Joey's iS by JinormusJ

4 minute(s) of a 76 minute read

Got work done:

Garagistic Motometer gears finally came in
DjGenius's cluster rings came in
Red paint and paint brushes came in

Anyone know what that means? Yeah, you guessed; a drop kick of awesomeness.

Last glamor shot before transformation:

Taking the steering wheel off:

BMW emblem pops out with a simple flathead

Easy

After removing the dash cover, two screws in the center, two up top, and 2 on the sides; it comes off

Gone, for now

No wonder my temp gauge flopped around! Trip down to the hardware store fixed it all up

Let's open me up!

Faceplate detaches after unscrewing the 9 hexagonal top screws in the back of the cluster

Garagistic gears installed. Lookin sweet!

All prepped up

Was crunching for time, so I had to skip pictures, but here are some pictures of the finished product. Didn't come out exactly like I wanted, but I'll take another whack at it when I order my plasma gauges and do an e34 needle retrofit



Fixed my brake lining bulb in the process, so now that that's over,I see my brake lining is on, and that I have even more to fix. Sweet!

Also did some engine bay simplification; think the 318 wire harness cover looks right, and while it's a tight fit, it squeezes in no problem

If anyone is doing the Cluster rings, order them from DjGenius (BF.C; djgenius10 on eBay). His rings are original and are direct fit clip ins, without any need to glue, etc. I learned the hard way and screwed up a pair of rings because I thought Dj's rings needed glue, so now I need to order a new set because I want to do it right. All other manufactures are Chinese knockoffs and won't fit as nice as Dj's and you'll have to use glue (aka, it WON'T come out as nice as just clipping in)