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    A new big project.

    So, I was offered a very nice 1986 325i Vert in exchange for some work on a car that I know very well. So, I decided to take him up on the offer, but gave the vert. to my friend who helped during the whole process of my M3 respray.-- he is also going to be doing a ton of the work on this too.

    so, the car was in an accident, and did a bunch of nice damage. It really totalled out the car, and it isnt worth the work we are doing IN MOST INSTANCES!!! BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT,
    The car is a U.S. specs car in Germany, and there have been a ton of mods done on the car, and he would like to bring it back to the U.S. one day, and swap bodies there.

    so, on to the pics:

    the strut is bent, and I havent even got around to looking what else suspension wise is also....... but I do have all the parts no matter how bad it could be.





    the front core support was bent up really bad, I cut that corner out, and replaced it already.





    and the worst of it all. The car spun around, and hit a pole right in the middle.




    So, we started to cut out he rear section.



    more to come tomorrow.

    #2
    Nice work so far. Glad to see you are bringing it back to life. Good luck on the project.
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      #3
      so, a little update, since this project is finished, and I didnt keep up with this thread.
      I am pretty proud to say i did all the work with a friend in my yard- except the painting- that I also did was sprayed in a booth.


      so here is a section of the front core support you can see.



      found a bit of rust, so I welded it up. the chassis is garbage on this car, but it is the free ticket to bring lotsa cool parts back to the U.S.- since it was a U.S. spec Diving Board eta when it started its life.



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        #4
        and here are a few pics of how it looks now. I feel so good for saving an E30s life, and with lotsa parts from my old M tech I red rocket.

        I got lazy, and didnt take any pics in the middle- since it seemed not too many were interested in the whole thing.
        But I can say one thing, I replaced the whole rear section(not using wood screws cough,cough) and it really wasnt that hard.





        and in this picture, you can see the generous donors!

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          #5
          wow, my grandfather was rearended on friday and the rear section looks like that, needs new lights, bumper, and lower valence. insurance guy came out snd said it would be $1500 fix fix everything, i think he is full of shit.
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            #6
            Originally posted by mikeedler View Post
            But I can say one thing, I replaced the whole rear section(not using wood screws cough,cough) and it really wasnt that hard.
            :eeek:

            :giggle:

            :ohsnap:



            That is all.

            BDSax, an estimate of $1500 for an accident like that sounds pretty standard.

            If a body shop uses new OE parts, that is cheap. If they're using used parts, $1500 is expensive.

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              #7
              Nice job Mike . :up:

              Are sure that was an eta though , must have been an '88 supereta if so .

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                #8
                What is that ugly orange thing in the backround of that last pic? ;)
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                  #9
                  yeah, i was wondering the same thing... lol. jp jp. looks awesome. wish i had talent like that.

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                    #10
                    Damn dude, good job!
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                      #11
                      Damn, looks awsome mike. What radiator is he running though. Looks pretty different than an M20 unit.
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                        #12
                        it was a super eta. it even had the big ass ugly bumpers that i helped get rid of last year.

                        the radiator is a euro reg. m20 one.- I need to put in the U.S. one though, the euro one doesnt fit correctly in the car.

                        I am so happy with the turn out of the car- cause I am not 5really a body guy kinda person. I dont have the patience for all that sanding crap usually.

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                          #13
                          Wow dude, nice work. When I saw the before pics I was like "that thing is trash".
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                            #14
                            what a turn around. nice save!

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                              #15
                              Cool save. When you move back to America do you get to bring your M?
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