e39 BMW M5 Interior Leather Restoration
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- I had a few weeks off, so decided to finally refresh my 2001 BMW M5 interior using the @geist.leathercare system. The interior was in pretty good shape, considering the 180,000 miles on the odometer, but at some point, it had been re-dyed with a crappy shiny paint job :(
This had bothered me since day one of my ownership so I was excited to finally be able to do something about it.
By far one of the better ones online! You should make more videos like this😉
Damn that was dope.
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Fantastic job! Love the way you explain the Colourlock system 😁 Greatings from Colourlock Norway 👍
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Impressive work mate, hat off to you, Looks better than new..
That moment when you put the airbag back in and run your hands up and down the wheel - i would totally do that too! Amazing job, that is amazing work, thank, thank, thank you !!!! I think you have saved me the cost of re-trimming my steering wheel when it just needs a clean and refinish.
Check out this video too: ua-cam.com/video/cFJTStVb1ZI/v-deo.html
LOLing at leaving garage on Pilot Sports in winter! Did same w/ my M5 E39. Got out of garage, instantly stuck in snow 5 meters out and spent next 2 hours trying to get it back in without sliding into the door frame.
You can swing them on snow in a subaru. BMW - no chance. I caused a traffic jam on my residential street trying to back into a 4m wide gate after driving 5m into the street and getting stuck. Only took 5 minutes to back in though LOL.
@@maciejstalmach It was from 12 to 2am for me and I was worried I might have to give up leave it outside, blocking the other garages LOL. Eventually I woke up a neighbor and he got outta bed and came outside and helped me get it back in. I just wanted to see how the Michelin PS3 All Season work in snow. Surpise: They don't. Worthless tire that PS3 A/S, no good in summer, and worse in winter.
@@OtoGodfrey Damn. Shoveling for 2 hrs sounds like a workout. Props to your neighbor. Definitely a harmless story to share with car guy buddies. Mine pretty much saved my life one occasion or at least prevented great bodily damage right in the nick of time. It's all good if you can share a glass of whisky afterwards.
Just unplug the airbag ECU in the center console during the process. You can then turn on the car without the risk of it throwing a code.
The Airbag light will be on during the time the ECU is not connected but no codes will be saved since the codes are saved on the ECU.
That is how i always do it. I have 4 E39s and at one point had even more, swapping interior and exterior parts around like a madman.
Fun fact: If the Airbag light never goes off : ECU not connected or no communication to ECU. If it goes of for a short second and comes straigt back on: you have a code.
That was legit. It’s that attention to detail that makes a difference!!
That was EPIC!!! we want more e39 content
Noted! There is a bit of M5 in here 034 - Paint Correction and Ceramic Coating a Bonanza A36 ua-cam.com/video/i5MW7_Vp7ls/v-deo.html
Just for future you can use battery from any drill or equivalent by directly using jumpers from battery pack to switch. Polarity only changes movement of motors. It’s how I move or remove seats when in salvage yards and tell if motors good or not. Excellent video
Good to know!
Perfectly do-able...i feel like crying when i look at my cracked caramel driver seat. I must invest in an airbrush setup. So much more natural looking than dragging drippy sponges. Inspiring video!
You can do it! and with the value that Caramel seats are commanding, it would be very worth your time. You can order a liter of matched BMW caramel paint from colourlock.com
The best interior restoration I have seen
Very informative
Amazing results. I did same for my door panels already but still seats need to be done. Now you gave me motivation.
Get after it!
Looks really good, you should change the wood for alloy to make it look even more fresh , unless you like the wood look of course.
I have considered it but never bothered enough to find a good enough alloy replacement set. The Nussbaum has kinda grown on me, in the old executive boardroom style.
@@AvianaAircraft I think the wood suits it with this leather option better than the alloy, if it was half white and black then definitely
@@AvianaAircraft go to a junkyard and get a set of interior trim. Then buy a carbon skinning kit for around a 100 bucks and make yourself a set of forged carbon trim. Its for only for looks but you did such an amazing transformation with the interior that the car deserves something better. I had wood over tan leather in a 530d and it looked good. Darker interiors look best with the brushed aluminum or carbon fibre trim. I still cant get enough of your interior though. Ive wanted one of these cars for a better part of 15 years and yours is beautiful. As long as you keep on top of maintenance it should last forever
Great job man. There is a lot of work involved here. However, the results are astonishing.
Such a beautiful car. One of the best car ever made. Now you really motivated me to refresh my interior on my car.
The steering wheel looks brand brand new! Want to try this on our E92 M3
Seeing the original “restored” condition of your interior literally made me cringe. Great job and awesome video. 👍🏼👍🏼
Really well done for a really well deserved car.
Damn..........! You nailed it. Brilliant work.
Yours look so much better than mine even before you restored them 😂 Mine have gone rock hard and are starting to flake off like dandruff, I'm covering them in an ocean of conditioner to see if that helps at all but I think it's beyond saving
Oh my god I wish I had someone like you near me! I own a BMW E38 with horribly painted headrests that has leather paint put on so thick it's starting to crack, my steering wheel is also starting to show signs of wearing. The interior looks great by the way, very excellent work!
Where you at? There are more like me out there!
@@AvianaAircraft Massachusetts, there aren't many... Only ones I've found have mostly bad reviews so I'm a little hesitant to trust them with my pieces. Have been researching for a month now and have turned up with nothing so far.
i have a 99 540. my interior needs this done. i will do it, before i was dreading the idea of re leathering everything. ill use this video for when i do that. however before i do im on the lookout for a newer style steering wheel with a flat bottom, with heat. my car came with an unheated wheel. i retrofitted a heated wheel from my 528. im also glad to know i dont have to re leather the wheel. thank you for this!
Have you seen this video yet? Where I. Iowa are you?
BMW steering wheel restoration with Colourlock ua-cam.com/video/cFJTStVb1ZI/v-deo.html
@@AvianaAircraft i have not seen that yet, i will now though. today is the first of seeing any of your videos. im in burlington. its south of davenport or iowa city each by 1 hour. why do you ask?
camaroiowaguy23 I live 20 minutes north of Iowa City!
@@AvianaAircraft baha small world! i know where thats at. went on a date and ate at cheddars there. well this is awesome. thank you for the videos too! i sadly do not have a garage so ill have to wait for this bullcrap cold to leave
Amazing result. The interior looks like a new car. Now I understand that the "good" seats in my e39 is awful
well, that was a real pleasure watching what can be made if one has the skill and knowledge, BRAVO!
Thanks for watching!
That refresh looks so good! I did something similar with my e46. Went to orange seats/door cards. You looked like you did a much better job and was very thorough! Sure looks like you've done this before :) Well done!
Once or twice ;) but never on a car!
Dude, bang up job. I'm reminiscing on my 01, 325ci now.
Bravo brother! I too am in the OCD matte color club!
ur cool my guy. i take you for someone who is stupid knowledgeable in your field and I admire that. and will also subsequently utilize whatever tips you feed the internet. a subscription has been made.
Welcome onboard. Thanks for following along on the journey!
Amazing turn out.It’s really good.I am thinking I will do restoration like you when I buy e39 M5. 👍👍
You should!
This was so satisfying to watch. You are a true professional! The final product looks like a super low mileage example. Noticed you have the ultimatecupholders haha I have those in my 03 540i too!
This is absolutely sick dude ! If i ever get a e9 m5, i'd def go to you :)!!
Really nothing short of amazing.
Thanks!
I love the extended leather, something I wish I had
It's the best. I had it on my first M5 then got a second M5 with sport interior and realized how missed it. So now I'm back to extended leather :)
Incredible video and excellent production! I have a 2000 M5 with this same interior, luckily in pretty good shape. My E36 M3 needs help though. Are there professional Colourlock shops around that can do this for me? Thanks again for an incredibly satisfying video.
There might be, where are you located?
Nice seeing you do this step by step. I may have to attempt this as I’ve found an 01 M5 with the Caramel Heritage leather and picking up next week.
You can order the caramel color premixed from Colourlock.com, good luck!
Hey Great Video!
The softlaquer they used for the plastics on the „older“ german cars are really a pain in the butt :D
It's magic!!!! Hi, from Ukrainian!)
Very interesting technique that you use a heat gun to dry the paint.
The result looks really good! 👍🏻
It is actually set to a very low temp. A normal hairdryer would work just as well.
Wow man. Respect - you are the best. I got emotional watching this
What a great job! Well done! Just got some motivation to put some love on my 100.000 miles individual cinnamon seats. As a prevention of course. :)
I love BMW Cinnamon color. I actually painted my wallet in that color, as well as this Piper Meridian seat cushion. instagram.com/p/ByIMZxFBm0B/?igshid=1t7221mbopnii
That's amazing! Great job
Incredible work
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful! Gave me the motivation to tackle this task on my 02. Thanks for the video.
You can do it! Colourlock Leather Fresh is super easy. Just make sure the surface is prepped well!
Really enjoy your videos, learn so much from them, thanks.
Glad you like them, thanks for watching
This looks amazing! Awesome job! Can you give us a list of materials and tools that you used and were we can get them? Thanks!
First off, thanks for watching! Have you found this playlist yet? ua-cam.com/play/PLAYm4FlnXrjwieqhrnk4h57z7P61FFx7x.html
I think some of the supplies I use are more in their pro-only line, but but to get you started, I think the Colourlock Leather Fresh product line would be the easiest ( I used that on the steering wheel and interior panels) since it doesn't require topcoat or primer. In addition some leather filler and sanding blocks, as well as cleaning solvents would be helpful. You can find all of it at www.colourlock.com/
You could use an airbrush, I think its easier, however, it will take quite a bit longer. I use this set: amzn.to/37gXlKf
I use this HVLP gun: amzn.to/3q15NGx but have also used the Harbor Freight variety with decent success.
Amazing job and skills.. 👍🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
Very impressive! I’ve been entertaining the idea of doing this to my e46 M3 with Cinnamon interior. As you may know, it’s extremely difficult to find used leather. My driver seat is torn and would like to purchase a stock Grey seat and dye it. That way it can match the rest of my seats. Even though I may have to redo the whole interior
Thats not a bad idea. You might also consider having an upholstery shop replace just the ripped panel, then painting
Wow great work. The interior looks great! What type / size of HVLP gun and air compressor did you use for the painting? Thanks
I use this set for airbrush: amzn.to/37gXlKf
I use this HVLP gun: amzn.to/3q15NGx but have also used the Harbor Freight variety with decent success. Get a big enough compressor to supply a steady supply of air, I have a 200psi unit.
Looks nice, what an upgrade ! cool
It really is!
very nice and good job for a great car😍👍🚙
Why didn't you remove the center console, and then pull out the driver side seat front the passenger side rear door? To do a better job, it would have been better to just remove the whole dash while you were at it. Either way, great job all around!
many different ways to do this. Definitely not pulling the dash though! I was able to mask the windshield and just spray the dash and it turned out alright.
@@AvianaAircraft That is true! Its a job well done either way, congrats!
Better yet, why not pull out through front door? There is absolutely no need to do it through the back.
Very good!!!
Thanks!!
Awesome work!
Beautiful work
That came out amazing.
Fantastic restoration
Many thanks!
Wow that’s amazing work and all in a 20 min video. How long did it actually take to complete this project??
Hard to say, could probably do it in two days if I made it a priority.
Not purple, looks great!
Nice job! Nice looking house you've get there too!
Thank you! Cheers!
Incredible! Nice work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Stunning work, very nice car
Thank you very much!
I love e 39 💪👏👏👏👑
moreee m5 vidds‼️‼️
wow!!!! nice job dude! !!! greetings from germany!
Danke fürs zuschauen!
Amazing! 👍
Fantastic job and loved how clearly you explained everything, thanks for sharing.
Can I ask what sort of airbrush you used for the colour lock paint?
I use this set for airbrush: amzn.to/37gXlKf
airbrush works, but it is slow. It is also nicer to have a fan pattern with the HVLP.
I use this HVLP gun: amzn.to/3q15NGx but have also used the Harbor Freight variety with decent success.
@@AvianaAircraft Thank you 👍
Hello! how do you use the paint gun? I mean any advice to get that perfect paint qty? PSI that you used?
About oil you mention do you have the link or product name?
Amazing job hope when it comes my turn it goes half good.
Amazing restoration. 👍
Many thanks!
Cool.!
I've gotta find someone to do this for me, I'm definitely not interested in ripping the interior out myself, the fitment of interior panels on a 20 year old car and brittle plastics mean reassembly will cause new rattles and squeaks. But my interior looks so good at 110k I can probably make it look brand new! Do you have any idea how something like this would cost, in addition to the leather dashboard which I don't think you went over in this video?
You restored my favorite car, in my most favored manner, so first of all thank you for giving this video to us! But I also have a specific question to you. Will the method you have used on your steering wheel be durable enough to withstand future cleaning with a colourlock brush and strong leather cleaner, or will it brush off the dye ? In any case I appreciate your work and I´m looking forward to see more from your videos
Adding Clearcoat with crosslinker will help provide a stronger more wear resistant surface. Since I don't let this car get too dirty, I usually just use the mild cleaner.
That looks so awesome. Can I ask what products you plan on using on the leather in the future to maintain it? Any particular brands you're fond of? Looks great!
Probably Colourlock Mild leather cleaner and Colourlock leather protector.
Hi
Amazing!
Couple of questions:
1) what paint and clear coat you used for plastic?
2) HVLP air pressure?
Whats your thoughts about durability vs factory leather paint?
25:25 Finished!
You gotta love America. There is nobody in my country who can do this, who can restore vinyl and leather interior. All they want to do is reupholster, which is 6x the price.
Where are you at? There are more people like me all over the world.
@@AvianaAircraft can you recommend anyone in Perth Australia at all? Realise it's a long shot but still wanted to ask the question...
@@scottdennett3610 You are in luck, the colourlock distributor is based in Perth! www.colourlockaustralia.com.au/
Is it just me or does BMW seem to make the best seats.
They have a few misses but the E39 M5 seat is super comfortable
Nice job!!!
Awesome!
Thanks!
Respect
Great job man
Thanks for watching! Please subscribe if you haven't already and check out this playlist for more leather stuff ua-cam.com/play/PLAYm4FlnXrjwieqhrnk4h57z7P61FFx7x.html
Looks awesome
Awesome job. I know it’s only been a few months but how has it held up so far
The car was at the body shop for almost all of that period! So far so good, but It has driven maybe 80 miles total.
What brand lether primer, paint and laquer you used? I am process restoring exactly the same seats :)
What is that bracket on the floor attached to the side of the passenger footwell at 1:05? Is it a water bottle holder? Where can I get one of those?
Damm...looks like new..👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Great video. And great info on the product mixes. Question : once painted, is the leather still going to accept product like Leatherique oil to condition the leather moving forward??
There is no need to use that product
Super travail, bravo !!!
Merci Beaucoup!
Just found your channel and after this video, definitely subscribed. I’d love to do this to my black interior e46. Would you be kind enough to post links to the different products you used for all this in the video description? Would really help this DIY guy tackle such a project. Do you have videos on your preferred tools to leather/interior work? I’d love to learn more about mixes for spraying and what type of airbrush guns the experts prefer. Huge thank you.
First off, thanks for subscribing! Have you found this playlist yet? ua-cam.com/play/PLAYm4FlnXrjwieqhrnk4h57z7P61FFx7x.html
Those are great video suggestions for future content. I will keep them in mind, but to get you started, I think the Colourlock Leather Fresh product line would be the easiest ( I used that on the steering wheel and interior panels) since it doesn't require topcoat or primer. In addition some leather filler and sanding blocks, as well as cleaning solvents would be helpful. You can find all of it at www.colourlock.com/
You could use an airbrush, I think its easier, however, it will take quite a bit longer. I use this set: amzn.to/37gXlKf
I use this HVLP gun: amzn.to/3q15NGx but have also used the Harbor Freight variety with decent success.
@@AvianaAircraft I appreciate the reply. I'll definitely check out that playlist. Colourlock seems to have a number of neat products. The color matching tool to get paint codes is particularly neat. Can it also specify Pantone codes?
It reads in LAB and cross matches that to the corresponding Colourlock recipe. You could probably find a online converter to go LAB to Pantone.
Nice work! How long did that process take you?
I didn’t track my time very well, but I worked on and off for two weeks
I haven't heard of colourlock, but the results look very good. Do you have any opinion on the Leatherique rejuvenation kit? That's what I plan on doing to my e39 m5, but I don't think it has any paint on it like yours. Would just like to make sure the leather is soft
I did the leatherique thing back when I first got the car about 10 years ago. Was not impressed, and now I know better. There is a narrow window of problems that leatherique may fix, but this is a wholly different service.
@@AvianaAircraft ah I see. I'll need to do more research about taking care of the leather in this car. Thanks for the response and the video, very nicely put together!
Amazing turn out. Can you list or link the products used in the video?
Check out Colourlock.com I am not sure which products are available to general public.
nice job
i have to do the same thing on my e46 next winter :D
You should!
What grit sandpaper is preferred to use ?
Great job my friend!
I am willing to give you my e60 m5 with red color seats and full leather package to do the same job... let me know if you are interested to do another cool video like this one, but with my car.
It looks like you are in Macedonia though?
@@AvianaAircraft I live in North New Jersey... so not that far from you...I have a bmw e60 m5 UA-cam channel. Just search “Nick Poposki” and you’ll see it and see my car. The leather is not damaged, but I would prefer a lighter red color (Fox red- just like the now I had on my previous m3 car).
Please let me know if you are interested in my suggestion so we can plan a day for me to drive the car to you..
Thanks!
Is an SRS light that hard to reset though... seriously can’t be that hard when practically ever BMW software comes free right?...
Looks like it's only done 1000 miles definitely increased the value
Do you have any idea how long ago was the previous paint correction done? And how long you expect this one to last? Because I had bad experience with some similar work some time ago, didn't last a year and flaked off. IMO its not realistic to say treat the leather every 3 months or it will last only a year because its too much work for very little result. Thanks for the video.
So this isn't a daily driver of mine, so it won't be a good durability case study. If you have flaking and pealing, generally that points to either poor surface prep, or the paint was applied too thick. In many cases when dealing with colors other than black, when folks can't get the color match right, they end up using way more paint than they need to, which then looks like crap and is more prone to pealing off.
I have owned the car for probably 8 or 9 years, so the crappy dye job is at least that old!
@@AvianaAircraft thanks for replying!
What product did you use to seal the leather? Is everything supplied by Colourlock or did you mix stuff yourself?
I mixed 30% Gloss Top Coat, 70% Matte Top Coat. Add in 2% (by weight) Crosslinker IC. All from Colourlock
Well done. Looking for the vid you mention you’ve done on removing the interior but don’t see it on your channel?
No there are lots of videos on youtube in general, not my channel specifically :) I curse too much when removing interior 😬
@@AvianaAircraft ah. The way you made it sound was that you’d already gone into specifics on how to remove you’re interior. What you meant was that you had already removed your interior. Got it.