Replacing The Hood Insulation On The E36 M3

Replacing stuff like this fires me up. It's the little things that are going to make this car just insane. Removing the old hood insulation and putting in the new just make the car feel and look so much better. Sorry for the bad autofocus in this video - I paid the price for shooting the video without Wahba.
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[@philp7012]

Man, you gotta be a real nerd to actually watch this video. I'm glad I'm not alone.

[@J1Z06]

I just ordered some of the OG glass cleaning towels. 😎. I like the color. I have the same towels in baby blue. You can never have too many glass cleaning towels. I dig Matt’s videos. The Porsche cruise through the mountains are the best!!! I think that light would be great for an interior detailing as well.

[@philp7012]

@@J1Z06 Yeah, I would kill to have Matt's set up. We gotta have goals!

[@jday1427]

Matt, not wanting to be an a-hole but ,the camera auto focus is driving me nuts!

[@hamann8070]

I seriously thought I was going blind lol

[@UaeDelta]

RIP eyes.

[@Jimmyoberg85]

I thought I got Covid!!

[@GoGoGadgetGiveadamn]

@@michaelross492 It's a fixed angle, it should be set and changed to manual.

[@bostonkane110]

pro trick: watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies these days.

[@ScottAles]

Hey! The reason the hoodpad looks pretty good is because I Dryce cleaned it!

[@RayNLA]

Scott I love that you show up here!

[@RixisLV]

Camera work on this one is quite strong. Especially that focus.

[@Knightlight02]

I understand the OCD but damn the liner your replaces looks more then fine 😂😂

[@mperformance3502]

Not even ocd. It’s called having money and wanting to refresh a nice car for views

[@Koolicyde]

The word of the day is "Janky."

[@stymiesnerdly771]

You didn't do a full paint correction underneath the under-hood insulation? Slacker.

[@ccwnyc5671]

This has to be the only hood liner replacement on YT. Dad seems awesome. Hi Dad!

[@torks2339]

Who else was screaming at Matt to look at the camera screen?! Haha!

[@artie4017]

That old hood liner looks better than my '02 E46 headliner. I'm trying to crutch re-glue it ... yeah, I know.

[@KARR]

Cant belive you didnt clean under it before installing the new one. I thought for sure you would have! HA

[@vhhawk]

Glad you recorded this. Mine is pretty gunked up with oil and dirt and I'm contemplating replacing it. Or at least taking it off and cleaning it. But maybe I should just take it to the car wash for a power wash. (98 cosmos black sedan)

[@BlakesGarage]

I feel like were back to a GH5 with that focus pull. Back to Canon F Sony.

[@BigGary79]

Focus, camera! FOCUS!!!

[@ravenstylea2]

Convert the engine to euro spec E36 M3.

[@bcastromusic]

I thought I was the only one replacing the hood insulation when it starts to get slightly worn. It’s about a $225 part at wholesale. Most people just take them off and don’t replace.

[@brianaust8897]

LoL I'm going through the evaluation and (possible) purchase process on this for my E32 and the part and the shipping are both about 200 bucks. Nope. It sags in the middle and I'm going to see about doing a fiberglass and epoxy backing on the center section to hold it up firmer and away from the nice engine cover. One suggestion here Matt-Please show the fittings/screws or rivets or whatever they are, close up, so we can see just exactly what we're dealing with ;) Love your videos and the details you cover. It is absolutely amazing to me how this is a video that's never been done before! Having thought about this all again..I'm not sure I won't just spend the 425$ on a nice fresh new clean one from ECS..For the E32 it will really complete the engine bay.

[@darius2640]

took it off and threw it into a dumpster years ago, it doesn't do anything besides make you hear your sweet intake noise less

[@jakegoldberg8941]

On the availability of parts, I believe bmw waits until theres a certain number of orders (a few hundred I believe) and then makes the part again. Thats why some parts stay on backorder forever.

[@willjam465]

And here I thought I was doing a good job refurbishing my E36 M3 over the past year, but clearly I still have a lot of work to do with Matt setting the benchmark.

[@kimnewling5728]

I've never seen hood blanket change out. Cool. Looks great.

[@donaldthomason4588]

The "purple punch" is looking nice Matt!

[@kevingrant918]

Matt, use the manual focus

[@gtsin]

Is there a cover for e36 which prevents dust accumulation in engine bay? A lot of dust is coming inside and new insulation will be ruined very fast.

[@ronaldgunthrop7449]

thats a really pretty purple.

[@MikeVapes1]

Sony cameras for the win... Love the channel Matt

[@MikeVapes1]

@@michaelross492 Same here. I think he uses Canon

[@limerockf82]

Are you also gonna make a video on the headliner? Greetings from Belgium

[@dms9289]

I spy a set of ltw’s! Are you going to get a set of Bosch or Zkw eurospec headlights?

[@vassamoylov9902]

As much as I wanted to like that underwood light the milwaukee makes more sense

[@scotttaylor3977]

what screws are used to put this in place please

[@babylane6028]

my e36 didn’t come with hood insulation. is it a needed thing?

[@medcook57]

Could be like harley parts, as the models get older they start making only the parts that still sell. The rest goes out of production.

[@ronaldgunthrop7449]

I need help I have an e36. I screwed myself messing with a bad mechanic🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ronaldgunthrop7449]

Love how he admitted hes lazy...me too that's why my car isnt running🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Jamie-Evo]

First video of OG i had to stop halfway through because it's burning my god dam eyes

[@arellano7103]

Camera had a mind of its own

[@j.3854]

That insulation was my first weight reduction on my E36’s. 😂

[@theeuros5066]

Weight reduction ? What did you save 1 pound ?

[@j.3854]

@@theeuros5066 not quite, only 16 ounces.

[@dnbmania]

@@j.3854 it was worth it though don't listen to the sceptics

[@FreziS]

First thing to remove if you have a turbo

[@jamestravill9640]

Brake discs don’t warp 👌🏻

[@ObsessedGarage]

Wrong

[@jamestravill9640]

@@ObsessedGarage right 🙂 you can embed friction material into them which will eventually wear off making the rumble but they don’t warp.

[@gmans7859]

With time they get Dirty and 'Janky' looking. People are compelled to hose em' down. Only so many times of turning them into a wet sock and it ends up sagging and looking like crap.

[@ScottAles]

We dry ice clean them. No chemicals, no water, no sagging!

[@gmans7859]

@@ScottAles I hope the Dry Ice method becomes affordable for DIYers in the future. Seems wonderful for preserving our great old cars. Barely hanging on with my Original E30 hood pad. Anybody have a NOS (New Old Stock) to sell.... :)

[@ScottAles]

@@gmans7859 That time is now... You can contact me pretty easily online to learn more.

[@samgab]

I don't know why the autofocus was struggling so badly and hunting continuously... There is plenty of contrast in the shot for the autofocus to grab onto...

[@marccyberwiz]

Man I can't watch this without Ad each 2 min as I skip along.

[@bcastromusic]

Ok Matt I challenge you to meet me on level 5 by buying new seat belt latch assemblies front & rear for $800 just because red button is slightly faded ;) we’ll start w/ that and then I’ll hit you up w/ other crazy ocd bs.

[@sunnys7942]

Couldn’t watch all of this. That focusing drove me nuts. Def a no next time hahaha

[@sundaysgarage]

HOW CAN YOY MAKE A 17 MINUTE VIDEO ABOUT THIS

[@medcook57]

Could be like harley parts, as the models get older they start making only the parts that still sell. The rest goes out of production.