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[oldsch_e30]

I'm not a fan of chrome on red so I like it. And I'll end up painting my wheels like that some time soon also.

yeah the came out great for just spray painting them. i used dupli color wheel paint about a year and a half ago and theyre holding up just fine

[Vivek]

how much did you use and what was the process? (any tips on sanding?)

[oldsch_e30]

jesus, really nice body shop work. your body lines don't tell a story of it being in an accident at all, props.

thanks man i did all the prep myself and pretty much lived in my drive way for a week wet sanding it and fixing dents. when i first got the car i went with aftermarket fenders and hood and the gaps were gross looking so i bought used oem fendeers and hood before paint and the pass. side fender must have been tweeked because the gaps were worse then the aftermarket so i ended up keeping the aftermarker on and if you look hard enough the hood is like 1/4 in longer on the pass. side

[oldsch_e30]

how much did you use and what was the process? (any tips on sanding?)

im pretty sure i used 2 cans of silver which did the outside lip and the whole inside of the wheel and 3 with the gunmetal just on the outside of the mesh. i cleaned them well and got all of the break dust off and used a rough scotch bright pad and went to town, sand until the surface is roughed up. i didnt use primer but you can if you want

[getouth]

Your transactions have been APPROVED! Car looks great, dont be in a rush just continue the way you are going and thanks for saving another E30.

[oldsch_e30]

Your transactions have been APPROVED! Car looks great, dont be in a rush just continue the way you are going and thanks for saving another E30.

thanks, got to keep them on the road some how haha

[VinniE30]

WOW I really really like that headliner!:nice: I've never seen that done before.
How did you do it? Did you just take the headliner off and wrap it? Or did you do something like staple it on or use an adhesive?
Looks amazing

edit: nevermind just read your post above.

[brutus87]

hell yes!

[ohthejosh]

Wow youre car is executed very well. I wouldn't do the plaid on my own car but I love it on yours it really compliments the exterior color of you car.

Did you take any pics of your prep work, maybe you can make a DIY of it just so others can benefit from your process ;) keep it up OP looks badass bro.

[Jhonno]

Nice work! Loving the headlining..

I'll be honest, 2nd pic I thought we were gonna have another Yan thread..

[oldsch_e30]

Wow youre car is executed very well. I wouldn't do the plaid on my own car but I love it on yours it really compliments the exterior color of you car.

Did you take any pics of your prep work, maybe you can make a DIY of it just so others can benefit from your process ;) keep it up OP looks badass bro.

Thanks man and I took pics after I finished all of the work. I didn't even think about a DIY because i made a account with r3v after i got it painted. sorry guys but if you guess have questions hmu

[ohthejosh]

Would you consider yourself proficient in bodywork or mechanical know how? On a range of 1-10 and 10 being I know everything lol.

Im scared of working with bondo and not getting it even and what not. Btw what was your method of removing dents??

[oldsch_e30]

Would you consider yourself proficient in bodywork or mechanical know how? On a range of 1-10 and 10 being I know everything lol.

Im scared of working with bondo and not getting it even and what not. Btw what was your method of removing dents??

About a 6-7 on body work. I wouldn't consider myself as a proficient in bodywork. I know a good amount though. For removing dents I banged them out with different types of hammer heads depending on the dent from a kit my dad had for body work and after getting them as straight as I could I sanded the paint off the affected area to bare metal and used bondo to fill in the smaller dents I could get out completely. After letting the bondo dry fully I used 120 grit (dry sand)to sand the bondo down close to the body finish sanding using 320 (wet sand). After you finish wet sanding look for imperfections in the bondo like pin holes and scratches use nitro stain to fill in them in. Make sure you use a sandable primer before using nitro stain. (nitro stain sticks to primer) And then put a coat of sealer primer over top of that

[ohthejosh]

Awesome just what i needed. Just gathering notes now not to bug you again but mind letting me know the name of the hammer set?

[oldsch_e30]

Awesome just what i needed. Just gathering notes now not to bug you again but mind letting me know the name of the hammer set?

I don't know off hand but its something like this
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Body-H...iece,6043.html