From this... to this... to...?

[rede30]

fresh black paint looks amazing.

[Vedubin01]

Must be nice to work at the BMW repair shop and to be a painter at that. Really nice work and cant wait to see the end product.

[DavidV]

Update... now in the home stretch...









-- DavidV :D

[M42Technik]

Shaved doorlocks? Shaved everything?

Remove the bump from the gas cap?

[Ray Smoodiver]

I loved this car before, can't wait to see it completed!

[Erick]

Good man, good taste.

I trust your judgement on the final product.

[DavidV]

Get a 325i trunk.

You must have ESP!

-- DavidV :D

[vlad]

that is one seriously hot cabrio

[Erick]

Get a 325i trunk.

[DavidV]

The car was rear ended recently on our lovely SoCal freeways... and by recently, I mean like 3 months ago.

Since there was no structural damage (tailights, bumper, support bar and rear valence sheetmetal only - the trunk floor was still straight) I decided to go ahead and not only fix the damage, but to get rid of all the little imperfections and annoyances that have been bothering me. Basically, it was a well-loved and well-maintained 14 year old car, but a 14 year old car nontheless. It looked good in person before, but not perfect.

The goal is to make it a truly special car, but not stray too far from how it looked before (subtle tweaks and changes that only a real E30 fan would ever notice).

Anyway, these pics were from today and I am told the car is nearing completion. You can see from the other cars in the shop, that this was done at a BMW specialist facility and one that is very selective about which cars they take in to work on - so I am not too worried about them getting it right.

More to follow...

-- DavidV :D

[asubimmer]

How can it get any better than before?

chrome kidneys :D

[cahomey]

How can it get any better than before?

seriously

[RCWells]

How can it get any better than before?

[Digitalwave]

What's going down?

[Van Westervelt]

What are you fixing? Just normal wear or an accident?