some progress on my car

[nando]

body work is pretty much finished, just a few small details left. it's getting painted tomorrow, so it should be all back together next week. I can't wait to drive it again!





remember that nice CF hood? :D



I had them shave the ix logo off--the paint was trashed underneath, so now was a good time. it's also good since the trunk had some nasty scratches on it anyway. lastly, I had them fix the only door ding on the car, some scrapes on the rear bumper, and a couple of rock chips on the A pillars.

it won't be perfect, but it'll be close enough until I can take the time to repaint the whole car. for now I just want to use it for it's main purpose, driving. :)

[Il Duce]

oh hells yes. and hells no- this just means that i'm waiting for another once-beautiful e30 to be teared apart and rebuilt to be even more awesome.


DAMMIT. good luck w/ the process.

[BimmerToad]

looking forward to the pics of how it turns out. How is the fitment of the MAShaw hood?

[Garageaholic]

Looks great, caan't wait to see the thing finished ~!

[nando]

the funny thing is the hood and fender that were destroyed in the accident were fucked up anyway.. mostly the hood. it got kicked in one corner, I closed it on a ratchet once, the wind blew it shut on my throttle body that was lying on the intake, and finally the wind blew a recylcing bin across the street which nailed it right by the roundell. the fender just had some small dents.

[nando]

looking forward to the pics of how it turns out. How is the fitment of the MAShaw hood?

pretty good. the body shop was impressed.. they said usually they are a nightmare. it's not 100% perfect but it's 98% which is good enough for me :p

[MR 325]

It's going to look great man!

If you know off hand, how much was the new radiator support? Also, was it directly from BMW?

[nando]

~$400. yeah, it's an original BMW part, got it through BMA. cost another $450 to put it in and line up all the panels. I still have about $2k for the rest of the body work, hopefully I'll have some leftover when it's done!

[backtrail69]

Looks good man. Tell them to take those damn moldings off...

[KangamangusDriver]

Your beautiful IX will look even more pretty!!
Cant wait to see it finished!!!!!

[Mystikal]

Why in the world did you leave the mouldings and door handles on?

[nando]

Why in the world did you leave the mouldings and door handles on?

more work than it's worth. I'll worry about that shit when I get the whole car repainted. it was already repainted once with the moldings on anyway..

[E30Driv3R]

Didn't see if it was stated or not, but what color u painting it?

[Kruzen]

what happened to your car again? I forget

[DarkWing6]

what happened to your car again? I forget

He wrecked it.