Project: Budget Beater

[Budget Beater]

B/c i put his shop number and the car and etc, its good advertisement anyways. gonna take it to the track, dedicated track car. Houston just opend a new multi-million dollar facility called "Motorsport Ranch" its gonna be dedicated to the track. I want a track car I wont worry about too much, something im not afraid to push to the absolute limits without having to worry if it gets banged up and etc .... hence "budget beater"

[Digitalwave]

I like your intentions on the car. What kind of work does that guy specialize in? I wouldn't really want my company's name on a car that looks like that personally.

[Budget Beater]

he does all european cars, bmw, vw, volvo, jaguar, mercedes etc. its an independent shop, plus he used to live in houston and is friend of a friend, whats up with all the damn 21 questions?

[bunteh]

i think this is a fantastic idea with great initiative. some people really are haters though arent they? keep it up, really interested to find out what happens next

[Budget Beater]

update: Grille ...

Well I finally got around to doing the grille. I chose to use Krylon Fusion b/c it bonds very well to plastic if you do the prep work properly and follow instructions. Its one of the very few spray paints that is actually designed to bond to plastic and be chip resistant (after 7 days). At first i thought the whole grille was plastic and was just coated in chrome but it was infact metal as i soon found out once i did the prep work and sanded down the chrome. either way Krylong Fusion bonds to metals as well. I then cleaned the grille with windex (amonia based cleaner as instructed on the can). I then painted the grille doing a light coat ever 30 seconds - 1 min (as instructed on the bottle) and continued the process doing about 8-10 light coats. The whole process took about 30 min and was relatively pain free. I am VERY happy with the results, I will also be doing the headlight grilles as well to match. The thing I like about the Krylong gloss black finish is it basically eliminates all the steps, its a primer, paint and clear all in one essentially. Anyways heres the results....

[nando]

it will still chip... mine lasted about 6 months, then I got an MHW kidney (I sanded through the chrome as well, damn that shit is tough). it looked fine from 10 feet away though.

[Budget Beater]

it will still chip... mine lasted about 6 months, then I got an MHW kidney (I sanded through the chrome as well, damn that shit is tough). it looked fine from 10 feet away though.

did u use krylon fusion and if so how many coats

[Charlie]

So how does randomly throwing shit at the car fit into a "Budget" theme?

I mean, seriously a spraypainted junkyard grille? Wtf?

-Charlie

[Budget Beater]

what are u talking about ...

[Charlie]

what are u talking about ...

It's a one sentence question. How hard is it to follow?

"How does randomly throwing shit at the car fit into a "budget" theme?" One would think that if you were going for a "budget" model, you'd be planning out mods and finding ways to do them on a low expense method. Instead, you're buying random 50 dollar ebay shit mods and throwing them at a 200k+ shitbox beat to hell e30. "Oh, here's a fuel mod", "oh, here's a cosmetic mod", "oh here's an intake mod", "oh, now it's time for a fully built up engine managment system, to compliment an otherwise tired down on power worn out stock m20"- there's no rhyme or reason to what you're doing.

-Charlie

[Budget Beater]

what are u talking about... thats EXACTLY going with the budget beater theme, its a beater that I am modding on a budget and everything is under $50. "How hard is it to follow". If you want to flame go elsewhere.

[Charlie]

You're throwing garbage at a peice of shit. There's plenty of ugly half-ass e30s, why document another one?

-Charlie

[PeaveyBassist]

You're throwing garbage at a peice of shit. There's plenty of ugly half-ass e30s, why document another one?

-Charlie

Mine is ugly... and still smashed in the front and I am getting another engine ;) Good thing I am fixing the front. Charlie, dont hurt his feelings alright? We dont want him to go tell his mom.

Will

[325is_MadBimmer]

You're throwing garbage at a peice of shit. There's plenty of ugly half-ass e30s, why document another one?

-Charlie

well even if that is true...does it hurt you inside that he is doing this? let him do what he wants to do.

[bimmer8604]

i think what he is trying to say is you could be spending your 50 bucks for a useful mod, to get the car in better shape, priorities yo!

I honestly dont care what or how you spend your money on, so go for it.

Kyle