Project from hell - Trunk Tar

[ptownTSI]

oh, and when i took it out i found damage from a previous accident that had been fixed. and rust under the battery tray, and a bit of rust on the right side wheel well. i'm going to clean it up and wire wheel it all out. then give it a few nice coats of rust-oleum. should i go fuh-raze flat black, or OEM body color?

[Eliminator]

Trunk tar is a retarded attemp at restoring some of the lost weight distribution. I think it weighs closer to 60lbs. Remove it, along with your spare and you will notice increased acceleration, and a little more tail happiness.

Trunk tar in my '88 325is was ~47 lbs. I weighed it.

[tomgt325]

i just did mine yesterday...took about 15-20 minutes.

weighed in at 54 lbs!!

[delphini]

DAMN i've heard the tar weighs but shit thats alot !!!!!
(i might do mine next weekend)

[tn325i]

How much dry ice did you need ? I don't know how much to get...

I have tried everything else... Dat sheit is stuck !!!

wah, just use dry ice :) Ive done two 2002's with dry ice now, one is completely done which is worth like 4 or 5 trunk worths at least, and another I did about half of to see if the metal was good enough underneath to use on my other. I say suck it up and do it. Hot day, cold day, dont matter. There's always some way to get it out regardless of the outside temperature.

[browntown]

OK, so about a month ago I did the hot sun routine and it worked like a charm, except the bit under the rear shelf which try as I might couldn't get the sun to heat up. So today I just bought 11 pounds of dry ice @ 1.25$ a pound from baskin robbins. I just broke it up and put on the remaining tar, then covered with rags. My chasis is making all sorts of creaking noises now, hope I dont f*ck anything up. Will report after an hour or so of freezing.

[browntown]

well that was easy, prolly didnt need that much dry ice, but save for some tough spots, just wacked the tar with a hammer and came off in big pieces. No residue either! I like this method, and reccomend it for anything you cant get off with the hot day in the sun method.

After pic:





Me having fun with leftovers in sink:

[Vedubin01]

I was going to say Dry Ice, it works so much better than a heat gun method. Good Job!

[Maeda]

The dryice method works WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY better then a heat gun even in 90 degree weather.

This took us about 30 minutes with 10lbs of dry ice and an 8 lb sledge. The trick is to try and break the dryice up into a powder and spread it everywhere. Have a cigarette and beer and then get to "tapping it" with the sledge.

Yah I know I just got the car yesterday. :D