference between dyeing methods/products at a factory with raw materials than trying to re-do a finished product at home.
Very cool video as always Alex. But for all those wondering, the discount codes @ Clyde's, do not stack. Just an FYI, thanks again for the videos, especially the BMW focused ones. ; )
Wow - Such as change. I'm sure there's a few things the camera doesn't show, but overall this is fantastic!
Propobly everyone tells You " Plz do it with my car" But please do it with my car :3 hehe just kidding. I really love watching Your work
No smell. Run a Covid test.
OMG Whomever is blessed to get this Beamer! Is going to enjoy and appreciate it just wish I could fix my truck I'm going to try the tough stuff on my leather seats but I really need to get this transmission sorted out! It's an 06 Ford Explorer apparently with a switched-out transmission it was used now at least real hard shift at 3rd! And loss of power 😒 I love watching how much love you put in to all the cars!! Blessings love B,🐸
The bean can 😆 I thought you were serious for a moment with the sodium I was starting to think “Oh, that could make sense with the salt”
I think the seats look awesome, but I would have replaced all the carpet, the dye looks a little splotchy on camera.
Its a super low budget project
For the price he has into it, it’s a beautiful car. $2400 all in right now…
Not keen on the whole brown idea but those seats came out beautifully! Love that combo of the cream leather and deep green exterior, very classy 90's retro, you don't see that combo on modern cars at all. I will check out those leather products, the seats in my E60 could do with a bit of love and if they worked on THOSE seats then they should have mine looking factory fresh!
One ☝️ word…amazing!!!!!
I absolutely love the videos on this car. Inspires me to restore my 03 mtech 540 wagon
That's one worth saving 👍
@@bgee461 1/11 in its color combo. Got a 6 speed donor for a third pedal swap. It’ll be a blast
You did amazing work Thankyou for blessing that 540
I 100% would have just bought a donor black msport interior
I’m sure it looks 1000 times better in person, but it’s a shame the way the camera picked up the carpet and the seatbelts. It made them look terrible.
Hey Alex you put in some serious time fantastic job great tip blowing the steam through the vents thanks buddy
All you needed was to take the carpet out.
Spray strong soap on it.
Let it work for 10 minutes.
Clean it with a normal high pressure cleaner.
Then you had a carpet that looked like new.
A humidifier is really good inside the car. It can dry a totally cleaned car in 1/2 day.
When you use a high-pressure cleaner, you wash out all the sand and soil, "and it's 400X as effective as your cleaning.
Sorry Sorry Sorry to criticize you, you do your best ..
try my way next time.
Going to put Clyde's on my shopping list. Truly looks like a great product.
Going to put Clyde's on my shopping list. Truly looks like a great product.
OK Alex, I have a challenge for your Armor Shield King. '07-'13 R56 Mini Coopers have black (well they start out black and turn to faded black and grey) fender arch trim. I have treated them with so many plastic trim restoration products and all have failed or wear off in the matter of a 1 to 2 weeks or less. Your Mission if you choose to accept it, find an -07 - '13 Mini Cooper R56 (Hatchback or Clubman) treat the black plastic fender arches and check back on them 2 or 3 months later and report back the results. I'll buy your Armor Shield King if it holds up. I don't know what Mini (BMW) uses for the plastic but has to be the worse for keeping it's color finish.
You need to be using rubber gloves when you ceramic coat, Alex!!
Thank you for the detailing. It’s really great to see a professional at it.
I really like the 320 from like 20 years ago. The boxy one. 6 cilinder automatic. They made em in 1984 till late 90?
Since then cars got too complicated. I hate opening a hood and see like 60% of excess parts. A 150 pk car is more than enough.
Wow, that interior is disgusting. How...how on earth do you destroy an interior this bad? The filthy driver's seatbelt makes me wanna gag.
BMW E39 Vape edition.... love it.....I've done that to my car and it got a smell out that I was masking for a while (I always run my A/C, even in winter and it smelled a bit meh) thanks Alex
Thanks for this insane videos. I have E39 528i touring. My BMW is very good condition, but i wanna make perfect because i love E39
...14:30 , wrap that plastic door trims with selfadhesive carpet and that bottom B pillar with some selfadhesive alcantara.
Easy and looks really good.
All this straight up sucks. I like your videos, but you really missed the mark with all the painting and dipping and halfway cleaning...E39 540i deserves a new interior and carpet, they really are not that expensive and these cars are becoming more and more desirable, not sure why you decided to go this way... :(
As someone who paints plastic a lot, one of the cardnal rule is when spray painting anything you must start and finish before and after the item you are painting. Never star and stop in the middle or you will end up with blotches......Just some FYI.....LOL
Restitch that Wheelskins steering wheel cover, and it should present much better. They are pretty good quality (and priced accordingly).
Alex I think you should stick to repairing mechanical stuff rather than carpets,IMO NOT A VERY GOOD JOB.
Idk how it works in states, but in russia very easier to buy used oem parts. I’m restoring interior in a 2004 e60 and i bought oem used black interior plastic for a 2-4$ for a piece. Oem used black carpet costs around 50$ and seat covers around 10$ for a piece. All transforming from a gray to two tone black-beige interior cost me aroung 400$ include electric beige sport seats
This is me right now with my flip car. Bought a 2006 golf gti for $2500 (has 130k miles on it and has had $5000 spent in last 2 years including new engine!) I just put a whole leather interior in the car for $400 and now selling the car for $6500
Very nice results!
I'm just wondering:
Let's say you want to give the car a complete interior detail. Cleaning the carpets again. Would the fresh dark paint come off?
Imagining using a drill brush, carpet cleaner and a steamer?
not quite Larry Kosilla (Ammo NYC) quality but definitely good work for doing it on such a small budget i'm sure most detailers would agree that for a 200 dollar non professional job it's quite good
This car was manufactured in my hometown Dingolfing, Bavaria, Germany. Please bring it back to life 😉
I have been watching your videos for a while now but this is the most satisfying one i have seen yet. I have a 1993 318iS BMW with gray leather interior and covered it with black cloth cause it was all messed up but am going to order some of the Clyde products and see ho it will turn out.....otherwise that interior looks magnificent! Great job
Absolutely my new fav diy car guy gave me the confidence to purchase BMWs and Mercedes and to work on them myself true inspiration…thank you and keep up the good work!
Looking good for a cheap flip!
$200 worth of product...
$$$ priceless amount of labor 😁
That driver's seatbelt is disgusting.
I also can believe the previous owner didn't cover the seatbelt buckles before painting.
That's a big no.. can't use a steamer on dry carpet.. you'll destroy the synthetic fiber just like that.. otherwise great job.
Alex, check out The Detail Geek on TH-cam. Get a Bissell carpet cleaner/extractor. Should have removed the carpet and pressure washed it.
Nice job, given the budget and efforts, but I’m not sure my OCD could handle some of the different colours on the edges, carpet inside the door pockets, inconsistencies in the carpet, etc. Nonetheless, good on you for the video.