Soldering

How hard is soldering wires?  It's actually quite easy.  Therefore, don't be afraid to do it youself.

I had seen my dear friend done a few times.  I decided to do it this time.  First, checked Youtube.  You could find a lot of "how-to" film clips there.

I got the old wire set from ebay for $28.80.  The previous owner replaced the driver side door with a 1995 model which doesn't have 2 speaker wires.  

Money spent: $28.80

Total expense: $8030.32

Inner clamp

 

Glued those inner clamps with trusted JB weld in the living room.....stink up the whole place....

Driver side door panel

3 weeks.....really?  3 weeks.....  actually, it's more like 4 weeks.

They first spent 1 week, then I got a poor made door back before taking my vacation.  After getting back from the trip, I dropped the door at the shop and told them to fix it.  I guess they were really reluctant to do the job.  I waited another 3 weeks.

Now, I just needed to put the door back.  I had been driving a car without door panel for almost 5 months.

Money spent: $120

Total expense: $8001.52

Installing window channel

Since previous owner replaced the driver side door with junkyard part, he didn't bother to assemble all necessary parts.  In order to install inner door panel, I need to get six clamps and inner window channel cover.

A simple clamp shows how much attention BMW put into its part development.

Still waiting for the door panel from a upholstery near my house.  Throughout this project, I have encountered few bad shops.  This upholstery is one of them.

Money spent: $34.65

Total expense: $7881.52

One last shipment

 

Before deciding to stop this project, I placed an order for few more parts.  Since all these parts were special order parts, I could not return them.

有時真不知道是自己的完美主意做祟......如果一切可以稍為有缺陷, 我可能還會玩下去.

I will install few more parts to the door.