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My interior started life as full "cream beige" ...it was a lot of beige, too much beige, so I have slowly changed parts out for oem black ones.

Most recently I acquired some panels from an M5 that was spec'd with the Dirac audio system which meant it has the cool silver speaker grills. My goal was to transfer my beige inserts into the black doors, the car could have been configured like this from the factory but it would of had black levers and airbag plugs which busy things up a bit IMO. To remedy this I kept my beige pieces intact to visually smooth things out.

Previously my decorative trim was sprayed with a metallic silver Plasti-Dip, the dip looked fine and was a nice option when considering factors like price and ease-of-application but I decided to replace it with some brushed aluminum 3M vinyl.

Here are some pics of the process,
Evan

Used doors arrived, I tried to get the full set but unfortunately the seller couldn't find the driver panel so I took the 3 and sourced an additional panel elsewhere.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f...0-%2525201.jpg

Black vs Beige
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...-%25252010.jpg

I was hoping the inserts could be removed with unscrewing some hardware or simply popping them out, NOPE! The leather inserts were held in place with some plastic rivets and they needed to be ground down with a dremel.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...-%25252013.jpg

Dremel doing work
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...-%25252014.jpg

Insert removed. The front doors had 25 rivets on each insert and the rears had 22!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...-%25252020.jpg

I assembled some mounting hardware consisting of some screws and sealing washers, they worked very well. It was important that they insert was secure as both the airbag and speakers mount directly to the insert.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...2/IMG_6818.JPG

While the insert was out I cleaned the everything with some leather cleaner, a horse tail brush, and some towels.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...0-%2525206.jpg

Plasti Dip off
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...-%25252018.jpg

Vinyl on
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...-%25252019.jpg

Getting better at this
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2...2/IMG_6817.JPG

My favorite part of these custom panels, the Dirac speaker grills! I really like the contrast and the aluminum color matches other interior bits.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7...-%25252015.jpg

High performance grills! lol
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...-%25252016.jpg

BSW Stage 1 peaking through
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o...0-%2525205.jpg

Before
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5...0-%2525208.jpg

After
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J...0-%2525204.jpg

Rear assembled
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...2/IMG_6819.JPG

Rear installed
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W...0-%2525206.jpg

My wagon originally had the sun shades.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d...0-%2525204.jpg

Sun shade deleted! I never used these stupid things and viewed them just as another part that could (and did) break.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...0-%2525205.jpg

The black doors and carpet really make a big impact.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a...0-%2525201.jpg

Surface details: vinyl, foam, and leather
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...0-%2525203.jpg