1984 318i, start to finish (2 years and some change)

[freeride53]

jesus h. christ.

this is jaw-dropping gorgeous.

i truly fuck with this.

[pilotskillse30]

Holy shit. This was a joy to read, and see the transformation.

[dball4]

Man I am in love with that color, awesome early model.

[danielmp]

love the color, euro bumpers, and just about everything else. nice work.

[bubbajan21]

Great transformation, great thread! Very nice job on the car!

[euroshark]

Dude, excellent. This is what I'd like to do if I find another E30 some day. Bravo.

[FredK]

NICE! I love project threads that capture a transformation, start to finish!

[DEV0 E30]

Looks great.

[mikeedler]

really nice work, i love what you did with it!

Green BMWs are really nice looking.

[agent]

Nice work! You should bring it to the Brodeo.

[8380 Labs]

excellent work, really love the color.

you've spent a nice chunk getting it to this point, now you gotta finish it off with some legit rollers. :p

[n3rdy30]

lol my previous car was a w123 merc, and when i got my e30 it had been hit on the side and stopped running and was just chillin in my driveway and i almost took the yellow fogs because i have seen a few people running that mod.

Haha, I was just doing my normal saturday stroll around the yard, saw an old baby blue merc with them...said eh f**k, I'll give it a try, and it worked haha. Those sexy germans and their functional designs.

[Pantless Spency]

lol my previous car was a w123 merc, and when i got my e30 it had been hit on the side and stopped running and was just chillin in my driveway and i almost took the yellow fogs because i have seen a few people running that mod.

[n3rdy30]

oh my lord i love this thread!!!!
what was the factory color and then the repainted color?
this car is amazing.

I've officially decided what color im painting my e30. What's it called?

The color is called Achatgrun Metallic, it was the orig. color of the car, and I went with the same color on the re-spray, however I added a bit more metal flake and put a few more coats of clear on to really if the paint that depth.

this is probably the best looking early model e30 I've seen yet. Great work! I'd love to see what it looks like with the wood roof rack on as well!

You know I've been toying around with the idea of throwing it back on, but I just love the clean look without it. It's just sitting in my garage right now. I'd like to somehow get it to sit lower on the roof, for a lower profile. In searching for something to replace the roof rack I mocked up a trunk based luggage rack from an early model corvette stingray that I found at a junk yard...I kind of liked it, however an over all negative reception from everyone else I knew put me off to the idea. Again we shall see...

And thanks for all the awesome feedback guys. I'm stoked that the car is getting great results from the community. It's a good feeling after the blood sweat and tears you're all familiar with.


also, quick fun fact (I had a couple folks ask me via PM so I figured I'd just post) the frenched highbeams that are yellow but do not have a yellow film over them, are from a late 70s early 80s mercedes 300D. Other models will work. There's plenty of them in the junk yards, and it's actually cheaper than running the film...and they look better IMO. Direct swap, same bulb, about $5 for the pair.

[yert315]

bravo sir, bravo. Love the color