agent's build thread: Klaus

[GOT8SPD]

Oh man...that 3dFX banner has to be at LEAST 15 years old

VooDoo2000 and VooDoo3000...AGP slot FTW...LOL

[jbruch694]

This looks awesome. I just bought a red 325is same year as this and this thread is now my source of inspiration to get it pristine. Did you have a shop paint it or what? Do you know how much $ you are into it?

[agent]

Saturday I got the sunroof reinstalled as well as the rear bumper put back on. Thanks to bimmerteck once more for the extra hands and knowledge.

Yesterday I finished putting the interior back together and got the rear speakers spliced back in so I have some sound.

Today I put the side skirts on, went for a drive and took some pictures of it. I am looking forward to getting some proper photos taken with a real camera at the Brodeo this weekend.

[agent]

I wish you paint matched the bumper shrouds.

I can appreciate the way that looks on a 'vert, but I am staying with the original colors of the body work and trim. Plus I think keeping them black helps make the 25 years of imperfections on them less pronounced.

Anyways coming along nicely.

Thank you.

[E30_Pare]

I wish you paint matched the bumper shrouds. Did it to my car & never looked back since. Most definitely the best exterior mod to the e30 DB. Oh and I half tucked & polished my bumpers. (FYI polishing bumpers is a PITA, unless u got power tools) Anyways coming along nicely.

[agent]

That thing has come along nicely...

Thanks TS!

any plans with the DB's? polish? tuck?

Just the Classic Trimcoat aluminum trim restoration stuff for the time being. My opinion on tucked DBs is "should have bought a late car."

btw, loving the work, car looks great

Thanks :D

[Insane E30]

any plans with the DB's? polish? tuck?

btw, loving the work, car looks great

[TS87325IS]

That thing has come along nicely...

[agent]

Found an armrest rear seat at the yard yesterday. 303 is amazing stuff! The headrests themselves are pretty trashed, though the seat base and back both cleaned up well...











Today I reinstalled the pop-outs, the B-pillar trim, the passenger window, the door handles and the rear cards. And I put the RGPs on the car for the first time. Yes I know it's 4x4 right now, but I don't think I'll have time to install the suspension before the Brodeo.

[agent]

It took a while to do b/c we did little sections at a time and the 15 min wait really adds up when you apply the headliner in 10-12 little sections to avoid wrinkles/stretching/sagging.

Yeah but I think you'll agree it really came out great. :mrgreen:

We'll get some pictures of everything with some proper photography equipment once we get the last bits in and on the car here in the next week or so, and after I get the glass installer's error on the trunk repainted.

[bimmerteck]

well you should be able to wipe the glue off the metal with solvent, but i suspect the fabric will be the deciding factor on whether you can get a "do-over".

[bmwstephen]

aw dammit all. i forgot about the 15 min wait between bonding. am i totally screwed or is it possible to redo?

[bimmerteck]

what was your process? brush it on and slap it onto the pinchweld? did you clamp anything down?

Lightly apply the contact cement to the fabric and the chassis, wait 15 min, then carefully press the two together. You don't really get any second chances with it, but it holds great, I've used a similar contact cement when I did convertible tops as well. It took a while to do b/c we did little sections at a time and the 15 min wait really adds up when you apply the headliner in 10-12 little sections to avoid wrinkles/stretching/sagging.

[bmwstephen]

We used DAP Contact cement, it's time consuming but it works great.

what was your process? brush it on and slap it onto the pinchweld? did you clamp anything down?

[bimmerteck]

chris, whats your trick to gluing the headliner edges against pinchweld areas such as the door and windshield?

I used rubber cement but it doesn't seem to hold very well.

We used DAP Contact cement, it's time consuming but it works great.