Painting E30 hardtop

[newman8r]

Anyone ever do this? I am interested as my vinyl is peeling off and looks terrible. I've seen some that have been painted and I like it a lot.

[Cabriolet]

yup huge pita.
take the rear window seal out
take the rails off.
strip the top material off
sand all the glue off
us filler to fill the 1000s of tiny holes. the top is also wavy so you will need to smooth out all the highs and lows. otherwise when you paint it, it will look terrible.
then primer and paint. leave all the rubber attached and wedge in a rope to old it away from the fiberglass.
the whole job should take about 30 hours.

[E30_Pare]

Imo painted hard tops look horrible. If you wanted one get a coupe :/


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[dannyg]

Imo painted hard tops look horrible. If you wanted one get a coupe :/


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pillar-less coupe

[EddieNYC]

I think it looks very nice if color matched to the car, hasn't been very often because it is a lot of work and not cheap

[E30_Pare]

ehh. Still not a fan

[Thizzelle]

black on the red one would look nicer

[flyboyx]

i kind of like painted hard tops if they are done well. matte black, gloss black, or the body color are best.

personally, i like the body color.

the m3 cabrio, someone filled in the scallop behind the rear side window.

[robrez]

Painted hardtop thread.

The first pic above is a Weismann hardtop.

[jeffnhiscars]

Painted hardtop thread.

The first pic above is a Weismann hardtop.

Its also an M3 Cabrio...or a darn good clone

[E30_Pare]

Theres less than 20 real factory m3 cabrios. So most likely its a rep


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[Cabriolet]

Theres less than 20 real factory m3 cabrios. So most likely its a rep

no there are "M3 Convertible 05/88-06/91 786"

so about 766 more than you are guessing

[newman8r]

Here's a picture of mine currently with the vinyl on.. I think it would look much better body color. I have experience with fiberglassing surfboards so I believe I could take this task

[dannyg]

Theres less than 20 real factory m3 cabrios. So most likely its a rep


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Lolz

[MikeGNJ]

no there are "M3 Convertible05/88-06/91786"



so about 766 more than you are guessing

This.
Here's another with a Weismann hardtop.